{"id":20781,"date":"2024-04-15T11:37:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T09:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/?p=20781"},"modified":"2024-04-15T11:37:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T09:37:57","slug":"dadrion-taylor-demerson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/dadrion-taylor-demerson\/","title":{"rendered":"Dadrion Taylor-Demerson, SAF, Texas Tech (Senior)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20781\" class=\"elementor elementor-20781\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-22b7d5c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"22b7d5c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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Rayane and Valentin. Who will become the next gem of the pro world and who, on the contrary, risks a spectacular flop? <br \/>The 2024 NFL Draft starts right now on TTP!<\/b><\/p><p><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Strengths<\/strong> :<\/p><p><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Athletic<\/li><li>Versatility in alignments<\/li><li>Competitive<\/li><\/ul><p><strong><br \/>Weaknesses<\/strong> :<\/p><ul><li>Size<\/li><li>Technically raw<\/li><li>Instincts are there but beware of his overcommitment<\/li><li>Deep route recognition<\/li><\/ul><p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-270203e1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"270203e1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5afa134d\" data-id=\"5afa134d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3678e186 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"3678e186\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SAF Dadrion Taylor-Demerson<br><br>Great corrective athleticism but he needs to work on his backpedal and transitions. Has interesting versatility.<br>Great pre-snap process but I&#39;m worried about his overcommitment. Has to get better at reading and reacting to deep throws.<br><br>4th round <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3XCoQONgvP\">pic.twitter.com\/3XCoQONgvP<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Valentin (@ScoutValentin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScoutValentin\/status\/1772368355153915980?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-367b1649 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"367b1649\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ca980a\" data-id=\"5ca980a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75a44533 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75a44533\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>TTProfil<\/strong><\/h3><p><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p><div class=\"docos-docoview-rootreply\"><div class=\"docos-replyview docos-anchoredreplyview docos-replyview-first docos-replyview-comment\"><div class=\"docos-collapsible-replyview\"><div class=\"docos-replyview-static\"><div dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"docos-replyview-body docos-anchoredreplyview-body docos-replyview-body-emoji-reactable\" dir=\"ltr\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dadrion Taylor-Demerson has a below-average build for the position, lacking in height and weight. His lack of power is noticeable in all areas, but I'll come back to that later. Dadrion is a good athlete, possessing excellent explosiveness and speed. He has a strong motor and is very fluid, with this fluidity masking some technical issues.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technically, he's not polished, and as I just mentioned, some of his technical errors are masked by his good athletic abilities, which help him correct certain points. He doesn't have a very good backpedal, his footwork is average, and his feet get tangled up, causing problems in his change of direction and resulting in poor pursuit angles (also due to his lack of patience) whether against the run or pass, and delays in his decision-making.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dadrion has played in various alignments, lining up as a single or two-high safety and also as a nickelback. The fact is that he is interesting everywhere but not excellent anywhere. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He trusts his instinct, and I like that kind of player, but he is often manipulated by quarterbacks. He often lets wide receivers pass behind him on play-action plays, for example, because he only focuses on the quarterback. He has poor recognition of long routes by wide receivers and often finds himself too far from the action, which is the opposite of what is expected from a single-high safety. This often happens in zone coverage, where he struggles to locate himself on the field and gets lost in his assignments. So, one might ask, would he be better suited in the slot and be in man coverage as often as possible?<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In off-man coverage, he tends to be too conservative and give too much space to his counterpart, and his poor footwork technique causes problems in his redirects and breaks in and out. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In press coverage, I don't have enough samples, but if he improves technically, he could be very dangerous due to his athletic abilities and instincts.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taylor-Demerson's ball skills aren't bad, but he misses quite a few opportunities for big plays, mainly due to a complicated ball tracking issue if a lot is happening around him and if receivers pass behind him. He struggles to track the ball when his back is to the play but does a good job when facing the play and when his reads are simplified, for example, by vertical isolations from the opposing offense. He has very good leaping ability, which allows him to play the ball at the highest point despite being undersized.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His contribution against the run is very inconsistent. He is capable of nice pursuits and can be effective in the flat, but I've seen him struggle a lot, mainly due to his size, to shed blocks. His tackling technique is average at best, and again, his lack of physicality shows as he misses tackles in the open field and missed 44 tackles in 5 seasons (3 seasons as a starter), according to Doug Farrar. However, to balance this, even though he missed a tackle in the open field against Bucky Irving, he had a very good game with successful tackles against Oregon. So, he provides an interesting contribution on outside runs, but anything happening on the inside will be very challenging for him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Dadrion Taylor-Demerson is an intriguing athlete at his position, but he is technically raw and has post-snap process management deficiencies. He will need to work on his football IQ because his instincts lead to too many potential big plays, although he also makes impactful plays. His versatility in alignments is interesting, but it's currently difficult to determine if he would be more comfortable as a single high safety despite his issues with recognizing long plays, or if he should be included more often in the box, even though he may struggle physically there. Therefore, there is a real question about his future position in the NFL. As a 5th year senior who turned 23 in January, his age is not a concern like it might be for other super seniors, which leaves room for him to work on his technical skills and become more than just a backup in the NFL.<br \/>I evaluate DTD as a 4th rounder talent<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dadrion Taylor-Demerson, SAF, Texas Tech (Senior) De retour pour cette \u00e9dition 2024 de la Draft NFL, l&rsquo;\u00e9quipe de The Trick Play vous propose \u00e0 nouveau de vous plonger au c\u0153ur de l&rsquo;\u00e9v\u00e8nement gr\u00e2ce aux scouting reports de Rayane et Valentin. Qui deviendra la prochaine p\u00e9pite du monde pro et qui, au contraire, risque de se [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":21213,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[249,238],"tags":[77,79,75,72],"class_list":["post-20781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-safety-2024","category-scouting-2024","tag-draft","tag-ncaa","tag-nfl-draft","tag-scouting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20781"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21232,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20781\/revisions\/21232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}