Because Nate is a better player than Surtain. The guy gets picks, gets touchdowns on defense, gets touchdowns on Special teams, and is one of the fastest corners in the league.
Lets compare stats here or at least defensive stats
I will only post the stats from each player from the last 3 years since thats how long clements has been in the league.
Clements Stats
Year G GS Tack Asst Sacks Int Def TD
2002 16 16 52 13 0 6 1
2003 16 16 51 11 0 3 1
2004 16 16 53 20 0.5 6 1
Surtains Stats
Year G GS Tack Asst Sacks Int Def TD
2002 14 14 40 19 1.5 6 1
2003 15 15 34 19 0 7 0
2004 15 15 40 18 1 4 0
Lets see, surtain missed 1 game in 2003 and 2004, 2 games in 2002 and he had more interceptions, more assists more sacks.
And now we look at clements, whos had 2 less interceptions, less assists, more tackles and more defensive TD's even though all 3 where against the dolphins in which he picked off i believe fiedler and Lucas.
Now to me it seems Surtain has been the better ovr cornerback if youre comparing defesive stats. Thanks for playing though.