McKelvin (from Troy State) is not among the better known…

I don’t want to pick with a #1 pick any player whose ranking drops or increases by more than five points or whose rating amongst his peers goes up or down 15. Drops indicate the skill set is not commensurate with performance; increases indicate folks are forgetting what the player failed to do with his skills in college.

McKelvin’s rating has increased by five points and his ranking has jumped 26 places. Stay away.

BTW, with this system, CBs who skill sets match their performance seem to be: Mike Jenkins (who should be a mid first round selection around 15) and then Aqib Talib who should be a late first rounder (26).

Harlan

Eric Weddle did a decent job on him too and he isn’t even an NFL cornerback (he plays safety for SD).

McKelvin is pretty good though, it’s just an awful highlight reel. However, in both the Troy games I saw this year, his side was barely thrown to, so I would have struggled to put together a highlight reel too. He did make some plays as a returner though, so it would have ended up similar to this.

Revis is a solid PR, but the FO wouldn’t risk him back there, so why would they for the sixth pick, who would be earning more money?

Maybe Leodis is the second coming of Deion Sanders, but there wasn’t anything in this highlight tape that showed that kind of game. Also, here’s what Scouts Inc says are his major strengths and weaknesses. He sounds like more of an athlete (or a slot cover man) than a complete football player, and that just doesn’t seem to mesh with the prototypical Mangini player.

Strengths: Is a fluid, smooth and explosive athlete. Displays very quick feet and leverage in-and-out of pedal. Shows good technique and footwork in coverage. Explodes out of his pedal and typically gets a very good jump on the ball. He displays outstanding quick-twitch athleticism and change-of-direction skills. One of his three touchdown returns in 2007 came versus Big 12 opponent Oklahoma State.

Weaknesses: Is a finesse cover corner. Does not like to support the run and will avoid contact if at all possible. Plays a lot of man-off coverage and needs to improve his ability to press WR’s at the line of scrimmage. Bigger WR’s usually can dictate their routes. Despite outstanding experience in the return game, he displays marginal ball skills. Really needs to improve his hands in order to reach full potential on defense and in the return game in the NFL.

And for whoever said we don’t need a Punt returner. What? We have 2 excellent Kick returners who aren’t great at punt returning. So McKelvin would take that job right away if given the opportunity. I think his punt returning ability is a plus and not the reason we take him, but if Long and Gholston are off the board I don’t see a problem pulling the trigger for the best man-to-man cover corner in the draft.

SJF – I like DRC too, but maybe he is better at reading QBs because he plays against lower level opposition where the QBs are easier to read. Mind you, Tennessee State are probably not that much smaller than Troy – and I guess he did have two picks against draft prospects in the senior bowl. Scratch that thought!