Dynamic Duos: Hanford Dixon and Frank Minnifield – Cleveland Browns
By: Chad Wilson – Owner – All Eyes DB Camp IG: @alleyesdbcamp Believe it or not, the Browns didn’t always suck. In the mid to late 80’s the Browns were a problem and stood on the doorstep of the Super Bowl three times. One of the bigge...
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3 Ways to Boost Your Interception Total this Season
By: Chad Wilson – Owner – All Eyes DB Camp IG: @alleyesdbcamp Picks! We all want them, unless you are a quarterback or play offense. How do we get them? That’s the questions and I’ll address that in this article as I discuss three grea...
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4 Things Every Elite DB Has
By: Chad Wilson – All Eyes DB Camp IG: @alleyesdbcamp There are good DBs, great DBs and then there are elite DBs. Those three categories of players are separated by a few factors. Some of those factors are genetics but more so, they are separated by thi...
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This is the Biggest Weapon A DB Has When He’s On the Field
By: Chad Wilson – All Eyes DB Camp IG: @alleyesdbcamp The huddle breaks, your assignment jogs out of the pack high up on his toes looking menacing. The crowd is buzzing in anticipation of any and every bold moment that will unfold. Perhaps there is...
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Playing DB Isn’t All About Man Coverage
By: Chad Wilson – All Eyes DB Camp I’ve heard it many times. In the debate about who are the best cornerbacks, some guys get eliminated from the conversation simply because they play too much zone coverage. “He’s a zone corner” they sa...
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Know Your DB History: Rod Woodson
What if I told you there was a cornerback out there that had 71 career interceptions, ran a 4.33 forty, was a college track champion and was a Super Bowl champion. Would you be able to name him? Probably not if you were born after the year 2000. However...
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Know Your DB History: Everson Walls Dallas Cowboys
Know Your DB History: Everson Walls When you are talking about underrated DBs in NFL History, Everson Walls is definitely on the list. Walls was not flashy. He was not supremely athletically gifted but what he was was a pain in the rear for every offense he f...
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I’m A Coach Not A Trainer
By: Chad Wilson – All Eyes DB Camp We are smack dab in the Internet era and furthermore, knee deep in the social media movement. As such, there isn’t anything we can’t see online from people anywhere and everywhere. One of the biggest things...
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3 Reasons Why Former Quarterbacks Make Great DBs
The GOAT, Prime Time, Deion Sanders, Neon Deion was an elite DB, we all know that. However, this new generation may not know what position he played in high school. Yes, you guessed it, quarterback. In my time of coaching and training,...
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For Defensive Backs, Speed is Something but Not Everything
When you enter a pro football training camp as a rookie you are on high alert. You analyze everything going on around you and assess it all as either and aid or a threat. Jimmy was a fellow cornerback in the Seattle Seahawks camp and he was my roommate. ...
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Why Are You Handsy?December 4, 2024When it comes to man coverage—and press coverage in particular—there’s an order to things. Far too often, defensive backs put the cart before the horse in their press technique, and by that, I mean it...
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Prime Time Made it Cool to Play CornerbackNovember 18, 2024“Chad, I think you should play cornerback.” Those words from a childhood friend in 1986 lit a fire in my belly. “Man, I’m a running back,” I fired back. I was going to be the...
