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189 NFL front offices rank the top cornerbacks
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This week's Sports Weekly (which I went out and bought today) actually includes two sets of rankings for cornerbacks and safeties -- one by The Sports Xchange and one based on a poll of NFL teams' front offices. The list that has been posted in other threads is The Sports Xchange's rankings, based on their ratings in "more than 40 categories." The list below is the one that comes from the NFL teams themselves.
Each NFL team's personnel department was asked to name its top 10 cornerbacks in order (10 teams didn't respond to the poll), and the players were ranked based on a 10-9-8-etc.-point basis. Thirty different players got at least one vote from the 22 teams that responded.
1. Champ Bailey, 198 points (12 first-place votes)
2. Chris McAlister, 173 (3)
3. Ty Law, 163 (3)
4. Charles Woodson, 139 (3)
5. Patrick Surtain, 127 (1)
6. Samari Rolle, 75
7. Sam Madison, 57
8. Dre Bly, 47
9. Terence Newman, 39
10T. Ronde Barber, 34
10T. Antoine Winfield, 34
12. Shawn Springs, 20
13T. Troy Vincent, 19
13T. Mike McKenzie, 19
15. Aaron Glenn, 16
16. Fred Smoot, 8
17T. Ahmed Plummer, 7
17T. Marcus Trufant, 7
19. Rashean Mathis, 5
20T. Tyrone Poole, 4
20T. Philip Buchanon, 4
22T. Brian Kelly, 3
22T. Fred Thomas, 3
24T. Marcus Coleman, 2
24T. Bobby Taylor, 2
24T. Dexter McCleon, 2
24T. Charles Tillman, 2
28T. Nate Clements, 1
28T. Quentin Jammer, 1
28T. Will Peterson, 1
I was surprised to still Madison in the top 7 after all of the critism he's bene receiving.
Also, it's amazing the dropoff in votes after the top 5.
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This week's Sports Weekly (which I went out and bought today) actually includes two sets of rankings for cornerbacks and safeties -- one by The Sports Xchange and one based on a poll of NFL teams' front offices. The list that has been posted in other threads is The Sports Xchange's rankings, based on their ratings in "more than 40 categories." The list below is the one that comes from the NFL teams themselves.
Each NFL team's personnel department was asked to name its top 10 cornerbacks in order (10 teams didn't respond to the poll), and the players were ranked based on a 10-9-8-etc.-point basis. Thirty different players got at least one vote from the 22 teams that responded.
1. Champ Bailey, 198 points (12 first-place votes)
2. Chris McAlister, 173 (3)
3. Ty Law, 163 (3)
4. Charles Woodson, 139 (3)
5. Patrick Surtain, 127 (1)
6. Samari Rolle, 75
7. Sam Madison, 57
8. Dre Bly, 47
9. Terence Newman, 39
10T. Ronde Barber, 34
10T. Antoine Winfield, 34
12. Shawn Springs, 20
13T. Troy Vincent, 19
13T. Mike McKenzie, 19
15. Aaron Glenn, 16
16. Fred Smoot, 8
17T. Ahmed Plummer, 7
17T. Marcus Trufant, 7
19. Rashean Mathis, 5
20T. Tyrone Poole, 4
20T. Philip Buchanon, 4
22T. Brian Kelly, 3
22T. Fred Thomas, 3
24T. Marcus Coleman, 2
24T. Bobby Taylor, 2
24T. Dexter McCleon, 2
24T. Charles Tillman, 2
28T. Nate Clements, 1
28T. Quentin Jammer, 1
28T. Will Peterson, 1
I was surprised to still Madison in the top 7 after all of the critism he's bene receiving.
Also, it's amazing the dropoff in votes after the top 5.