NFL Cornerback Ranking Preview

by MattMiller on Aug 18, 2008 6:53 PM EDT Comment 4 comments

The 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.

by quincyyyyy on Aug 18, 2008 11:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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.

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by BudLight on Aug 19, 2008 12:30 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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.

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by #23 on Aug 19, 2008 1:46 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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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by shake n bake on Aug 19, 2008 3:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs