True,... True
Funny, No mention of fishies here.......
May 21, 2002
By Pete Prisco
SportsLine.com Senior Writer
Search for cover corners endless
If teams have two good corners as their starters, it does give them a huge edge. Take the Buffalo Bills. They start Nate Clements and Antoine Winfield, two former first-round picks who are on their way to becoming one of the league's best tandems.
By having players like those two on the corners, it allows for many different options up front; a safety can come into the box for run support, which can help get a team that prefers to run on early downs off the field or into third-and-long situations.
"It does allow you to be creative," said Bills coach Gregg Williams. "Having corners like we have is a big plus."
That can also lead to more blitzing up front without fear of giving up a big play. So even for teams that don't have the great pass rushers -- and the Bills are one -- cover corners have a major impact on the pass numbers.
Rookie Aaron Schobel led the Bills in sacks last season with 6 1/2 and the team had only 34. But the Bills finished tied for 11th in the league in pass defense in large part because of their starting corners.