Shutdown Corners and Their Effect on your WR

[Dan Lambskin]

Some more guys are well on their way to earning the shutdown corner distinction:

Corey Webster, NYG. Shut down Santana Moss (wk 1) and Roy Williams (wk 2).
Leon Hall, CIN (and Jonathan Joseph). Shut down Brandon Marshall (wk 1) and Greg Jennings (wk 2).

meh...i'd need to see how he does against a good WR
Leon Hall is intriguing though, although Marshall and the Bronco's passing game has looked like garbage anyway and as someone said Jennings was being shadowed by a safety...definately worth monitoring but wouldnt factor into any of my start/sit decisions

[Big Pimpin']

I realize b/c of the saftey help you can't consider Revis a shutdown corner yet. That being said, I think you have to consider sitting your #1 WR against him. The saftey help is always going to come when you have a top WR. If the Jets as a team can do that to AJ and Moss back to back like that, they can do it to anyone. I'm pretty sure I"m sitting Colston next week.

[kickureface]

I realize b/c of the saftey help you can't consider Revis a shutdown corner yet. That being said, I think you have to consider sitting your #1 WR against him. The saftey help is always going to come when you have a top WR. If the Jets as a team can do that to AJ and Moss back to back like that, they can do it to anyone. I'm pretty sure I"m sitting Colston next week.

UNLESS the team can make them pay for blitzing and leaving holes in zone coverage or have a strong run game (which the pats were trying to establish). things that come to mind are bubble screens or quick slants, but chemistry is very important there. the run game forces a safety to hesitate on every play--stop the run at 3 yds or go double a WR and come back to help the run after he moved 10 yards.

as for NO, it's difficult to say what will happen here. colston is a huge target and has great chemistry with brees. blitzing MAY be nullified with those 4wr sets they can do well out of the shotgun. i actually dont know how often they screen though. BUT IF they can run hard on the team, again the safety will NOT be there on the outside.

but since colston is my WR2 i might as well start him

[Dan Lambskin]

so was Nnamdi covering Marshall on Sunday? he didnt have a superb day but 5 catches for 67 yards and a TD isnt bad. just wondering what affect he'll have on AJ/Schaub this week

[Sex Panther]

so was Nnamdi covering Marshall on Sunday? he didnt have a superb day but 5 catches for 67 yards and a TD isnt bad. just wondering what affect he'll have on AJ/Schaub this week

By no means am I a Oakland fan/expert - bluntly, I try to avoid watching them, but isn't Nnamdi one of the corners that only plays one side of the field at all times? I think I read that somewhere.

Regardless, with the weapons on Houston, I still think Schaub/AJ/Daniels/Walter/Slaton still all fall into the must start category - especially at home - IMO they drop 40+ on Oakland this week.