What's Wrong With Cornbread?

[chknwing]

I had such high hopes for Deonte Brown aka Cornbread.  Dude is massive and was a beast at Alabama and if nothing else should  just be a space eater.  Was cut last year, resigned, and now like a 4th string guard.  Whats going on with this guy.

[Jon Snow]

That's a good question!  I haven't heard anything about him at all. That's not good for him. He just mind find himself cut again if he doesn't step up.

[CamWhoaaCam]

If you're big you better be able to move and be light on your feet. He's no good if he can't move that massive body.

[Panthera onca]

He’s just not very good. Plays way too high and soft for a man that size.

[Seltzer]

There's a non-zero chance he makes this team, but it's about as close to zero as I think you can be.

Just lacks the functional mobility to be an NFL Offensive Lineman IMO.

The fact that he never was included in any of the Jumbo packages Wilks loved so much was telling

[Jackie Lee]

 

[Ocpanthertew714]

1 hour ago, Jackie Lee said:

 

That's the best footwork I've seen from him since being drafted

[KillerKat]

Maybe convert him to NT?

[Ocpanthertew714]

Anytime I hear cornbread this is what I think of:

 

 

[Camp Fodder]

7 minutes ago, KillerKat said:

Maybe convert him to NT?

Or corner

[NAS]

2 hours ago, Panthera onca said:

He’s just not very good. Plays way too high and soft for a man that size.

This. Not enough leverage and too slow

[Wundrbread33]

I think college kids, physically talented or not, simply struggled with his kind of size. 
 

But NFL professionals have technique to deal with that size. 
 

So what else can he bring to the table? He doesn’t have to have impeccable feet, but he must be able to nearly eliminate wasted movement to make up for slower feet. 
 

His strength is his strength and mass, but NFL DT’s can use that mass against him. He doesn’t have the feet to recover, so he has to be less aggressive with that strength. 
 

That could be why he looks big, but gets pushed/pulled around. 
 

He won’t make it unless he develops second nature technique, and counters to how DT’s use his mass against him. 

[Dave Gettleman's Shorts]

2 hours ago, KillerKat said:

Maybe convert him to NT?

Ron rivera approves

[LinvilleGorge]

Whenever a guy who looked as dominant as he did at Bama lasts until the 6th round it brings up some major red flags. I think he probably just got by with being huge in college and being surrounded by NFL talent. They could make up for his weaknesses and highlight his strengths. It's harder to do that in the NFL. NFL coordinators are very good at identifying and exploiting glaring weaknesses. His glaring weaknesses are agility and overall athleticism. He's probably just a big dude who got by with simply mauling smaller opponents at the college level and that's why he wasn't a coveted NFL prospect. I still think he was worth a gamble in the 6th round so I ain't mad even if he doesn't work out.