2020 NFL Draft: Jeffrey Okudah a CB prospect for the decades
Unlocking Okudah’s potential
There aren’t many holes in Okudah’s game which is why he is the prospect that he is at this point. He’s excellent at the line of scrimmage but you ideally would like to see him use his length there more to reroute receivers.
His excellence at this point alludes to his scary potential to be dominant in this area once he develops using his length by stabbing receivers early to further dictate the tempo in press man. He has reps on tape where he stabs really well to reroute but he doesn’t use that technique as often as he should with the length that he has.
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— Travis Wingfield (@WingfieldNFL) November 30, 2019
It’s a nice look at the end of the play for Nico Collins, but the route was won early by Okudah by pinning him into the extra defender (the perimeter). The feet, the hands, the hips, THE FEET. Top 10 player. pic.twitter.com/zrhUd6fOcl
His feet are picture perfect but ideally you’d like to see him shoot his hand earlier in the route to disrupt the receiver at the line. If he shoots the hand earlier is in a better position because he closes the route of that much sooner and now probably turns this throw into an interception.
The fact that we have to nitpick his game at this point furthers the notion of how special he truly is. Unlocking that potential comes from adding something ever so slight into his arsenal as opposed to him having a weakness that you would like to see him do less of.