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Yakuza Rich

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AdamJT13 said:
Newman has allowed a 44.4-percent completion rate. At some point, I'll break that down by the length of attempt. The majority of the completions he has allowed were thrown less than 10 yards downfield.

And the only place where we might get a comparison against other corners is from KC Joyner, an ESPN Insider columnist. He tracks that kind of thing, among other stuff, but his numbers aren't always perfectly accurate. They give you a pretty good idea, though.

I was emailing KC about a week or so ago about Newman. He hasn't seen every game yet. He's seen about 7-8 games of every team so far. He also hasn't put together his statistics in full blown mode yet.

He said from first glance it appears that Newman is a legit pro bowl candidate. But he seemed higher on Rashean Mathis (this was before the second Indy game) and Deltha O'Neal.

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Sorry, but Roy is having the best season of any strong safety in the NFC. He has more big plays than any of them, and he is making them all over the field. Roy is the only defensive back in the past four years to have at least 2.5 sacks, two interceptions and three forced fumbles for turnovers, and he's the first defensive back in at least five years to have all of those plus a defensive touchdown and a fumble recovery.

Roy's biggest competition for the strong safety spot comes from Mike Brown and Michael Lewis. If you add up all of Roy's big plays (sacks, interceptions, forced fumbles for turnovers, fumble recoveries and touchdowns), he has more of them than Brown and Lewis COMBINED (9.5 to 9.0). If Roy doesn't make the Pro Bowl, THAT will be a joke.

Not only that but Brown plays a lot of free safety, regardless of what the official depth chart says. You could also look at tackles for a loss and tackles as well.

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I think that before Henry got hurt that he was deserving. I also think, after all my ranting about Carloina, Ken Lucas might be playing better at corner than anyone in the league.
 
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