Ronlad Darby in the 2nd or 3rd?

[philw5289]

What's the general consensus on him? Seemed to be up against #1 receivers in the video. You can see him covering dorsett coates and parker? would darby in the second be a good choice? or strictly 3rd if he falls that far

 

 

[MV%doe]

He my #2 fav DB, my hope he's there at 57. Even if you have a 3rd round grade on him, you must pick him in the 2nd. Passing leagues means CBs go faster.

[EMSMedic79]

I would love to see us grab him in the 2nd. The Panthers have already met with him so there is interest. Another CB they have met with is Quentin Rollins. Either of these two would be awesome.

[juliosantos]

2nd

[panthers55]

Most scouts like his pass defense skills but question his toughness and willing to tackle backs in the run game. Something very necessary in our scheme.

[csx]

Most scouts like his pass defense skills but question his toughness and willing to tackle backs in the run game. Something very necessary in our scheme.

That was the same thing said about Benwikere.

[panthers55]

That was the same thing said about Benwikere.

And Deon Sanders for that matter. It depends on how we would plan to use him and how tough he is. Can he learn to be aggressive and improve his tackling or is he is a track star who isn't a complete player which is why we brought him in. His speed and ball hawk skills are impressive but the other parts, not so much. As a backup he would have to be good on special teams and going downfield as a gunner would seem to be a no brainer unless he is soft.

[bababoey]

He is pretty good in man coverage but there is a lot of times where there is mix ups with him and the safety in zone.  If you watch him on tape there is a lot of times where he would let a guy go and the safety never picked him up and the guy would get 15 yards past every defensive player for FSU. 

 

Was that his fault or the safety's fault, who knows.  But we play a lot of zone here so it could be a big deal if he is not a quick enough learner to pick up what he is suppose to be doing.

 

But then again if we got a couple of CB's that could cover in man all over the field would we switch to more of a man scheme than a zone scheme we currently have.  That's hard to say.

 

He could be good in the right scheme, it just depends on how a team wants to use him as to how good he could be.

[caatfan]

I think he'll be gone before our 2nd pick.

[Jacob]

I'm still pissed he didn't go to Clemson.

[XClown1986]

He has good man to man cover ability but he lacks instincts in zone and ball skills. He might be more like Carlos Rogers than anyone.

[Fox007]

3rd but we'd have to pick him up in the 2nd if we wanted him as he'll be gone by then.

 

 

[Bartin]

Darby worries me from an off the field perspective. He's never gotten in trouble himself that I know of but he is always around it. Was there for the Winston incident and both PJ Williams incidents. Maybe he's just super unlucky, but it's at least something to pay attention to.

[rmoneyg35]

I thought he worked his way up in the combine/ pro day to possibly being a 1st round pick. If not 1st round then he will probably be drafted in the early to mid 2nd round. If he's available when we pick then I would have to say he would be BPA.