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Pat Kirwan and NFL Insider wrote an article called "Matching corner-backs with team defensive philosophies."
"Corner-backs can't be looked at as a group of athletes all playing the same position.
When I worked with Pete Carroll, he was interested in man-to-man cover corners that could succeed in "press" coverage.
He wanted men who could get up in the face of the wide receiver, jam him, force an outside release and run with a wide
out down the field mirroring the route. Quickness, speed and leaping ability were premiums with this sort of strategy.
Soon after that, I was looking at corners for Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick and they wanted big cover-2 zone corners who
funneled receivers to the safety and were solid run-support players. They liked big physical corners with savvy zone-drop
skills.
Sooner or later both defensive philosophies found themselves in nickel and dime packages and the need for a "slot" corner
that could blitz or handle slot receivers like Wes Welker."
His three categories for CB are:
The top all-around corners: Dee Milliner, Xavier Rhodes and Des Trufant.
Top man corners: Johnthan Banks, Darius Slay, Robert Alford, Tharold Simon and Will Davis.
Top cover-2 zone corners: David Amerson, Blidi Wreh-Wilson, Dwayne Gratz and Logan Ryan.
And slot nickel players: Tyrann Mathieu, Jamar Taylor, Leon McFadden, and Jordan Poyer.
The Miami CB's are two of the top ones in their respective categories according to Mr Kirwan!!!
So even though Will Davis did not make Mike's top 100 he is rated as one of the top slot CB!
Just what is need to attack Tom Brady's favorite routes!!!
"Corner-backs can't be looked at as a group of athletes all playing the same position.
When I worked with Pete Carroll, he was interested in man-to-man cover corners that could succeed in "press" coverage.
He wanted men who could get up in the face of the wide receiver, jam him, force an outside release and run with a wide
out down the field mirroring the route. Quickness, speed and leaping ability were premiums with this sort of strategy.
Soon after that, I was looking at corners for Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick and they wanted big cover-2 zone corners who
funneled receivers to the safety and were solid run-support players. They liked big physical corners with savvy zone-drop
skills.
Sooner or later both defensive philosophies found themselves in nickel and dime packages and the need for a "slot" corner
that could blitz or handle slot receivers like Wes Welker."
His three categories for CB are:
The top all-around corners: Dee Milliner, Xavier Rhodes and Des Trufant.
Top man corners: Johnthan Banks, Darius Slay, Robert Alford, Tharold Simon and Will Davis.
Top cover-2 zone corners: David Amerson, Blidi Wreh-Wilson, Dwayne Gratz and Logan Ryan.
And slot nickel players: Tyrann Mathieu, Jamar Taylor, Leon McFadden, and Jordan Poyer.
The Miami CB's are two of the top ones in their respective categories according to Mr Kirwan!!!
So even though Will Davis did not make Mike's top 100 he is rated as one of the top slot CB!
Just what is need to attack Tom Brady's favorite routes!!!