Roddy White thinks New York's DBs are a class above Philly's

[Crown Royal]

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- You can always count on Roddy White being brutally honest. The Atlanta Falcons receiver always speak his mind.

So when White casually mentioned how the cornerbacks from the New York Giants were in a different class than the ones the Falcons encountered in this past Monday night's 26-24 win over the Philadelphia Eagles, he obviously wasn't concerned about word trickling back to Byron Maxwell and crew.

"This is a different week, this is a different team," White said of the Giants. "To me, they've got better corners than the guys we played last week. So, it will be different."

White obviously has respect for Giants left cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and right cornerback Prince Amukamara, two talented players who stand 6-foot or taller. The Falcons veteran explained why this Sunday's challenge will be more difficult than Week 1.


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[Crown Royal]

I feel the same way, btw. I was actually pretty impressed with New York's secondary. Their front is where they are awful.

 

[darthseinfeld]

DRC and Prince are both very strong CBs. Both are #1 CBs on alot of NFL rosters

I think Philadelphia is to turn #3 CBs into starters

 

[Longboysfan]

I feel the same way, btw. I was actually pretty impressed with New York's secondary. Their front is where they are awful.

I think our O line has a lot to do with making a defensive front look like they are doing nothing.

 

[BlueNSilver88]

the eagles d line will be tougher though.

 

[Aven8]

I thought DRC was outstanding. He looked legit.

 

[cowboys2233]

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- You can always count on Roddy White being brutally honest. The Atlanta Falcons receiver always speak his mind.

So when White casually mentioned how the cornerbacks from the New York Giants were in a different class than the ones the Falcons encountered in this past Monday night's 26-24 win over the Philadelphia Eagles, he obviously wasn't concerned about word trickling back to Byron Maxwell and crew.

"This is a different week, this is a different team," White said of the Giants. "To me, they've got better corners than the guys we played last week. So, it will be different."

Okay, what the heck happened to the Falcons offense in the second half? In the first half, it looked like the Philly defensive backs were physically incapable of covering either Roddy or Julio. They were just running away from them. How can a passing game that looked like it had physical mismatches across the board get largely shut down in the second half? I know Matt Ryan sucks but that was pitch and catch football out there.

 

[JohnsKey19]

He's not exactly going out on a limb there. It's not close honestly. NYs problem is their CBs are always injured. But very talented.

 

[Crown Royal]

I think our O line has a lot to do with making a defensive front look like they are doing nothing.

Our OL was fantastic, but they were playing JV level DL last week. The Eagles' front is FAR superior.

 

[DEMARC0MURRAY29]

Yeah but Philly's front 7 is much better

 

[RunDMC]

Yeah but Philly's front 7 is much better

Not if they plan on dropping their top pass rusher into coverage again. Pretty much negatates their trench game.

 

[cds99]

DRC and Prince are both very strong CBs. Both are #1 CBs on alot of NFL rosters

I think Philadelphia is to turn #3 CBs into starters

Drc yes maybe. Prince however may turn out good but I don't see how you can evaluate him much, he has been hurt for the most part since he was drafted.

 

[robjay04]

Maxwell is the new Nnamdi Asomugha.

If the corner is not Revis, you are likely going to way overpay for an average corner on the market. We got burned a bit by Carr but it has been over 3 seasons and I have never seen Carr have a game as bad as Maxwell last week. I obviously don't have the film close to me but the only game that would even be close would be the Lions game with Megatron going for over 200 yards.

 

[JD_KaPow]

Okay, what the heck happened to the Falcons offense in the second half? In the first half, it looked like the Philly defensive backs were physically incapable of covering either Roddy or Julio. They were just running away from them. How can a passing game that looked like it had physical mismatches across the board get largely shut down in the second half? I know Matt Ryan sucks but that was pitch and catch football out there.

The pass rush showed up.

 

[SHAMSzy]

DRC is damn good

 

[mldardy]

Yeah but Philly's front 7 is much better

What is so great about Philly's front 7? Outside of cox dominating a tired Cowboys team on Thanksgiving and everyone turning him into Warren Sapp all of a sudden.

 

[CATCH17]

Philly has better safeties. New York has better corners.

 

[Jammer]

Maxwell is the new Nnamdi Asomugha.

If the corner is not Revis, you are likely going to way overpay for an average corner on the market. We got burned a bit by Carr but it has been over 3 seasons and I have never seen Carr have a game as bad as Maxwell last week. I obviously don't have the film close to me but the only game that would even be close would be the Lions game with Megatron going for over 200 yards.

I beg to differ. Carr had one of the worst days a CB can have against Calvin Johnson a couple of years ago.

 

[robjay04]

I beg to differ. Carr had one of the worst days a CB can have against Calvin Johnson a couple of years ago.

That game did come to mind. I can't remember all of the specifics of that game, I just know Maxwell just looked awful. He looked slow and he wasn't physical. Julio is a great player but sometimes he has struggles against bigger, more physical cornerbacks.

 

[jrumann59]

I think our O line has a lot to do with making a defensive front look like they are doing nothing.

The DL NYG trotted out was nothing more than a run stuffing front. There were not any "true" pass rushers. There best pass rusher was jenkins and Tyron made him look like more like a JAG than he is at this point in his career.