ChiefStock: CB Chevis Jackson
I’ve been raving about Chevis Jackson for the last couple days, and there’s a good reason. I believe that he would be a perfect second cornerback in the Chiefs‘ Cover 2 system.Here’s what Scouts Inc. had to say about Jackson’s play at the Senior Bowl practices:
LSU CB Chevis Jackson does not possess good top-end speed and likely will need to play in a Cover 2 heavy scheme in the NFL. However, it has not taken long to realize he’s the most naturally instinctive cover corner on the South roster. He has an uncanny knack for reading quarterbacks’ eyes, as well as anticipating receivers’ breaks.
This is great news after the same people said that coming into the year Jackson’s biggest weakness was his inability to read defenses. He’s big, plays faster than his 40 time and would be a perfect compliment to a smaller burner CB. This is the perfect kind of player to put on the bigger possession receivers the Chiefs will face week in, week out.
If we could get Jackson somewhere in the middle rounds of the draft, I think he’d be a steal. I’m sure Dwayne Bowe will vouch for his ex-teammate. Plus, not only has he faced top-notch competition, he’s played against elite receivers like Bowe, Buster Davis and Early Doucet every day in practice, not to mention other skill-position players like JaMarcus Russell and Joseph Addai. He’s also a winner, and it would be great to get some more winning spirit on a team so devoid of it.
Check out this clip of Jackson in action…
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This would be such a great pickup for us… Dont get me wrong, I love Pat and Ty… But time doesnt slow down for ANYONE. Chevis Jackson would be great for our secondary. I see a lot of potential in Brack, so Jackson could end up being the side 2 to our CB situation later down the line.
January 24th, 2008 at 12:48 amI also think we’ll sign a CB. Maybe not a top three one, but a good FA corner.
January 24th, 2008 at 12:52 amFree Agent? I think Trufant or Asante Samuel is gonna be a reach for us… I honestly think that we need to pick up a couple O-lineman… R. Lilja (IND) and M. Starks (PIT)… I mean, if we can pick up Jake Long (when the smoke clears and theres no one named McFadden available on the board) then YEAH, we need to get on that… Then we’d have an amazing O-Line. Then pick up and CB in the 2nd or 3rd round… I mean I would love to snatch a Trufant or Samuel… but there are so many teams out there that are needing strong and established CBs, that it’d be hard to grab one of those guys.
January 24th, 2008 at 1:18 amDid you not read what I said? I said "maybe not a top three one," meaning Hall, Samuel or Truffant. And we have the dough to sign any of the three. Still, I doubt we do it. You’re right on that. But that won’t stop us from campaigning for it, and applying heat to the front office to make things happen throughthe draft AND FA.
January 24th, 2008 at 1:54 pmNo, I know what you said, dude. I was just speaking in general… I think Trufant would be huge if we can somehow grab him… He’d fit right in.
January 24th, 2008 at 6:53 pmAnother upside to Jackson is that can return kicks.
January 25th, 2008 at 10:44 amI still don’t understand why we had Eddie Kennison returning punts for us last year. A 30+ year old wide receiver, when we have younger, faster receivers, aka Samie Parker, or corners, a la Tyron Breckinridge, D’mitri Patterson, that are fast, and we can teach them to cover up the ball with two hands. Even old Eddie fumbled once or twice. We just made alot of personnel decisions that were just plain dumb. If Samie can’t be a reliable number 2 receiver, then he either needs to return kicks for us, and move down the depth chart, or get off our roster. =/ that’s what I think.
January 26th, 2008 at 6:32 pm