Why Not In Round One

[Emeritus]

The guy did win the Thorpe over your favorite cornerbacks.
So why not him in round one? Just a thought.

[*ochocincos*]

I'm not really sure why I haven't really seen Bryant's name mentioned in the early rounds in terms of prospect rankings.
He's been pretty consistent season after season in college.

[Truck_1_0_1_]

(12-29-2021, 07:42 PM)Emeritus Wrote:

The guy did win the Thorpe over your favorite cornerbacks.
So why not him in round one? Just a thought.


Coby Bryant CB Cincinnati
https://youtu.be/qAf8-s8_ep8

Because he's not Sauce, Stingley or Elam and his ball skills aren't as good as some of the other guys.

He's a good CB, but not worth a 1st-round pick.

If we took him the 2nd, that's perfect, but if we get Sauce in the first, don't need Bryant.

[*ochocincos*]

(12-30-2021, 12:26 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: Because he's not Sauce, Stingley or Elam and his ball skills aren't as good as some of the other guys.

He's a good CB, but not worth a 1st-round pick.

If we took him the 2nd, that's perfect, but if we get Sauce in the first, don't need Bryant.

I think one could make an argument that Bryant's ball skills are up there with those guys.
Bryant - 9 INTs, 35 PBUs over 52 games
Gardner - 9 INTs, 16 PBUs over 32 games
Stingley - 6 INTs, 20 PBUs over 25 games
Elam - 5 INTs, 20 PBUs over 30 games
Booth - 3 INTs, 9 PBUs over 25 games

From what I read though, Bryant only has 4.5 speed, which is slower than preferred for an outside CB nowadays. I could see that keeping him lower than some of these other guys if true.

[Truck_1_0_1_]

(12-30-2021, 01:03 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I think one could make an argument that Bryant's ball skills are up there with those guys.
Bryant - 9 INTs, 35 PBUs over 52 games
Gardner - 9 INTs, 16 PBUs over 32 games
Stingley - 6 INTs, 20 PBUs over 25 games
Elam - 5 INTs, 20 PBUs over 30 games
Booth - 3 INTs, 9 PBUs over 25 games

From what I read though, Bryant only has 4.5 speed, which is slower than preferred for an outside CB nowadays. I could see that keeping him lower than some of these other guys if true.

He was targeted a ton more, IIRC, hence the disparity. Because I didn't watch every UC game the past 2 years, I'm mainly going off of others, so it may be more opinion and less accurate.

Did want to bring up, Leon Hall (71 PD, 18 INTs) had more picks+PsD when Joseph (56 PD, 14 INTs) was here, but Joseph isn't the better cover guy and had the better ball skills.