Bishop Memnon preachin' the gospel on this one. You’ve hit the nail on the head. I saw the lack of technical development in Athens first hand. Cuz want up there as a ballhawk and they all but “coached” it out of him. At Heritage, he’d turn his head and make a play on the football as comfortably as blinking and breathing.
He gets up there and he’s in full blown panic mode when the ball is in the air. IMO, his “development” there costed him a 1st round slot. Man had to re-learn how to play the ball in the air, and he still has his UGA moments.
Fam, I know you’re a DB man, so I’m interested in your opinion on playing through the hands primarily. Save for playing a little SS in a pinch early in HS, I never played much in the secondary. But IIRC, every DB and DB coach in my era stressed that you play the ball in the air first and then through the hands…