Fanhouse: Summer Scramble: NFCE Position Battles to Watch...Scandrick over Jenkins
According to this writer, he believes Scandrick will win out over Jenkins.
http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/07/07/s...tles-to-watch/
• Dallas Cowboys -- Cornerback: Terence Newman has one of the two starting spots, and the other is likely to go to a 2008 draft pick -- either first-rounder Mike Jenkins or fifth-rounder Orlando Scandrick. The coaching staff likes both players, and the organization is obviously very high on Jenkins, since they spent a first-round pick on him. There's some thought that they'd like Scandrick to play well enough to put pressure on Jenkins, who has a reputation as a physical and athletic specimen with a questionable work ethic. Scandrick showed a lot last year as a slot corner in the nickel package, and he's likely to play a lot even if he's not technically the starter. But Jenkins has more raw upside, and if both players play to their potential he's likely to see the field more.
PREDICTION: The two split time in the base defense, and they're both on the field in nickel and dime packages. But since we have to make a pick, we'll take the (slight) underdog and say Scandrick is on the field opposite Newman when the Cowboy defense takes the field for the first time in 2009.
http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/07/07/s...tles-to-watch/
• Dallas Cowboys -- Cornerback: Terence Newman has one of the two starting spots, and the other is likely to go to a 2008 draft pick -- either first-rounder Mike Jenkins or fifth-rounder Orlando Scandrick. The coaching staff likes both players, and the organization is obviously very high on Jenkins, since they spent a first-round pick on him. There's some thought that they'd like Scandrick to play well enough to put pressure on Jenkins, who has a reputation as a physical and athletic specimen with a questionable work ethic. Scandrick showed a lot last year as a slot corner in the nickel package, and he's likely to play a lot even if he's not technically the starter. But Jenkins has more raw upside, and if both players play to their potential he's likely to see the field more.
PREDICTION: The two split time in the base defense, and they're both on the field in nickel and dime packages. But since we have to make a pick, we'll take the (slight) underdog and say Scandrick is on the field opposite Newman when the Cowboy defense takes the field for the first time in 2009.
posted by The Gryphon at 8:54 PM
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