“Find the ball! Two-eight—find the ball!”
“No problem,” Henderson yells to Darby. “Good job. But you’ve got to turn your head and find the ball.”
Sideline observers at the Bills weekend rookie minicamp got a crash course in NFL cornerback technique if they listened to Henderson’s dialogue with Buffalo’s top draft pick. Darby listened also. After Henderson’s shrill two-fingered whistle got his attention, Darby heard an instant tutorial on how to play the position, and most importantly, how to play the ball.
“I got to get his mind out of being a defender and make him turn into being a receiver,” Coach Henderson said after one of the weekend rookie workouts.