NFL Cornerback Ranking Preview
by MattMiller on Aug 18, 2008 6:53 PM EDT
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PrintThe final list will be made available Wednesday, but here is a sneak peak at the top 20 NFL cornerbacks.
Rank Pos Num Player Profile TCKL SCK FF INT Team Grade
1 CB 24 Bailey, Champ 84 0 0 3 DEN 10
2 CB 31 Cromartie, Antonio 44 0 0 10 SD 10
3 CB 22 Clements, Nate 92 1 3 4 SF 9
4 CB 22 Samuel, Asante 44 0 0 6 PHI 9
5 CB 21 Woodson, Charles 63 0 0 4 GB 9
6 CB 21 Asomugha, Nnamdi 34 0 0 1 OAK 9
7 CB 23 Jammer, Quentin 61 0 0 1 SD 9
8 CB 31 Harris, Al 37 0 0 2 GB 9
9 CB 41 Newman, Terence 50 0 1 4 DAL 8
10 CB 26 Sheppard, Lito 51 0 0 2 PHI 8
11 CB 20 Barber, Ronde 58 1 1 2 TB 8
12 CB 23 Hall, DeAngelo 70 0 1 5 OAK 8
13 CB 23 Trufant, Marcus 85 0 0 7 SEA 8
14 CB 24 Revis, Darrelle 87 0 1 3 NYJ 8
15 CB 21 Lucas, Ken 61 0 0 2 CAR 8
16 CB 30 Bodden, Leigh 88 0 0 6 DET 8
17 CB 34 McKenzie, Mike 52 0 0 3 NO 8
18 CB 24 Springs, Shawn 62 0 1 4 WAS 8
19 CB 24 Brown, Sheldon 68 0 1 3 PHI 7
20 CB 21 McAlister, Chris 19 0 0 1 BAL 7
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Newman is definitely better than Al Harris
that guy is overrated. Asante Samuel is a little overrated himself.
Asomugha should top this list
At worst, he’s second behind Bailey. He’s the truest definition of a shutdown corner, and has proven that if people actually throw the ball his way he can make them pay.
Pretty clearly the first time he has ever looked at a web site. "And there are readers' comments at the bottom! And advertisements for products! And best of all, I won a free iPod!"
-Ken Tremendous on Mike Downey.
I like Nate Vasher for top 20.
He was hurt last season so I don’t know if that affects his ratings, but he is an excellent corner.
Kick it to me... I'm open!
No Corners from the #2 Passing D?
just kidding,
I’m on the Asomugha hype train. He was targeted on just 38 passes last year. As the #1 corner there weren’t even 40 passes thrown his way.
Football Outsiders had the Raiders as best in the league vs #1 WRs (and that’s per play it doesn’t even give credit for the low # of passes that QBs even throw as Nnamdi.) They were 31st vs #2s.
Just for a comparison
Bailey targeted 67 times
Cromartie 57
Clements 109
Samuel 81
Asomugha was avoided a lot. You can put some of that on a bad D around him, but teams usually don’t just let their top WR be taken out of a game even if it is much easier to just pick on everyone else on the D. When they did go to their #1 WR they were less successful against the Raiders than against any other team in the league.
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