MWill

[kab1one]

I'm not gonna lie. There are a lot of Homer's on this board. However, if you really believe he isn't a Sunday player you need to lay off whatever you're taking. He's a legit player and a hell of a CB. He is a draft pick. As a matter of fact, I'm willing to put money on it with you. If you wanna take the bet fine, if you wanna back down, well that's what I'm expecting.

Look at his overall body of work. Positives interceptions and special teams. Negatives, does not tackle, does not look back on the deep route, how often does the ball get thrown over the top of him? All the gets forgotten by the interceptions. Now, what happens when he moves up a level and the receivers are bigger and faster, they will body him off the ball, the quarterbacks will throw where he isn't. Okay, he may get drafted, but he isn't a a Sunday player. And if the attitude and not playing every play is true, well that even makes it more apparent that he is a very good college player.

[AjaxTheMighty]

Look at his overall body of work. Positives interceptions and special teams. Negatives, does not tackle, does not look back on the deep route, how often does the ball get thrown over the top of him? All the gets forgotten by the interceptions. Now, what happens when he moves up a level and the receivers are bigger and faster, they will body him off the ball, the quarterbacks will throw where he isn't. Okay, he may get drafted, but he isn't a a Sunday player. And if the attitude and not playing every play is true, well that even makes it more apparent that he is a very good college player.

You are not a 'football guy' are you? This is a knee jerk reaction to a bad couple of plays. Corners are not typically great tacklers. Everybody knows that. I saw Marcus make some tackles last night. The triple option does lure the corners to sleep a little. Pros don't deal with teams that run the ball 55 times kid. Marcus has some of the best ball instincts I have ever seen and he will be drafted, coached, and then we shall see. Dude, go watch some film of him. Scouts don't drool over corners that can tackle, they drool over corners that are lightning fast, have good hands, and make plays. Marcus Williams has all of those things and makes plays. Wake up.

[marenlee]

Not that it was a good excuse, but he was stride for stride with the receiver and he was playing the ball (looking back), but I think he got his feet tangled up with his own and tripped at the last second allowing the receiver to make a catch and probably was a lot of jostling going on because both players were playing the ball. The shoulder tackle was just bad football... no excuse for a play like that.

This. On the deep pass he had the receiver dead on until he stumbled. He wasn't asleep on that play

[AjaxTheMighty]

This. On the deep pass he had the receiver dead on until he stumbled. He wasn't asleep on that play

Agree, he was not asleep and I thought he got a little tangled with the receiver. I'm making this statement now: when Marcus gets drafted I promise I am going to find this thread. It's going to be fun!

[td577]

I think he would be a late round pick this year. This time next year he will be at least a third rounder. The fourth and long pass was gsu wanting to throw to their best receiver and taking their chance on mwill. It was a desperate throw, not terrible coverage, and good execution by gsu, which were there too.

The one obvious point that mwill is the real deal is to see how opposing teams avoid him like the plague. He is a shutdown corner at this level. He does exactly what is asked of him. He takes away a third of the field for 95% of the game and then makes teams pay when they try him. Is he perfect? No, but then who is? Is he good enough to pay at the next level? IMHO, no doubt. He does a lot of different things very well and that will translate into serious NFL interest. Will he be a shutdown corner at the next level? Probably not but he doesn't have to be. He will have spent four years playing in a system, the next level is all about systems. They know he can play team defense. He is willing to work within a system and take advantage of opportunities when presented. These are the type of players who add skilled depth to an NFL defense which are that fourth round targets. Mwill will be considered good enough for a late third pick.

Btw, I agree his tackling isn't great but he has gotten better every year. As long as be shows a propensity towards better tackling, someone at the next level can show him better techniques because the NFL has a specialist in every little facet of the game.


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[OrygunBison]

Agree, he was not asleep and I thought he got a little tangled with the receiver. I'm making this statement now: when Marcus gets drafted I promise I am going to find this thread. It's going to be fun!

The reciever was pulling his jersey straight down and pinning his right arm behind him. It was a bad camera angle but you could see it happening behind.

[IndyBison]

The reciever was pulling his jersey straight down and pinning his right arm behind him. It was a bad camera angle but you could see it happening behind.

Contact by both players but not enough for PI on either guy. Great defensive play by MWill and perfect pass by GSU.

[1998braves64]

does not look back on the deep route

He was looking back on the 4th down and long play... In that case it looked to me as if he had a bead (don't know if he could have picked it at min he could have defended it) on that football before the last moment something happened that made him trip, I'll try to see if I can figure it out on the replay. I didn't see the arm behind the back etc, but I do know he was not happy about something that happened as he immediately got up and started talking to the referee in the vicinity.

[WFBisonFan]

Contact by both players but not enough for PI on either guy. Great defensive play by MWill and perfect pass by GSU.

Very true statement....also, I wonder if he was still a tad hurting from earlier in the game.

[reformedUNDfan]

the coverage on the 4th down play was fine, basically a perfectly placed ball.