Saints rookie Marshon Lattimore in good hands during break before training camp
 

Saints rookie Marshon Lattimore in good hands during break before training camp

http://image.nola.com/home/nola-medi...885-mmmain.jpg

BY HERBIE TEOPE hteope@nola.com,
NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

With minicamp in the books, the New Orleans Saints are officially on a month-long hiatus before reporting for training camp in late July.

Rookie cornerback Marshon Lattimore, however, doesn't plan to stray far from football activities and will immerse himself in the playbook.

The first-round pick won't be alone in his quest to absorb information on the nuances of playing cornerback in the NFL, as Lattimore has plenty of assistance from friends in the defensive backfield.

"I'm getting with Kenny (Vaccaro) and (Delvin) Breaux and we're going to go through the playbook and just film," Lattimore said during the recently-concluded mandatory minicamp. "They're going to show me what to look for in certain situations, just things like that, and then I'm going to go with Vonn (Bell) after that."

A rookie player choosing to study and train with veteran teammates before training camp isn't new, of course.

But what strikes the Saints veteran defensive backs the most about their rookie teammate surrounds Lattimore's humility, which the 11th overall pick of the NFL Draft has displayed since reporting for the offseason workout program.

The 6-foot, 192-pound Lattimore arrived with impressive credentials out of Ohio State, where he notched 41 tackles (30 solo), four interceptions and nine passes defensed in 2016 en route to an All-Big 10 selection.

More here ...

Re: Saints rookie Marshon Lattimore in good hands during break before training camp
 

I really think this kid will be an impact player. The whole secondary (if they can remain healthy) can quickly turn around this defense.

Re: Saints rookie Marshon Lattimore in good hands during break before training camp
 

Not so far fetched to compare him with Patrick Peterson during his last year at LSU. The closing speed on Lattimore is flat out ridiculous. When you watch his tape, he seems to be a couple of steps behind and I truly think he does this on purpose. Just to bait that QB into throwing in his direction.

Can't wait for training camp.

Re: Saints rookie Marshon Lattimore in good hands during break before training camp
 

Re: Saints rookie Marshon Lattimore in good hands during break before training camp
 

Greatest moment ever!

Re: Saints rookie Marshon Lattimore in good hands during break before training camp
 

Like the kid so far! Hope he has a long career

Re: Saints rookie Marshon Lattimore in good hands during break before training camp
 

Hardly the greatest hands ever but will have to do.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zdxUaWLnQo...s-left-cat.gif

Re: Saints rookie Marshon Lattimore in good hands during break before training camp
 

Re: Saints rookie Marshon Lattimore in good hands during break before training camp
 

Hard work and dedication puts you ahead of the curve. You go boy!

Re: Saints rookie Marshon Lattimore in good hands during break before training camp
 

What's up with Lattimore's red helmet cover?

http://i.imgur.com/hYkIgYd.gif

Re: Saints rookie Marshon Lattimore in good hands during break before training camp
 

It's a magnet that holds his hamstrings in place. Not taking any chances with injuries this year.

Re: Saints rookie Marshon Lattimore in good hands during break before training camp
 

he makes me feel nervous

Re: Saints rookie Marshon Lattimore in good hands during break before training camp
 

Yea... Smashmouth's posts always make me nervous. :moon:

Re: Saints rookie Marshon Lattimore in good hands during break before training camp
 

I just hope people have patience. He's going to give up big catches and TD's. Here's a great article about rookie CB struggles...

NFL Draft 2014: Why cornerbacks always have toughest rookie adjustment of any defensive position | NJ.com

This sound was strange. Eric Davis’ ears perked up to the noise, unlike anything he had ever heard before on a football field.

It was Aug. 20, 1990, and the 49ers were playing at the Broncos in a Monday night preseason game — a rematch of the previous season’s Super Bowl, which San Francisco won, 55-10.

The 49ers had drafted Davis, a cornerback, in the second round that spring, and now, in their second preseason game, he was sprinting stride for stride with a Denver wide receiver who had run a 15-yard route toward the middle of the field.

The receiver had no space. Davis blanketed him. In college, quarterbacks never threw the ball in this situation.

"There’s no way the ball is coming," Davis recalled thinking. "I have my assignment done."

Then he heard the whistling. He turned his head and saw John Elway’s pass zipping into the receiver’s hands for a completion. Elway, fitting the ball into the tightest of spaces, threw it so hard that it created that whirring sound as it spiraled through the air.

On the ground after making the tackle, Davis felt stunned and amazed — at the chutzpah, the accuracy, the speed of this throw.

"That wasn’t the last time I heard one whistle, but that was the first time," Davis said.

He realized, there on the grass at Mile High Stadium, that playing cornerback in the NFL looks, feels and even sounds so much different than college.

He realized the most challenging — and potentially intimidating — part of making a living in a cornerback’s lonely spotlight: "Your receiver is always open," he said.