Lattimore Island

I'm shocked this guy isn't getting more hype. Tape says it all. Yes as close to a sure thing shut down corner as you can get in the draft.

If we are bringing the full Seahawks style D, elite corners are somewhat of a luxury, generally they're in Cover 3, responsible for hash to sideline with an LB in the flat, as such they don't need to have elite agility or mirror skills.

They will be asked to do some Man to Man (cover 1) to mix it up, but you can normally get away with good to very good rather than elite, this draft is stacked with those and for that reason I'd pass. Now the bloke who played next to him........

I want to get onboard with this kid. He looks the part and has all the talent to be an all-world corner but I just really, really worry about his durability.

Originally posted by gold49er2183:
I'm shocked this guy isn't getting more hype. Tape says it all. Yes as close to a sure thing shut down corner as you can get in the draft.

Me too.

And frankly, I wouldn't be surprised at all if this was the pick. Aside from Rashard Robinson, we basically have no good press corners on this team. And in Saleh's seattle scheme, he requires tall press corners that can take away those slants.

Tramaine Brock is 5'10'' and is basically a holdover from the Harbaugh/Fangio scheme. He might not be a fit here for CB2. Ward is moving to free safety.

So really, even though people think we might have CB depth. We really don't......in my opinion.

Im leaning towards Lattimore at 2. A very important part of our new D. Hooker doesn't tackle well enough for a 2nd overall S, so id take the best CB.

Originally posted by gold49er2183:
I'm shocked this guy isn't getting more hype. Tape says it all. Yes as close to a sure thing shut down corner as you can get in the draft.

Lattimore's potential is to be one of the best corners to play the game. However 1 year of tape, great talent around him and not really being tested too much(though you can certainly say that's a plus for him as well) and injuries are the reason he's not getting ultra blue chip hype. However most people have him as the top corner(certainly with Jones getting hurt) and consider him a likely top 5 -10 pick.

Originally posted by hello28:

Originally posted by ChaunceyGardner:
yes!

Lattimore is a good player but at #2 a CB would have to be perfect. There are starters at CB to be had all the way through the 3rd round.

Yeah, doesn't matter how good the CBs are if the opposing QB has all day to throw because we have no pass rush. Also, Baalke spent every draft drafting tons of CBs, some of which may still pan out. Anyway, feel pass rush is a more important need.

it doesnt matter how good the pass rush is if we constantly have terrible db's.

Originally posted by gold49er2183:
I'm shocked this guy isn't getting more hype. Tape says it all. Yes as close to a sure thing shut down corner as you can get in the draft.

One year starter and an Ohio State guy who was surrounded by talent.

Originally posted by fan49:

Originally posted by hello28:

Originally posted by ChaunceyGardner:

yes!

Lattimore is a good player but at #2 a CB would have to be perfect. There are starters at CB to be had all the way through the 3rd round.

Yeah, doesn't matter how good the CBs are if the opposing QB has all day to throw because we have no pass rush. Also, Baalke spent every draft drafting tons of CBs, some of which may still pan out. Anyway, feel pass rush is a more important need.

it doesnt matter how good the pass rush is if we constantly have terrible db's.

Well we don't have terrible DBs and the pass rush sucked so...yeah.

Originally posted by fan49:

it doesnt matter how good the pass rush is if we constantly have terrible db's.

Our DBs were the strength of the defense last year....so there's that.

so stupid when they call CBs "island".

Held opponents to a 30 qb rating and didn't miss a tackle all season. If we trade down to 6 or 8 he should be the pick.

Originally posted by tjd808185:

Held opponents to a 30 qb rating and didn't miss a tackle all season. If we trade down to 6 or 8 he should be the pick.

I could live with that

Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:
The more I think about it, the more I do think this is our most likely pick at #2.

He has the talent to be a top 5 pick, and I think he fits how we want to build the team.

I think Garrett goes #1, and we go Lattimore at #2. Although I like the top 2 safeties a tad bit more, CB is more valuable spot.

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