Washington cornerbacks coach John Richardson shares his thoughts on the battle outside between Thaddeus Dixon and several underclassmen.
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00:00I was gonna ask if, it looks like Price Hawks got one slot opened up.
00:05And I know it's competition, but Daddy's Dixon and
00:07Elijah Jackson seem to be in a pretty heated battle.
00:10I know it's easy to give the coach speak like it's a competition, but
00:12can you kind of break that down for us a little bit?
00:14Yeah, who says seven solidified?
00:16It sure looks like it.
00:18I'm missing that part, but everybody's been going with the ones.
00:22So it'll be a competition battle all the way up to game one.
00:27That's how it should be with competitive guys that all can play football at
00:29the college level.
00:30So they're growing, they're maturing, and they're gonna compete every day.
00:34Can you slide either of those guys into the slot?
00:36Because I know that- Well, we hope so.
00:39I think that everybody has a versatility in the back end.
00:43You'll probably see a lot of people play.
00:45So it'll be multiple hats out there.
00:47What have you seen the biggest growth from about Daddy's Dixon?
00:51Coming out of his shell and being the best version of him daily.
00:54He's growing, he's maturing, he's doing a lot of good things out there.
00:57But also off the field, he's focused on doing things like that.
01:00So that's all you could ask for in a coach.
01:02How high is his ceiling?
01:03Cuz it seems like he's a very physical type of guy, but
01:05almost sometimes too physical.
01:06How do you walk that fine line?
01:09Well, it's the constant balance, right?
01:11You know what I mean?
01:12You want an aggressive guy, but then you also don't want him too aggressive.
01:15So you gotta find the blend in the game.
01:16You gotta find how things are going in the game as well.
01:19Adjust to the refs.
01:20That's something that you always must do as a DB.
01:22And we'll see how the game flows.
01:23But I don't think you ever wanna change a player.
01:26You just wanna tweak some subtle things.