GURU Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 If the Skins don't go cornerback in the first round, you gotta check this guy out: Chris McKenzie, CB Arizona State, 5'8" 185lbs Not impressed? Drew Boylhart from The Huddle Report thinks he can be another Darrell Green: Chris might be the fastest player in this draft. He is an excellent man-on-man CB and is a wrap up, head up, squeeze and drive tackler. He has good strength and plays bigger than his size. He has excellent CB skills and the only way a WR gets behind him is if he knocks Chris out cold on the field. He is very smart, plays zone defense and will intercept the ball if you throw in his area. Chris has good mental toughness and plays the cornerback position like a black widow looking for another husband to marry ... Without a doubt, Chris is the first player I’ve ever seen that I would compare to Darrell Green ... He is faster, a better cover corner, a better tackler and about the same height and weight as Pac Man Jones. He will sacrifice his body for the play and I just bet he will play hurt and you’ll never know it ... Remember my saying, “You can’t catch speed.” This kid has more speed and is as quick as the quickest in this draft. Oh, don’t worry about Chris against bigger WR’s. He has handled the biggest and the fastest and has done very well against them. He will become a core player, a fan favorite and a Pro Bowl player…I have no doubt about this. Still not convinced? Here's a report from the combine by Gil Brandt I found on redskins.com : Brace yourself: Eleven players (in the second group of cornerbacks at the combine) ran for times of 4.40 and under! Eleven! Of the 11, six ran for times of 4.35 and under! Those six young men are Arizona State's Chris McKenzie (4.31), Auburn's Carlos Rogers (4.31), Houston's Stanford Routt (4.34), Nebraska's Fabian Washington (4.31), Oklahoma State's Darrent Williams (4.31) and Stanford's Stanley Wilson (4.34). All six of these guys worked out as cornerbacks, so that is a very promising sign for the future of NFL cover corners. If that weren't enough, McKenzie also leaped 45 inches in the vertical jump and 11 feet, 4 inches in the broad jump. McKenzie told NFL.com he felt he would have done even better had he not strained a pectoral muscle while doing his bench presses. His former coach at Glendale (Ariz.) Community College, Joe Kersting, claims to have timed McKenzie in under 4.2 in the 40! McKenzie talked to only a handful of teams at the combine -- he claims he was "under the radar" at Arizona State, even though the Sun Devils went 9-3 last season -- but he'll certainly get a longer look when they see his numbers, which he'll try to improve upon at one of ASU's two pro days. More on him at NFL.com . Whatcha think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurent Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 I think.... this was posted before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheREALJBird Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 yea already been posted dude....they do have a lot of good things to say about the guy, but ive never seen him in action so i cant really give an opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskins4life234 Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 If hes as good as they say i got two words: Draft Him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWJ Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 With the depth at CB I just don't see us taking one with our 1st rounder. In another month let's hope that we have drafted a true #1 WR, DE and CB in the draft. In that order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngrubb8242 Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 I go to Arizona State...ok yes hes good but dont be mislead he isnt as good as these two men are making him out to be. Yes he has amazing athletic ability and i think that in a system much like the Redskins he could be extremely successful but proceed with caution...he is defniatley a project player :2cents: :whoknows: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsfanmike Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 He sounds like he could be ok, but IMO, he'd be a project and wouldn't be a starter anytime soon. I also don't know what the level of competition ASU faced this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heatman28 Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 For a sleeper pick, I gotta go with Fabian Washington. The kids gonna be a player for someone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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