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I’ve seen Amos linked to the Commanders at both their first and second round pick, which shows there’s quite a wide range of opinions on his value and where he’ll be drafted. Given all of that, I thought I’d spend some time watching him to see what he does well, if he’d be a good fit for what the Commanders are looking for and find out if he should be in the mix for the Commanders at pick 29.
Amos is an intriguing prospect. He’s a big, long cornerback measuring in at 6-foot-1, 195 pounds with 31¼-inch arms. With that size and length, Amos gets profiled pretty quickly as a physical press corner that can line up on the line of scrimmage, jam receivers at the line and be disruptive in their releases as he sticks tight to them in man coverage. There are certainly parts of that description that fit him well. His length does give him the advantage when he does line up in press coverage and he’s certainly not afraid to be physical at the line of scrimmage when jamming receivers.
So how does Amos fare when he’s not able to just lock up a receiver at the line of scrimmage while playing press? He’s still a very capable press corner but does have some things to work on.
This time Amos works in press coverage against Georgia, who have their receiver run a go route down the sideline. There’s both good and bad things to take away from this rep for Amos. For starters, Amos gets happy feet just before the snap. Ideally you want press corners to have calm, patient feet at the snap that forces receivers to declare their intentions instead. But here, you can see Amos is trying to anticipate the snap and starts moving his feet just before the snap of the ball. That means when the ball is snapped, Amos is already on his heels and shuffling backwards rather than staying patient and square to the receiver.
This movement takes Amos away from the receiver, which means he can’t extend his arms out and reach him to jam him at the line even if he wanted to. It was something I saw quite a few times from him, so it will be something he needs to improve on at the next level. Despite that, Amos does alright for most of this rep. As the receiver releases outside and tries to run by him, Amos opens up his hips and turns to run with the receiver, using his inside arm to make contact and force the receiver wider. Amos stays on top of the route and uses that arm length to drive...
