with tier one and we do have we have three guys three guys, in
tier ones. How the first time? Yeah,
that we have seen this in your ranking is where you have three
guys who are more similar to each other than different
there. It's not the way they play but Talent, right there,
there's a big-time talented players. If you had somebody
that told me my number
three was their number one, I'd you. Okay, I get it. I'm not
you're not crazy for that, right? Just not my cup of tea,
but let me just tell you this and make sure we're clear about
this
so far. Out of the players I've watched and I have a hard time
thinking anybody in the up, the up this. All right. This dude
I'm about to talk to is my new man crush and the world. All
right, let alone football
and was the most exciting film to watch at a corner that I can
remember in a while.
One of the most exciting fun films to watch of anybody I've
seen in a while and it was
not only the play, It's the attitude, it's the bravado, it's
everything, you know, Chris seems like Sonic,
Owner everything and you're number one corner is Devon
Witherspoon from Illinois.
Now again, it's not like by a huge margin,
you know, but this guy is he's must-see TV.
Okay,
I don't where I'm going to start his. He's he's up there
with the one of the most Twitchy
sudden people I've ever seen in my life
to the point where when he takes off you're like wait, is
that real? That he really get to full speed and a half
a step, you know?
Did he really like make a move that quick and break on
the ball and then close it?
But did he really come down and hit that guy like that? Does he
think he's right Louis that. Somebody tell him that he's 181
pounds. I mean,
it's unbelievable.
Let alone being in. Would I would say out of everybody?
I watched the most tough positions that have any Corner
in the draft, and it's constant him on an island. It's constant
even when they're playing Zone, it's like quarters. And it's
like,
you're kind of stolen, man.
It's he never really had a place.
Way off, he can do it on both bump or off. Both are
phenomenal.
It's rare to have that. He's got very good place. Trying for
if guy that's five 11 and a half 181 pounds, he doesn't
know that he thinks he's 220. Nobody's told them. Yeah.
Right. He's that. But like
here,
here's I watch these guys in alphabetical order.
And I went, you know, from one guy that I loved to him
and I mean here I'm just going to write and read my second
line. Sure. Right. My second line goes right away. I can
see. Holy s*** Twitchy
and sudden
I mean and I just went my third run its efficient and easy
sudden and can see the ability to accelerate you know whether
it's downhill or stick it stick the foot in the ground and
changing direction,
you know, so there's
you know as compared to my number.
R2 guy in my number three, guy. He might be a hair tighter in
his hips, okay? But as twitchiness and explosion and
acceleration.
And then I think when you add all that onto like incredibly
instinctive, and sees plays develop and zone or screens or
whatever else,
you just start to go, what does this guy not have other than
he's not? You know, 62 and over 200 pounds
is phenomenal. I mean, he really is and like I said it.
It's aggressive, man-to-man coverage.
It's not a lot of holding and grabbing which is another
element. I should have brought up here. Yeah because that's
the something that goes on in college football that's not
nearly called to the amount. It is in the NFL where I go, this
guy's not going
to get away with this. In the NFL, he's gonna call for this.
Every time this guy plays it legit, does it the right way?
I'm just amazed. He's a Kamikaze is what he is. Let
alone being an island shutdown corner. So he was first team
all-big, ten
and first-team All-American, Big Ten defensive back of
the year last season. Excuse me. And he did not start playing
football until his junior year in Pensacola Florida. So he is
a late to the sport. God crazy
Florida guy. Yeah, I could have guessed that. If you wouldn T,
I would have gotten, you know what, this guy's a crazy
Florida guy that loves when the bright lights are on, and just
wants to compete. And I'm saying that in the most loving
way, because I
am the huge believer in Florida, guys, I really am
Pete. Informs me. It is pronounced Devin Devin Devin.
Whether I say, Devon, that's all right. Devon white back in
the day that I bad Kansas City, Royals.
C is the number one guy, no matter what you call them,
that's his nickname to us now on this podcast. So
the fact that he's been late to the sport and hasn't played
a whole lot. I think it's instructive to look at his last
three seasons
and kind of making the leap and what he has done. If you go
back to 2020, he allowed a completion percentage of around
70%. So there's a learning curve for him. He Rob's you,
you don't play until your junior year of high school.
That's what's going to happen but this past year Chris
34.9%
completion percentage, 14 passes. Offended. He became
that Elite Corner, which I don't know if you look back at
2011 or 2010, probably not know when he did.
Well mean. Yeah, I did not only 2120 but,
but yeah, he's made steps
and I guess that's part of it, too.
It's like, how quickly is you learning and he's learning very
fast apparently, and, you know, you can see some of that, like
I knew some of the back story there about, you know, him not
playing and all that. But I don't get too deep in the weeds
with all that stuff,
but yeah, it makes sense
because, you know, again there is some,
you know,
Technique issues that maybe are not perfect but he gets away
with it because of how explosive and how he can
accelerate and everything there which was funny in the draft
process. Sometimes that's a plus. But wait, if you think
you can teach that exactly right. And I
think he's showing in that that he can be taught and he's
gotten better in that department to what you're
saying there. You know, if you're getting in
the negatives, it's very few. It's maybe that he's a hair over
aggressive. And what I mean by that is
that I mean, he just thought he doesn't want to let you catch
any throw and he play any pass.
He He's a slant route. He's like I'm taking it away. So
then there's a double move but it has makeup. Speed is
phenomenal. You know, it's a shame, we didn't get to see
what this guy did, as far as combine 40, all that type of
stuff,
because he looks like the type of guy that could have a scary,
40 10 yards, split 3, cone drill
20-yard, shuttle, all of that looked like it would be off
the charts. But yeah, there's not really much
to look at here and say there's a -
you know, the technique thing, the hip thing like I'm talking
about, it's minor. It's my means nothing. Obviously, he's
my number one corner,
everything else checks out, start/stop ability, incredible,
you know, plays bigger than this 511 sighs.
Got unbelievable ball skills. So,
you know, he's different than some of the corners. We've seen
be the top pick the last few years, right? He's different
that way
and he's not your prototypical. Like, we're talking about.
Everybody wants everybody to 61 or 62 right now, right? I'm
I think it's a little overblown,
I do. I'm not so worried about it. You know, I'm not going to
go.
Oh, the guy that's 61, you know, he's not as good in man
to man. But he's 61,
you know, and
just because he's 61 I'm going to make him the better corner
here. No, no, there's there, you know, okay. Yes, some of
those 50/50 ball situations will the 61 guy be better.
Sure, some of those 50/50 situations, I'll tell you
he's not going to be there for the 50/50 part because he's
gonna get burned. Yeah, so the other guys there and you go,
oh, then we downgrade him. Go. He's not that good with 50/50
balls and I go. Okay, this guy 64 and he's not perfect.
I didn't say he was
Most perfect human ever.
Yeah. So those are things we got to take into account but
you know, I think he is the
perfect modern day NFL corner too because of
the inside-outside versatility, there
Jamar, take Jamar, Chase doesn't line up just outside
anymore,
you know. And to the point where we're in love with these
big corners and I know I'm going down here because
the the the big corner I get it. You got to have that guy
for a DeAndre Hopkins and all that. But what we're seeing to
is, there's nobody in football, that can cover The Tyree kills,
the Jalen waddles, the Jamar chases the world,
some of these guys that are unbelievable, route, Runners
Jamar, Justin Jefferson. I'd actually put him in that,
just in Jefferson's. Yeah, he's good at 50 50s, but that's not
really his game. His game is shaking you and running great
routes.
Guys. Like this are gonna be able to cover him really well.
So I love, I love this kid. As you could tell my new man
crushed. How much do you love him though? Plug-and-play 16.
Is there any Corner Prospect in?
Draft equal to sauce or Patrick certain I like Witherspoon.
But is he the same type of specimen
as those two, he's different because he's got the Prototype,
long length guy. I liked him better than both of them coming
out. I do real, I do, I /, Patrick Sartain, as, you know,
I had Tyson Campbell is a number one corner,
which is another one. I'd like to say, I'm very proud of
because Tyson Campbell is an All-Pro, a guy already whether
the rest of the world knows about it yet or not, that's
their fault, but he is,
in fact, the second half of the year. I would tell you. Tyson
Campbell played better than Patrick's retain in fact, it
was almost like immediately after I made my cornerback
rankings in the middle of the year. And I went Min
certeyn had like as to worst games of the year right after that
but he's different than those guys. Yeah and sauce certainly
didn't have some of the twitch
and quickness and the changed Direction movements. That this
guy has this guy's on a different level. In that
department sauce, beat you. He's got quick feet sauce, beat
you with strength and straight speed,
and then his instincts.
Right? But if he had to get in the slot like Devin Withers,
Devon Witherspoon does a few times, has to play some of
the Jitterbug type guys
that film wouldn't look quite as good,
right? So that's, I'm,
I'm in love with this and these are,
these are honestly more. My kind of guys,
I'm a little bit more into the
you know, Shifty man-to-man really fast explosive guy
rather than the taller straight liner. Not that Shifty guy. So
I maybe I'm a little more bias towards this guy overall. Yes,
that did.
Different because of the way the game has evolved and who
the wide receivers are that are dominating, right? I think so,
you know, again I know some teams play more Zone and you
might like some of those longer straight line guys.
But yeah, you know one like you hear me, say,
you can't play
zone all the time anymore. You can't do it all the time.
I mean, you got in the Super Bowl. You see, play Mahomes or
Jalen hurston's? They're just, they're gonna, they're gonna
pick you apart, period.
There's got to be some big plays ready to go. You gotta
play him, man. And we got a, we can't let them have any. Thing.
And, you know, yes, and that's where this guy these guys have.
I think more versatility. As far as the guys, they can cover
in the NFL. Yeah, the really really tall. Big guy
could be an issue,
but the rest of the group,
I feel like they match up more than the vice versa of what I'm
saying. Where the tall long skinny Corner? That's
a straight line. ER, yeah.
He matches up with the tall straight line receiver
but there's like four other receivers on the team that
they're playing that he doesn't match up with again. So that's
where I favor. You know this type of guy more than the other
one
Anthony wants to know is whether spoon a good fit for
the Raiders of seven
Anthony Anthony, plug-and-play 16 as well.
This guy fits anywhere
anywhere, it doesn't matter. He could be the best nickel on
the football. He could be the best outside corner and football
but that high in the draft if you have a top 10. Yeah, five
pic. Yeah, it would be comfortable as a GM. I would
liken him. I would be
Every bit as come I would I mean you know again it's
the only thing you worry about this guy is long term is he
going to hit himself out? He's that psycho and Kamikaze where
you're like. I hope he doesn't Crush himself and break both of
his shoulders and
you know have issues like that because he's just gone. So
Kamikaze in the NFL. Other than that, there is nothing to worry
about. You want people to cover Sky more,
you want people to cover Keenan? Allen?
These is your, this is your type of mofo right here, you want.
Buddy to shut down, Jerry, Judy, and his great route running.
This is your kind of mofo right here.
Yes he can play seven, Raiders, definitely
you have a man. Crush on Melvin Weatherspoon. I haven't this is
my I thought this was gonna be my next guy. I thought was
going to be my other man crush until I saw him.
You can have two man-crush, I guess
I can, but one is greater than the other.
So the one that's greater
than the other is Devon Weatherspoon at number.