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Originally Posted by L.A.Chieffan
Oh ok, so you cant use stats now. BUT WAIT, since you just DID when you mentioned 2010 here you go:
Top 10 Cornerbacks in Success Rate, 2010
Player Team Charted
Targets Yd/Pass Rk Success
Rate Rk Avg. Pass
Distance YAC Rk
Darrelle Revis NYJ 57 5.6 11 70% 1 16.5 4.7 74
Antoine Winfield MIN 57 4.2 1 67% 2 9.0 3.4 40
Stanford Routt OAK 92 5.7 13 66% 3 15.1 4.9 77
Tramon Williams GB 83 5.5 9 66% 4 14.3 4.0 55
Ronald Bartell STL 83 5.2 5 65% 5 14.0 3.2 36
Sean Smith MIA 49 6.7 29 63% 6 11.8 4.4 68
E.J. Biggers TB 65 5.7 12 63% 7 13.3 2.9 25
Joselio Hanson PHI 46 4.4 2 63% 8 9.2 1.5 1
Antonio Cromartie NYJ 102 6.0 16 63% 9 17.1 3.2 32
Brandon Carr KC 105 7.1 35 61% 10 16.1 4.2 58
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Darrelle Revis is a rare exception. He's a guy who can shut a guy down on an island. Most CBs need help from a supporting cast. A good defensive pass rush makes your CBs look great. It forces QBs to make bad decisions. It turns an accurate throw into an inaccurate throw. We know that the Chiefs in 2010 had a horribly inconsistent pass rush. It was completely invisible for most of those games. The Raiders have a whole lot more push. Their defensive interior is incredibly active and Richard Seymour is the type of guy who influences QBs on a snap by snap basis.
In 2011, there are tons of situational things that could leave Carr out of the top 10. Adding Berry and having Houston all season long would probably have put him back, and he probably could have even broken the top 5.
Your statistics may prove that Routt is a good corner, which we already knew. It doesn't say he's better than Carr. In almost every single free agency wish list, Carr was consistently ranked ahead of Routt.