TheReverend
08-19-2005, 04:05 PM
Tale of the Tape Says Nothing about Rookie Corner
By Brian H Tippett
Date: Aug 19, 2005
Darrent Williams, the Denver Broncos number one draft pick, has had some big shoes to fill towards the end of training camp.
Williams has been pulling double duty at the cornerback position since starter Champ Bailey is sidelined with a pulled hamstring. He doesn’t mind though.
“Yeah, I’ll be extremely tired, but I got to fight through it, there’s going to be times in a game, 4th quarter, no time outs, you can’t get a break, and you’ve got to fight through it, Williams said.”
One good thing about “the rook” working double duty is more reps, and more reps means more work, and the more work he gets in camp and pre-season games, the faster he will learn about playing in the NFL.
When asked about the hardest thing on the field to learn, he replied, “Technique - technique is everything. I just come out here everyday and work on technique.”
A man his size (5’-8”, 188lbs) needs to learn all the technique he can.
Speaking with Williams, you feel the confidence that has driven him to succeed at cornerback despite his size. He’s not exactly prototypical in the faster, bigger, and stronger NFL, but as he says, “You can’t throw a fade (route) every play…as long as I get in their chest I’ll be all right.”
Chest level is where he’s staring at on the bigger receivers in the league.
For the rest: http://broncos.scout.com/2/426470.html
By Brian H Tippett
Date: Aug 19, 2005
Darrent Williams, the Denver Broncos number one draft pick, has had some big shoes to fill towards the end of training camp.
Williams has been pulling double duty at the cornerback position since starter Champ Bailey is sidelined with a pulled hamstring. He doesn’t mind though.
“Yeah, I’ll be extremely tired, but I got to fight through it, there’s going to be times in a game, 4th quarter, no time outs, you can’t get a break, and you’ve got to fight through it, Williams said.”
One good thing about “the rook” working double duty is more reps, and more reps means more work, and the more work he gets in camp and pre-season games, the faster he will learn about playing in the NFL.
When asked about the hardest thing on the field to learn, he replied, “Technique - technique is everything. I just come out here everyday and work on technique.”
A man his size (5’-8”, 188lbs) needs to learn all the technique he can.
Speaking with Williams, you feel the confidence that has driven him to succeed at cornerback despite his size. He’s not exactly prototypical in the faster, bigger, and stronger NFL, but as he says, “You can’t throw a fade (route) every play…as long as I get in their chest I’ll be all right.”
Chest level is where he’s staring at on the bigger receivers in the league.
For the rest: http://broncos.scout.com/2/426470.html