2018 6th round pick is Christian Campbell CB

[Cardiac]

Difference between Campbell & Williams is that Campbell actually looked like a CB in college, although not the greatest. Williams never did. Christian got picked where he was supposed to get picked. Williams would have been a UDFA if Keim didn’t reach like hell for him.

Maybe I'm picking nits but "reach like hell" for a 6th rd pick is a bit excessive. Maybe a reach but we are talking about a 6th rd pick where the hit rate is like 5% IIRC.

 

[pinetopred]

Maybe I'm picking nits but "reach like hell" for a 6th rd pick is a bit excessive. Maybe a reach but we are talking about a 6th rd pick where the hit rate is like 5% IIRC.

He was talying about Williams in the 3rd I think

 

[pinetopred]

But I still like Williams skill set. Nobody remembers when your drafted or what you can't do until you do it right? Seems like a good kid that wants to make it hope he figured things out in the past couple yrs. If he does I'll buy a Williams jersey he's the worker good teams need JMO

 

[ajcardfan]

Difference between Campbell & Williams is that Campbell actually looked like a CB in college, although not the greatest. Williams never did. Christian got picked where he was supposed to get picked. Williams would have been a UDFA if Keim didn’t reach like hell for him.

Indeed. But, the Cards selected Williams where they did because John Chavis, legendary DC at LSU AND a&m, Ttold the Cards Williams was the most talented player he had ever coached. Which, of course, included Peterson and Mathieu at the time. I said when he was picked I did not see that.

I feel like Chavis oversold him to help him recruit at a new school.

 

[Mainstreet]

Call me crazy but I really liked this pick. From his tape, you see a long corner who looks back for the ball and tries to make a play on it.

How many corners have we seen who have all the measureables but their main failure is that they don't make a play on the ball?

The only pick I wasn't crazy about was Cunningham but that was a 7th round developmental type so I'm good with it.

On the video, especially on that first long pass play, he was looking to break up the ball. If he can consistently track the ball, I like him a lot.

 

[Chopper0080]

Many have pointed this out, but being able to turn and look for the ball is an important trait for an NFL CB and this guy does it naturally.

Again, if I can get a CB in the 6th round who has plus size and speed, and naturally turns his head when the ball is in the air...that is a great value, even if the player doesn't work out.

 

[Gandhi]

Christian got picked where he was supposed to get picked. Williams would have been a UDFA if Keim didn’t reach like hell for him.

I highly doubt that. Like it has been pointed out many times, the almost legendary defensive coordinator John Chavis vouched for Williams. Chavis told Keim and Arians that Williams had bigger potential than both Patrick Peterson and Tyrann Mathieu who Chavis coached while he was at LSU. Obviously, the Cardinals had a direct link to Chavis, but the other teams would definitely have the same information, and Chavis’ words would without a doubt carry a lot of weight to most teams.

Also, the best athletes in college almost always gets drafted, even though they don’t have good stats, and sometimes it even happens in the first- or second round. Just going back as far as I have followed the draft, in 2008 the Raiders took wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey out of Maryland in the first round, not because he was very impressive in college but because he was a great athlete. In 2012 the Chiefs selected defensive tackle Dontari Poe out of Memphis in the first round, even though Poe did not put up big stats at Memphis but was an athletic specimen. In 2013 the Bengals selected defensive end Margus Hunt out of SMU in the second round, and Hunt had not posted big numbers in college. In 2014 the Cowboys drafted defensive back Byron Jones out of UConn in the first round though he did not produce a lot in college. There are other examples like the Bengals drafting safety Taylor Mays in 2010, the Patriots drafting Tavon Wilson in 2012, the Falcons drafting cornerback Jalen Collins in 2015, the Colts drafting safety T.J. Green in 2016. So it happens, even higher in the draft than Williams was selected, and a lot of teams does it.

I am not saying Brandon Williams was not a reach, and personally I also felt it was much too early, but claiming that it was a crazy reach and that he would not get drafted otherwise is almost certainly wrong.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

I highly doubt that. Like it has been pointed out many times, the almost legendary defensive coordinator John Chavis vouched for Williams. Chavis told Keim and Arians that Williams had bigger potential than both Patrick Peterson and Tyrann Mathieu who Chavis coached while he was at LSU. Obviously, the Cardinals had a direct link to Chavis, but the other teams would definitely have the same information, and Chavis’ words would without a doubt carry a lot of weight to most teams.

Also, the best athletes in college almost always gets drafted, even though they don’t have good stats, and sometimes it even happens in the first- or second round. Just going back as far as I have followed the draft, in 2008 the Raiders took wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey out of Maryland in the first round, not because he was very impressive in college but because he was a great athlete. In 2012 the Chiefs selected defensive tackle Dontari Poe out of Memphis in the first round, even though Poe did not put up big stats at Memphis but was an athletic specimen. In 2013 the Bengals selected defensive end Margus Hunt out of SMU in the second round, and Hunt had not posted big numbers in college. In 2014 the Cowboys drafted defensive back Byron Jones out of UConn in the first round though he did not produce a lot in college. There are other examples like the Bengals drafting safety Taylor Mays in 2010, the Patriots drafting Tavon Wilson in 2012, the Falcons drafting cornerback Jalen Collins in 2015, the Colts drafting safety T.J. Green in 2016. So it happens, even higher in the draft than Williams was selected, and a lot of teams does it.

I am not saying Brandon Williams was not a reach, and personally I also felt it was much too early, but claiming that it was a crazy reach and that he would not get drafted otherwise is almost certainly wrong.

There were also sources reporting that the Pats liked Williams. He wasn’t going undrafted.

 

[Ronin]

https://www.azcentral.com/story/spo...mpbell-cornerback-patrick-peterson/900401002/

 

[cardpa]

https://www.azcentral.com/story/spo...mpbell-cornerback-patrick-peterson/900401002/

I still believe this kid is going to be a 6th round gem.

 

[DVontel]

Really wish we drafted Quenton Meeks. Unreal how he went undrafted. Hopefully, Campbell balls out.

 

[overseascardfan]

Really wish we drafted Quenton Meeks. Unreal how he went undrafted. Hopefully, Campbell balls out.

That’s who I was hoping for. I thought maybe he ran a slow 40 time which caused him to drop but he ran a sub 4.5 at his Pro day. GMs seem to value potential over actual productivity, like they are afraid of missing on a potential gem instead of getting someone a little more ready to play.