CB Eli Apple (All B1G, National Champion, Los Angeles Chargers)

[matcar]

Apple wasn't perfect but I LOVED how close he was to the receiver on most plays. I know this is an exaggeration but last year it felt like we were almost always 2-5 yards from the ball/receiver. So seeing them on top of the receiver is fantastic to my eyes.

 

[MaxBuck]

... you only turn and look for the ball when you see the WR's eyes lock on it.

I've been told that good WRs use this technique against CBs in that they'll look as though they're locking onto the pass just before they break, leaving the corner looking for a pass that hasn't yet been thrown.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

I've been told that good WRs use this technique against CBs in that they'll look as though they're locking onto the pass just before they break, leaving the corner looking for a pass that hasn't yet been thrown.

Still better than blindly flailing at something you can't see...

 

[MaxBuck]

Still better than blindly flailing at something you can't see...

Apparently you differ with many current college and pro defensive backfield coaches. Each to his own.

 

[Wingate1217]

Apparently you differ with many current college and pro defensive backfield coaches. Each to his own.

And in the pros, failure to turn at look for the ball is pass interference.....

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Apparently you differ with many current college and pro defensive backfield coaches. Each to his own.

Yep, all college and pro coaches are infallible...

 

[MaxBuck]

And in the pros, failure to turn at look for the ball is pass interference.....

I'm not sure that is entirely accurate, at least in practice.

Pass interference is one of the most subjective calls that there is. If you read the NFL rule book and apply it rigidly, pass interference probably could be called on almost every pass play.

 

[MaxBuck]

Yep, all college and pro coaches are infallible...

Of course they're not, but they know more about this topic than you do. (And, obviously, more than I do.)

 

[lvbuckeye]

Still better than blindly flailing at something you can't see...

If the WR is running a post-corner route, for example, and sells the post by "looking for the ball," then the DB ends up looking for the ball while the WR is going the other way for an easy touchdown. The DB doesn't even end up blindly flailing at the ball, because he's nowhere near it.

I see it happen every week. Some DB gets torched by a WR selling a double move with his eyes.

 

[lvbuckeye]

And in the pros, failure to turn at look for the ball is pass interference.....

Only if you run through the WR.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

If the WR is running a post-corner route, for example, and sells the post by "looking for the ball," then the DB ends up looking for the ball while the WR is going the other way for an easy touchdown. The DB doesn't even end up blindly flailing at the ball, because he's nowhere near it.

I see it happen every week. Some DB gets torched by a WR selling a double move with his eyes.

If a DB is flailing at a non-existent ball on a post he has no business on the field...

 

[Coqui]

I dont trust any of our dbs because they are coached wrong.

Care to explain the massive improvement in defense then?

 

[Coqui]

And in the pros, failure to turn at look for the ball is pass interference.....

And yet, that's what the Seahawks did last year.

 

[lvbuckeye]

If a DB is flailing at a non-existent ball on a post he has no business on the field...

try reading my post again, and comprehending what i wrote.

 

[Wham]

Care to explain the massive improvement in defense then?

Let me answer your question with a question if I may. When the opposing quarterback steps back and throws the ball deep, when the ball is in the air, what do you most likely expect to happen? Pass interference, catch, incomplete, or interception