Best CB's To Look For 2011
2010 stats
(nnamdi is beast he gave up 0 TD's) 13/33, 39.4% Burn Rate
Darrelle Revis, New York Jets: 33.9%, 19 burns on 56 targets, 340 yards, 4 TD, 10 passes defensed No real surprise there, right? What's interesting to watch is that as Revis establishes himself as the no-doubt best cornerback in the game, his targets finally dropped — from 108 to 56 in a one-season span, per STATS, Inc. That's what made his 2009 even more unreal; to put up a 37% burn rate on that many targets is truly out of the stratosphere.
Stanford Routt, Oakland Raiders: 39.4%, 39 burns on 99 targets, 635 yards, 5 TD, 13 passes defensed A lot of people thought the Raiders were nuts for giving Routt a first- and third-round tender and then signing him to a large contract extension, but the numbers and the game tape will tell you that Routt lived up to that validation after a difficult start to his career. Of course, the question is whether he will be able to take over that Oakland secondary with Asomugha certainly out the door. Early indications are positive.
Brandon Carr, Kansas City Chiefs: 39.8%, 43 burns on 108 targets, 758 yards, 6 TD, 25 passes defensed Carr is the forgotten man of the Chiefs' impressive young secondary; most people focus on Brandon Flowers(notes) and safety Eric Berry(notes), and justifiably so. But Carr isn't just assembling stats against pikers while Flowers (who ranked 11th among cornerbacks with a 49.5% burn rate) takes all the tough duty. He's been just as important, especially in diagnosing and covering cluster formations on the other side of the one-on-one battles Flowers frequently has.
Tramon Williams(notes), Green Bay Packers: 43.5%, 40 burns on 92 targets, 533 yards, 3 TD, 20 passes defensed If there's one guy looking to challenge Revis right now, Williams may be it. Take out his atypically weak performance against Mario Manningham(notes) when the Packers faced the Giants late in the regular season, and he might be at or near the top in a few of these numbers.
Antonio Cromartie, New York Jets: 43.9%, 47 burns on 107 targets, 700 yards, 7 TD, 17 passes defensed Cromartie is the least consistent corner on the top list. He's always been a boom-and-bust guy capable of great coverage and exasperating mistakes. The touchdown total points to that, but he had a great season as Revis' bookend and he should be a coveted free agent under the new CBA.
Chris Johnson,Oakland Raiders: 40.0% Burn Rate. 17 completed out of 42x targeted, 288yards, 3TD's, 9 Pass Deflected, *NEEDS TO STOP GETTING BURNED ON 3RD DOWN "
link:http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/36278/no-burn-zone-in-oakland
Burn Rate: basically getting caught on? any completion caught on you is basically meaning you got burned.
Honestly Raiders are looking good at CB's with two of the best on the list!!
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The intersting thing in regards to this CB tandem
Although CJ is 31 he can still be a play maker. He has 8 career INTs the same as Nam. He has all 8 in Oakland so if they do throw more in CJ’s direction he does have a chance to make things happen.
I also wonder if this will balance the D at all. But Rout got 3 x’s as many balls thrown at him last year than did Nam.
Hopefully, CJ can be around long enough to let our young guys develop.
Routt has lots of years left and he and CJ can help train our young guys.
Train our young? I just wish CJ does his job without being distracted. Great athlete with severe mental lapses
S-O-B: ITS HOW I ROLL, DEAL WITH IT.
"I made a trade for Seymour. ..I thought it was a great trade. Still do. [Al Davis 1/2011]
"I love to win, even against my daughters, I want to win" Hue "Action" Jackson 8/19/11
by Sons-of-Blanda on Sep 8, 2011 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I admit that CJ can be a bit of a space-case at times, but he has his talents.
His low burn percentage indicates that he does know a thing or two about being a cb and must be able to be a good example. Perhaps not a good example in the complete sense of the word but I’m sure our rookies can still learn a lot from him. Routt on the other hand has been under Nam’s tutelage and I’m sure can do a lot for setting an example. I’m sure that with their experience, Routt and CJ will probably be able to pick up on Woodson’s techniques faster than the rookies and can probably demonstrate what he coaches to our rookies to make it easier for our rookies to learn Woodson’s system.
Monday's a big test for our RCBs (both CJ & DvD are playing hurt) Brandon Lloyd and Eddy Royal may be the best thing D's O has going
S-O-B: ITS HOW I ROLL, DEAL WITH IT.
"I made a trade for Seymour. ..I thought it was a great trade. Still do. [Al Davis 1/2011]
"I love to win, even against my daughters, I want to win" Hue "Action" Jackson 8/19/11
by Sons-of-Blanda on Sep 10, 2011 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Even if Johnson is healthy & Routt continues to play like a top corner
There’s really nothing to stop a team going 3 or 4-wide and exposing the terrible depth we have in the secondary. This could be a really long year.
"I’m back to my first love – the Oakland Raiders and working with the Offensive Line. I’m a Raider for life." -- Steve Wisniewski
CJ was the nickel corner playing all the time on 3rd down
and his ‘burn rate’ while doing so was great. I don’t understand all the criticism he gets. not many teams have a better #2 man-up corner.
by lchristmas on Sep 6, 2011 2:09 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Burn Rate
Not sold on this statistic yet as I can’t really get behind the logic. Need a more comprehensive statistic detailing whether the pass was on target/dropped/thrown out of bounds or something like that in order to put these numbers in context.
Cromartie has a decent “burn rate” but giving up 750 yards and 7 TD’s is a little bit much for what I would expect out of a top 5 CB (which is what burn rate is supposed to measure).
It would also be helpful to know how these players were used, and 3rd down completions/TD should count for a larger percentage in the calculation. If a CB gives up a 5 yard pass on 2nd and 15 vs giving up a 5 yard pass on 3rd and 1, it will have a completely different result.
Chris Johnson might have had a low burn rate but I think it will be much higher this season, playing full time and against #2 receivers.

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