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the thing that gets me with Dowels is that he is Knock Knee'd. Hopefully i dont sound ignorant with that.lol But its always something that bothered me when i watched his film. Which leaves him with avery funny running gait and his speed is in question. At a small stature at cb...you better have the speed and agility. At the high school level and facing alot of attempts with another talented cb a smart guy with ball skills can make plays like Dowels did this year.

When projecting to the next level and new scheme facing an up in talent and size will he perform?. Jayron Hosley showed up in VT's scheme, Captain Munnerlyn @ sc...looking at our db class before the departures i dont think i would take him over Nigel Bethel, and Turner was an obvious force out beginning in the summer.

Despite those supposed "better' offers(tx a&m,Clemson).....save Oklahoma im not impressed with those schools evals or defensive pedigree especially when sometimes these schools get in just want to get some sort of footing in south florida.

The local kid i like at db's without offer are Nichols @ Central and Jo Jo Robinson actually playing a cb spot.
With Jo Jo hes a plus athelte with speed who just needs redshirt year to learn and craft at that cb spot. Nichols is just steady man, has started at central and gone against any and every body to come through dade and held his own.
 
I agree with you on Nichols and ESPECIALLY Jojo. If and when we strike out on JC I hope its not too late to bring in JoJo as a DB. He has good size and is an athlete. The last thing we need around here is Charles Gaines 2.0 haunting us down the line. Smh.
 
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gogeta4 said:
the thing that gets me with Dowels is that he is Knock Knee'd. Hopefully i dont sound ignorant with that.lol But its always something that bothered me when i watched his film. Which leaves him with avery funny running gait and his speed is in question. At a small stature at cb...you better have the speed and agility. At the high school level and facing alot of attempts with another talented cb a smart guy with ball skills can make plays like Dowels did this year.

When projecting to the next level and new scheme facing an up in talent and size will he perform?. Jayron Hosley showed up in VT's scheme, Captain Munnerlyn @ sc...looking at our db class before the departures i dont think i would take him over Nigel Bethel, and Turner was an obvious force out beginning in the summer.

Despite those supposed "better' offers(tx a&m,Clemson).....save Oklahoma im not impressed with those schools evals or defensive pedigree especially when sometimes these schools get in just want to get some sort of footing in south florida.

The local kid i like at db's without offer are Nichols @ Central and Jo Jo Robinson actually playing a cb spot.
With Jo Jo hes a plus athelte with speed who just needs redshirt year to learn and craft at that cb spot. Nichols is just steady man, has started at central and gone against any and every body to come through dade and held his own.
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Usually I agree with you but where is this coming from? There's not a better CB film in the class of 2014 in South Florida. If so, show me.

Speed is in question? Did you not see him cover Durante step-for-step during the Jackson game? Did you not see him hawk down Yearby and save a long TD? How 'bout the Cypress game where he saved a TD by hawking down their RB from the other side of the field?

Nowhere on his tape is there a question about his speed. Matter of fact, it's his speed that jumps off the screen in a few of those plays, particularly on the first play of his highlights. I can't believe you're really questioning his speed and agility when those are some of his greatest assets.

When I say he never gets beat deep, HE NEVER GETS BEAT DEEP. And people have tried.

You're questioning if he can do it against better competition but you're not taking into account the fact that he faced all the best talent in South Florida. He's locked down Lane, Ridley and Burgess Becker in 7-on-7 tournaments. Locked down JC Jackson. Locked down Durante. Locked down the D-1 WR's at Cardinal Gibbons. Locks down McKenzie in practice. Locked down Malcolm Lewis and Justin Furgeson during 10th grade.

He's not just making plays cause he's smart. He's out-running, out-jumping and out-playing people. He out-athletes his opponents. He ****es on Bethel. I can't even believe you said that. LoL

You don't finish your high school career with **** near 20 interceptions just cause you're smart. LOL
 
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Durante beat Dowels deep, but it was because Dowels bit on a double-move. Durante didn't just outrun him.

Dowels doesn't look to me like a 4.4 guy but he has agility for days. I picked Dowels over Bethel mainly because he has better feet. Bethel gets turned around too much. He has some of that straight-line sprinter style, whereas Dowels moves like a corner all the way.
 
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DMoney said:
Durante beat Dowels deep, but it was because Dowels bit on a double-move. Durante didn't just outrun him.

Dowels doesn't look to me like a 4.4 guy but he has agility for days. I picked Dowels over Bethel mainly because he has better feet. Bethel gets turned around too much. He has some of that straight-line sprinter style, whereas Dowels moves like a corner all the way.
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Well ****, even a CB that runs a 4.2 can get beat on a double-move. But he's never been out-run vertically. People have tried. Miami Jackson tried a couple times with Durante. Dowels ran Durante's route for him and caught the ball like HE was the receiver.

He's been timed at 4.49, handheld of course, which is about right. He's a "legit" 4.5 guy all day.

If you ask just about ANY receiver in the 7-on-7 circuit who the best CB in Broward is, or even South Florida, they'll tell you Dowels. Rushing will tell you. McKenzie will tell you. ****, even Lane would probably tell you. He's the only CB he couldn't abuse.
 
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You must take into account a lot of off the radar players got their offers by coming to Goldens camp and earning them. Did London, Dowels and Nichols attend the camp?
 
im going to watch how it plays out with Dowels.

Good prospect imo...wouldnt be mad with him as a "take"...but i have the issues i see imothat could be or could have been snags when it came to recruiting him.

Now like i said before about him..it depends on where he commits to and the scheme that they use......like i told u before even thought they are our rivals he would fit right in at VT.
 
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WildcatDefense said:
DMoney said:
Durante beat Dowels deep, but it was because Dowels bit on a double-move. Durante didn't just outrun him.

Dowels doesn't look to me like a 4.4 guy but he has agility for days. I picked Dowels over Bethel mainly because he has better feet. Bethel gets turned around too much. He has some of that straight-line sprinter style, whereas Dowels moves like a corner all the way.
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Well ****, even a CB that runs a 4.2 can get beat on a double-move. But he's never been out-run vertically. People have tried. Miami Jackson tried a couple times with Durante. Dowels ran Durante's route for him and caught the ball like HE was the receiver.

He's been timed at 4.49, handheld of course, which is about right. He's a "legit" 4.5 guy all day.

If you ask just about ANY receiver in the 7-on-7 circuit who the best CB in Broward is, or even South Florida, they'll tell you Dowels. Rushing will tell you. McKenzie will tell you. ****, even Lane would probably tell you. He's the only CB he couldn't abuse.
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While I admire you sticking up for your boy and lord knows you make a GREAT case for this cat. I just cant see us taking a kid who is 5'9 and MAYBE runs a 4.5 on his best day. Phillip B was 5'8 but was fast as ****, was athletic as ****, and crazy hips. AND was versatile.

I agree that we should at least put in a phone call to this guy in case JC decides to go to Tally. (Which I think he will.) But his size and lack of top end speed has me worried. You just dont see many corners around that are 5'8-5'9 but dont have elite speed and be shutdown corners.
 
Jassid82 said:
WildcatDefense said:
DMoney said:
Durante beat Dowels deep, but it was because Dowels bit on a double-move. Durante didn't just outrun him.

Dowels doesn't look to me like a 4.4 guy but he has agility for days. I picked Dowels over Bethel mainly because he has better feet. Bethel gets turned around too much. He has some of that straight-line sprinter style, whereas Dowels moves like a corner all the way.
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Well ****, even a CB that runs a 4.2 can get beat on a double-move. But he's never been out-run vertically. People have tried. Miami Jackson tried a couple times with Durante. Dowels ran Durante's route for him and caught the ball like HE was the receiver.

He's been timed at 4.49, handheld of course, which is about right. He's a "legit" 4.5 guy all day.

If you ask just about ANY receiver in the 7-on-7 circuit who the best CB in Broward is, or even South Florida, they'll tell you Dowels. Rushing will tell you. McKenzie will tell you. ****, even Lane would probably tell you. He's the only CB he couldn't abuse.
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While I admire you sticking up for your boy and lord knows you make a GREAT case for this cat. I just cant see us taking a kid who is 5'9 and MAYBE runs a 4.5 on his best day. Phillip B was 5'8 but was fast as ****, was athletic as ****, and crazy hips. AND was versatile.

I agree that we should at least put in a phone call to this guy in case JC decides to go to Tally. (Which I think he will.) But his size and lack of top end speed has me worried. You just dont see many corners around that are 5'8-5'9 but dont have elite speed and be shutdown corners.
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Smh.

Turn on the tape dude. Stop worrying about some stopwatch.

Kid has blanketed every WR down here. He had enough speed to cover elite WR's in high school.

Watch the tape for Christ sake. Tell me if it looks like a player with speed issues.

He's faster than the CB's we had committed. LOL Smh

He doesn't "maybe run a 4.5 on a good day", he's a legit 4.5 guarantee with a 4.4 on a good day.

All that **** is overblown anyway. A 4.5 corner can be more lockdown than a 4.3 corner all day, and we've seen it a million times in football. WR's aren't just running verticals every play.
 
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WildcatDefense said:
You don't finish your high school career with **** near 20 interceptions just cause you're smart. LOL
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that's not true. Dowels reminds me of James Colzie III, a guy who wasn't big or a speedster but he had great football IQ and it translated to him dominating Dade County wrs during his time.
 
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