Originally posted by 49erBigMac:
That is very interesting, we'll see, hopefully he coaches someone picking above us!
From that article regarding Barron….like I said I think he's a damn good DB. If we needed that NCB/star role totally get it. We just paid Demo a ton of cash to do that. Unless you're telling me he's gonna primarily be our outside guy and I think Demo is also better inside.
Barron is 5-11, 194 pounds with 29 5/8-inch arms, and faster than Johnson. He ran a 4.39 40 in Indy. (Johnson didn't test there.) Barron's jump numbers — a 35-inch vertical and 10-3 broad jump — were solid but not in the upper echelon of DBs. His play took a big jump forward in 2024. He won the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation's top defensive back after making five INTs to go with 11 PBUs and 67 tackles.
"I think he's a very specific fit," said DB coach No. 1. "I think he's a premier nickel in the NFL, specifically a zone nickel. If he went to San Francisco, I think he'd be elite-elite. He reminds me of Mike Sainristil but with a higher skill set. Same kind of playmaker, ball skills, zone awareness.
"I think he's still a bit of a projection at corner. He had like 45 snaps this year at Texas in press coverage, which isn't a large sample size. But I think he can play anywhere in the secondary, but best at nickel, which is a lot like the Cooper DeJean deal. Cooper was one of the best DBs overall in the class last year, but he slid in the draft because is someone going to invest that much in a nickel?"
[ Edited by NYniner85 on Apr 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM ]
