Consistency with his footwork, overall physicality & tackling.
His bail technique in off Zone coverage needs work, that goes to consistency with his footwork, but I think part of that had to do with having to rotate in & out so often, in situations where the staff let him work on the island he excelled in Press man coverage, but having to split reps at times can disrupt your confidence. If they let him hold down the Field spot he can be a lockdown Corner, they just need to have more confidence in him.
He has to also fight of blocks & tackle better, part of the reason why they would pull him from time to time is because his tackling isn't all the way there yet & he can be undisciplined at times. Our CB's are a big part of our Run Defense & he sometimes isn't as dialed in vs the run as he is in covering his man.
He's best when they give him the assignment of locking in on his man & going to battle (like he did when he shutdown Trevon Grimes) that's where he thrives in tight mirrored press man coverage, he has to improve in the other spots but he has all the ability to do it & coming into his Junior year will breakout.
He's not a flawless player, but the way he gets talked about on this board just shows how people really don't know what a good Corner looks like. Blades is legit, he's the least of our problems at CB.
What we need is to get the Boundary Corner spot solved, we fix that & our backend will be **** good this year.