Darius Butler & Deion Sanders

[PATRIOT64]

It seems since these two guys got together Deion has been like a mentor to Darius and spending a lot of time in the training room and workout regiments to play the position that Sanders played to perfection.

I hope all of Deion's advice and training rubs off over time - We could only hope that Darius turns out to be even half as good as 'Prime Time' was in his heyday,If he does then we got a steal.

One of the newest Patriots, Darius Butler, has a 'Prime Time' mentor | New England Patriots | projo.com | The Providence Journal

 

[RayClay]

It seems since these two guys got together Deion has been like a mentor to Darius and spending a lot of time in the training room and workout regiments to play the position that Sanders played to perfection.

I hope all of Deion's advice and training rubs off over time - We could only hope that Darius turns out to be even half as good as 'Prime Time' was in his heyday,If he does then we got a steal.

One of the newest Patriots, Darius Butler, has a 'Prime Time' mentor | New England Patriots | projo.com | The Providence Journal

Wasn't Deion strictly speed, which can't really be taught? I know he didn't like to tackle people.

 

[PATRIOT64]

Wasn't Deion strictly speed, which can't really be taught? I know he didn't like to tackle people.

The thing I remember most about Deion was he had a nose for the ball and was usually there at the right time as the ball decended and that seemed to be good enough to make him one of the best in the league - I do not recall any major moments of lack of tackling in his career but then again many HOF corners probably has similar issues.

I don't think speed will be an issue with Butler,He looks pretty fast to me.

 

[BradyFTW!]

I wonder if Butler will forget how to tackle.

 

[signbabybrady]

He was a member of Prime U (which aired as a TV show too on NFL net). And on the out of Deions mouth he was the best DB he was helping get ready for the combine, Draft, and NFL.

Some of the segments on the Show Prime U were great.

 

[Tyler.Durden]

Yea, deion runs a pre-draft camp for db's every year.

 

[MoLewisrocks]

Just as long as the mentoring doesn't interfere with the coaching...he belongs to Pees and his staff, now.

This was the scary part of the piece in closing:

"Butler met veteran free-agent signees Shawn Springs and Leigh Bodden on Friday, but interestingly, Butler knows nearly as much about the Pats' playbook at this point as they do. Terrence Wheatley and Jonathan Wilhite — just one year removed from being rookies themselves — have the most experience in New England's system. "

In BB we trust I guess...

 

[dhamz]

Wasn't Deion strictly speed, which can't really be taught? I know he didn't like to tackle people.

He also had tremendous coverage technique to go with that speed.

As for run support, well Prime wasn't paid to tackle.

 

[JSn]

I hope he doesn't have a class on acquiring contact-o-phobia.

 

[124]

Like Deion, Darius' biggest weak spot is his tackling. However, I expect him to be the best Cornerback in this draft class and he made Ellis "Big Play or Burned" Hobbs, expandable.

 

[JSn]

Like Deion, Darius' biggest weak spot is his tackling. However, I expect him to be the best Cornerback in this draft class and he made Ellis "Big Play or Burned" Hobbs, expandable.

Butler can make people expandable?

That's a pretty crazy super-power!

 

[124]

Butler can make people expandable?

That's a pretty crazy super-power!

You know what I meant, haha.

 

[Patriotic Fervor]

Butler can make people expandable?

That's a pretty crazy super-power!

Yes!

And the best is yet to come!:singing:

 

[PatsBoy12]

I hope Mr. Sanders can help turn him into a lockdown, man-to-man guy. That way NE can send those complex blitzes at opponents without our corners giving receivers 10-yard cushions.

 

[upstater1]

Like Deion, Darius' biggest weak spot is his tackling. However, I expect him to be the best Cornerback in this draft class and he made Ellis "Big Play or Burned" Hobbs, expandable.

This is totally untrue.

as someone who has seen him play A LOT this isn't a weak spot. Tackling is one of the strengths of his game. Weakness: fulfilling his responsibilities in Randy Edsall's complicated defense. Darius has been in a defense very much like New England's but he got confused by it on a number of occasions. He's a smart kid and he'll pick it up, but... that was his weak area. Tackling was a strength. The kid is a player.

 

[PatsBoy12]

This is totally untrue.

as someone who has seen him play A LOT this isn't a weak spot. Tackling is one of the strengths of his game. Weakness: fulfilling his responsibilities in Randy Edsall's complicated defense. Darius has been in a defense very much like New England's but he got confused by it on a number of occasions. He's a smart kid and he'll pick it up, but... that was his weak area. Tackling was a strength. The kid is a player.

That's exactly what I thought when I saw that post about poor tackling. Tackling is actually one of his strengths. The knock on him is that he is sometimes slow in recognition and, despite playing some receiver in college, his hands could be better.

 

[upstater1]

That's exactly what I thought when I saw that post about poor tackling. Tackling is actually one of his strengths. The knock on him is that he is sometimes slow in recognition and, despite playing some receiver in college, his hands could be better.

From watching the guy a lot, I'd agree with slow in recognition.

I loved his hands though. He had the best hands on the team. In retrospect, that might not mean much because UConn's WRs were dreadful. At the pro day however, he had the best ball skills of any DB.

 

[shakadave]

The thing I remember most about Deion was he had a nose for the ball and was usually there at the right time as the ball decended and that seemed to be good enough to make him one of the best in the league

Two things about Deion:

1. Choosing not to come up in run support seems legitimate in today's NFL when those who make contact get injured half the time, and

2. Sanders wasn't "one of the best in the league" --- he was the best player in the NFL in my opinion. Opposing teams wouldn't even throw to his side of the field. He had to deliberately play off receivers sometimes to try to tempt the QB to throw his way. Plus weren't there his punt returns?

 

[TriplecHamp]

Two things about Deion:

1. Choosing not to come up in run support seems legitimate in today's NFL when those who make contact get injured half the time, and

2. Sanders wasn't "one of the best in the league" --- he was the best player in the NFL in my opinion. Opposing teams wouldn't even throw to his side of the field. He had to deliberately play off receivers sometimes to try to tempt the QB to throw his way. Plus weren't there his punt returns?

NO! and YES!

1) All I have to say is that Football is a physical game, if you dont want to come up in run support, dont play the game.

2) Deion was without a doubt the most dominating and dynamic player in the NFL during his prime.