Sentences with phrase «shutdown corner»
A "shutdown corner" is a term used in American football to describe a highly skilled cornerback who is very effective at stopping opposing wide receivers from catching passes. They are so good that they can "shut down" or prevent the receivers from making plays. Full definition
He's emerged as arguably the game's top shutdown corner, shutting down No. 1 receivers on a regular basis.
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He might be a tad smaller than ideal, but he has shutdown corner written all over him.
Davis can start opposite Gilmore, and give New England a pair of shutdown corners.
No team is returning more production on defense than the Wolverines, and with their ability to both shut down the run and regularly get after the passer, teamed with a true shutdown corner in Lewis and a potential star in Peppers, they could be the best defense in college football in 2016.
However, with a loaded draft for defensive backs looming in April, it may make sense for New England to part ways with its homegrown shutdown corner in exchange for picks this spring.
With shutdown corners on the outside, they can devote an extra defender to spy Cam Newton in the run game.
On defense, they are led by shutdown corner back Asante Samual, and this years first round pick, Brandon Graham, who should a beast.
Bailey's early teammates included Darrell Green and Deion Sanders, who would come to be regarded as the Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln on the Mount Rushmore of shutdown corners, even though the gap between their playing styles was as yawning as the South Dakota prairie: Green liked to get physical, while the ball - hawking, contact - averse Sanders excelled in space.
«It's interesting, because one of the things people said about him in the scouting process was that he was so quiet and that is not usually a trait associated with shutdown corners and their braggadocios personalities,» Whaley said.
And he's totally been a shutdown corner.
He stands out when he plays and he would be a shutdown corner and that's it.
Fair, recovering from a broken right foot when camp began, wasn't a shutdown corner before his injury.
On defense, he fit the shutdown corner role to a T, making 31 tackles and returning all three of his interceptions for touchdowns.
That pick could be an OT, and elite edge rusher, a shutdown corner or else a LB who can cover a lot of ground.
If we end up at say # 10, we can take a shutdown corner or else take the long term replacement for Joe Thomas.
But as the Saints (Lattimore) and Bills (White) show last year, if your able to find a shutdown corner it can help your defense immeasurably.
Gilmore, a first - round pick in 2012, has the long arms, raw strength and short - area quickness and control to be a shutdown corner.
A shutdown corner shrinks the field, and Ryan's man - coverage - intensive scheme is predicated on having one.
But his lack of interception production does not connect with the skills of a true cover guy, ball - hawking, shutdown corner.
Marshon Lattimore transformed the Saints defense with his play, proving to be a shutdown corner almost from his first snaps on the field.
While some would say their defense is a good unit, the fact remains that their secondary lacks a shutdown corner or a player that strikes fear in opposing offenses.