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JORDAN MATTHEWS.
DEFENSIVE BACKS WARMING UP AND
EARLIER TODAY THE NORTH TEAM
DEFINED BY SOME BIG SAFETIES AND
CORNERS.
HOW ABOUT THIS GROUP FOR THE
SOUTH.
>> CHARLES MENTIONED IT EARLIER
AND I AGREE WITH HIM, THE BUZZ
OF THE WEEK.
AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF THE
WAY THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS PLAY
FOOTBALL.
THE BUZZ OF THE WEEK IS HOW MANY
OF THE CORNERS HAVE SIGNIFICANT
LENGTH SO YOU CAN PUT THEM UP
THERE AND PRESS MANUAL DAY LONG.
AND THE FIRST BY WHO IS UP RIGHT
NOW TO THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN,
NUMBER ONE THAT'S KEITH McGILL
FROM UTAH.
6'3", 214 WITH 33 INCH ARMS.
THAT IS A HUGE CORNER.
AND CHARLES, I'M HEARING SOME
PRETTY SIGNIFICANT GRADES ON
THIS KID.
I DON'T EVEN THINK HE'S A
SAFETY.
I THINK HE'S A PURE PRESS CORNER
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE HE'LL
MAKE HIS LIVING.
>> AND FRANKLY A GUY LIKE
PATRICK PETERSON HAS HELPED.
BECAUSE YOU REMEMBER THE BIG
DEBATE ABOUT HIM COMING OUT OF
LSU.
SO BIG MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT THERE
IS NO WAY HE SURVIVES ON THE
CORNER.
THOSE GUYS IN SEATTLE ARE
TROTTING OUT THERE, THEY'RE
SURVIVING OUT ON THE CORNER, AS
WELL.
SO WITH McGILL, WHAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT I HEARD
THIS MORNING IS NUMBER ONE THAT
IS THE BIGEST CORNER I'VE EVER
SEEN.
AND WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT IT THE
THE WAY WE USED TO.
THEY WANT TO SEE HIM GET EVERY
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE AUTOMATIC ON
THE CORNER AND AFFECT PLAY
THERE.
>> I THINK HE'S A CORNER.
AND I'LL TELL WHAT YOU IS
INTERESTING, I'VE HAD A
CONVERSATION WITH THREE
DIFFERENT DEFENSIVE COORDINATORS
ABOUT THE LONG CORNERS AND ALL
HAVE MENTALLY CHANGED THE
POSITION OF ABOUT THREE OR FOUR
OF THESE LONG CORNERS TO SAFETY.
THEY WATCH THEIR MOVEMENT
SKILLS, THEY DECIDE WHETHER OR
NOT THEY THINK THEY CAN LIVE
OUTSIDE AND REMEMBER, THAT WHOLE
PRESS CORNER THING IS A
DIFFERENT KIND OF ANIMAL.
YOU HAVE TO STILL BE ABLE TO
OPEN UP YOUR HIPS.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE GOOD FEET, YOU
HAVE TO HAVE ALL THOSE THINGS.
SO EVERY TEAM IN THE LEAGUE IS
LOOKING AT THESE KIDS SAYING,
OKAY, DO WE HAVE A SHERMAN, DO
WE HAVE A BRANDON BROWN.
>> THE GODFATHER OF ALL THIS,
MEL BLOUNT, LOOKS ON AND GOES,
MAN, REMEMBER MY DAY WHEN I JUST
BEAT YOU UP ALL OVER THE FIELD?
I WAS SO GOOD THEY CHANGED THE
RULES.
I WAS DRAFTED IN THE TENTH ROUND
IN 1981 BY THE STEELER AND MEL
BLOUNT WAS STILL THERE.
I WAS CHISELED AND YOU COOPERATE
GET -- YOU COOPERATE BEAT THEM
TO THE FRONT OF EACH LINE IN
TRAINING CAMP.
IT WAS AWESOME.
>> WHAT'S IT LIKE FOR A SCOUT
RIGHT NOW?
YOU DID IF FOR EIGHT SEASONS.
TRYING TO EVALUATE A BIGGER THAN
NORMAL CORNER KNOWING THAT YOUR
COORDINATOR WOULD LIKE A BIG
CORNER CONSIDERING ALL THE BIG
WIDE RECEIVER, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE
TO CONSIDER THESE GUYS AS
SAFETIES IF THEY CAN'T MOVE LIKE
A CORNER SHOULD.
>> WHEN I FIRST STARTED IN '03,
WE WOULD JUST HAVE CORNERS IN
ONE PILE, RECEIVERS IN ANOTHER.
AND THEN OVER THE LAST FE
YEARS, IT'S SPECIALIZED.
SO YOU HAD A STACK OF THE BIG
CORNERS AND THEN A DIFFERENT
SPOT ON THE BOARD FOR THE NICK
EL CORNERS.
TEAMS ARE DEFINITELY WANT TO GO
PLAY THE SEATTLE BRAND OF
FOOTBALL.CORNERS.
TEAMS ARE DEFINITELY WANT TO GO
PLAY THE SEATTLE BRAND OF
FOOTBALL.
THAT'S THE PRIORITY.
AND ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE, YOU
HAVE THE OUTSIDE GUYS AND YOU
HAVE A SEPARATE PLACE ON THE
DRAFT BOARD FOR YOUR SLOT
RECEIVERS.
SO THE GAME HAS BECOME A LITTLE
BIT SPECIALIZED.
>> AND WHAT HAS ALSO HAPPENED
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE BIG
CORNER EVERYONE IS LOOKING FOR,
YOU NO LONGER REJECT THE SMALL
SAFETY NOW, ARE YOU, BECAUSE OF
THE WAY THE GAME IS PLAYED.
THE RUN GAME ISN'T QUITE THE
SAME EFFECT AS WHAT IT HAD
BEFORE, SO NOW YOU'RE GETTING
THE TYRANN MATHIEU EFFECT WHERE
THEY WILL BRING A GUY BACK TO
SAFETY TO COVER IN THE SLOT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A NUMBER HERE,
THEY ARE NOT HUGE PEOPLE.
>> THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
AND ANOTHER INTERESTING THING IS
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PETE
CARROLL TREE, SEATTLE HAVING
SUCCESS, JACKSONVILLE WITH GUS
BRADLEY OUT HERE.
THEY LOVE SCOUTING IN THE SYSTEM
BECAUSE THEY DON'T REJECT
PEOPLE.
YOU HAVE A HUGE SAFETY, MAYBE
HE'S A BOX GUY, WHAT IF YOU HAVE
AN UNDERSIZED GUY THAT CAN
COVER.
SO THEY WANT GOOD FOOTBALL
PLAYERS.
THEY'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF
REJECTING PEOPLE.
THEY FIND A PLACE FOR THEM.
THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN
SEATTLE AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE
LOOKING TO DO HER IN
JACKSONVILLE.
>> THERE IS AKINS.
HE'S ALMOST 6'1", 32 1/2 INCH
ARMS.