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Posted by Michael David Smith on May 15, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
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[wrapimg=right]http://nbcprofootballtalk.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/janorisram.jpg?w=159[/wrapimg]Jeff Fisher was confident when the Rams drafted Janoris Jenkins that they got a good NFL cornerback, and he’s even more confident about that now.
Fisher said on ESPN’s NFL 32 that the Rams did a tremendous amount of research into Jenkins — who was kicked off the Florida Gators football team after multiple arrests and was dropped on some teams’ draft boards because of character concerns — and that they heard universally good things about him.
“It started with the 15-minute interview at the Combine, and then the visit where we had him for the day. Believe me, no one did more research,” Fisher said. “Everyone we talked to along the road, whether it was in Pahokee, Florida, the University of Florida or people from North Alabama, everyone to a man said, ‘Take this young man.’ This stuff is behind him.”
Now that Fisher has had a chance to see Jenkins up close at the team’s rookie minicamp, he’s even more confident: Fisher says Jenkins has everything an NFL team looks for in a cornerback.
“He’s very talented — obviously we knew that, and that has shown just in the last couple days,” Fisher said. “He’s got excellent football intelligence and he carries things from the classroom to the field. He’s going to be a really good player really soon for us.”
And if Jenkins can stay out of trouble off the field, he should be a really good player for a long time.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... ally-soon/
[wrapimg=right]http://nbcprofootballtalk.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/janorisram.jpg?w=159[/wrapimg]Jeff Fisher was confident when the Rams drafted Janoris Jenkins that they got a good NFL cornerback, and he’s even more confident about that now.
Fisher said on ESPN’s NFL 32 that the Rams did a tremendous amount of research into Jenkins — who was kicked off the Florida Gators football team after multiple arrests and was dropped on some teams’ draft boards because of character concerns — and that they heard universally good things about him.
“It started with the 15-minute interview at the Combine, and then the visit where we had him for the day. Believe me, no one did more research,” Fisher said. “Everyone we talked to along the road, whether it was in Pahokee, Florida, the University of Florida or people from North Alabama, everyone to a man said, ‘Take this young man.’ This stuff is behind him.”
Now that Fisher has had a chance to see Jenkins up close at the team’s rookie minicamp, he’s even more confident: Fisher says Jenkins has everything an NFL team looks for in a cornerback.
“He’s very talented — obviously we knew that, and that has shown just in the last couple days,” Fisher said. “He’s got excellent football intelligence and he carries things from the classroom to the field. He’s going to be a really good player really soon for us.”
And if Jenkins can stay out of trouble off the field, he should be a really good player for a long time.
