So if he’s got all that going bad for him how is a a corner for a highly thought of power 5 team? A slow footed, bad hipped, bad technique corner would not be able to play group of five let alone for the university of Miami. He’s got very good patience at the line of scrimmage, extremely disruptive jam, and his feet are not bad at all at his size. His biggest issues were inexperience (clearly got better as the season went on), and lack of recovery speed which is a legit problem that gets him into trouble cause he has to be an absolute technician to be consistently shutdown. Thing is he has bad reps much like any corner he just doesn’t have the luxury to get away with that. Down to down he is definitely more technically sound than blades. If blades were good technically he’d be elite which he isn’t at this point. If technique isn’t blades problem I’d love to hear what is.
How was he a corner for us? Because he was recruited by the staff & due to lack of depth had no choice but to play him. And the results showed all those things that were wrong with his game, if that wasn't the case he wouldn't have given up the most catches, most yards & most TD's.
On one hand you say his biggest issue is his lack of recovery speed because he has to be an absolute technician in order to be a consistent shutdown corner but on the other hand you're saying he has better technique than Blades? So when was he a shutdown corner if his lack of recovery speed had to made up for with technique? Like what game did he show that? Because if he lacks recovery speed but had exceptional technique why did he give up so many catches for so many yards & had way less PBU's?
And technique isn't Blades biggest problem, he does need to improve on his technique particularly in off coverage & work on his recognition, but his big issue was tackling & consistent physicality.
His press man ability is better than corner on the roster & again, can you show me or direct me to a play where Ivey's was?
Every argument I've made has had both empirical data & film to support what I'm saying, I haven't seen anything on Ivey that shows any of everything you speak of. I watched every snap of our CB's both in season & after the season was over, there wasn't one game where Ivey was better, not one.
Ivey may have the size that
could make for a potential really good lengthy corner, but he has yet to show that in a game yet. His best play of the season was the INT vs Louisville where he displayed good play recognition in the Cover 4 Zone & rolled his coverage back to take off the End zone route, other than that he struggled.
I'm not saying Blades was elite, but was he better than Ivey? Without question. If you
believe Ivey will be better, it's not based on film, it can't be, it's based on what you think he has potential to be, which is subjective. But objectively speaking, Blades is better & it's not really up for debate.