Cornerbacks

But Bridgewater faces a Patriots secondary that might have just one of its top four cornerbacks.

Denver kept 13 defensive backs on its initial roster, including six safeties and seven cornerbacks.

Fellow cornerbacks Xavien Howard and Kader Kohou will likely be starters in the nickel with Howard on the boundary and Kohou in the slot.

I see the maturity in him and he's becoming one of the top cornerbacks in the league.

Jack: Yeah, and they really do need to add some cornerbacks with the losses of Jimmie Ward and also Emanuel Mosley.

Moreover, he is advanced when compared to the modern landscape of collegiate cornerbacks in his ability to dominate from any zone assignment, along with both press and off-man coverage.

On top of that, the Steelers simply have enough boundary-only cornerbacks and are unlikely to keep more than six at the position in total.

On Wednesday, Boutte flashed that potential by getting open against a pair of New England’s top cornerbacks.

Plenty of other cornerbacks before him have struggled to make the transition initially and dealt with a number of penalties.

The Patriots still have Gonzalez, Jonathan Jones and Marcus Jones at cornerback, but the team only has Bolden, Speed and other inexperienced cornerbacks Shaun Wade, Rodney Randle and Quandre Mosley behind them.

The Steelers got two cornerbacks in this draft who are absolutely oppressive in press coverage.

This defense was dealt a bad hand already on Saturday: down starting nickelback Jaylin Smith, down starting linebacker Eric Gentry, down cornerbacks Ceyair Wright and Jacobe Covington and Zion Branch.

This week, we take a look at the Hurricanes’ cornerbacks.

Trice (6-foot-3, 206 pounds) is the biggest and tallest of the 10 cornerbacks the Steelers are bringing to camp.

Virginia cornerbacks Fentrell Cypress and Anthony Johnson were among the best corners in the country last year, but both are gone – Cypress to Florida State, Johnson to the NFL Draft.

With Awuzie, Taylor-Britt, Turner, and free agent acquisition Sidney Jones, the Bengals have four outside cornerbacks who you could feel comfortable starting.

With second-round pick Joey Porter, Jr. rapidly ascending to the ranks of top rookies, and maybe even top cornerbacks in the NFL this year, there is a lingering question for my twisted mind.

With the secondary underperforming a bit, particularly cornerbacks Patrick Peterson and Levi Wallace so far this season, Rush is going to get more run moving forward.

As to the NFL’s recent quick-game revolution, a lot of defensive coordinators are going back to the future by putting as many of their cornerbacks in press coverage as possible.

Bailey built a Hall of Fame career with the Broncos, earning first-team All-Pro honors his first three seasons in Denver and going down as one of the best cornerbacks of his generation.