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Brandon Carr, Morris Claiborne, Orlando Scandrick, Anthony Brown.
On the surface it seems as if the 2016 Cowboys had a strong quartet of cornerbacks. Now two of those four have left via free agency, so naturally they need replacing, right?
The team signed Nolan Carroll from the Eagles, but that doesn’t excite anybody, so surely this is the team’s biggest need right now, perhaps warranting the investment of two high draft picks in about a month’s time, right?
Wrong.
Despite the fact that the 2016 Cowboys seemingly had four competent, starting-level cornerbacks, the vast majority of the season was spent playing with only three. Ironman Brandon Carr did not miss a game and hardly missed a snap, he was always on the field. Rookie Anthony Brown actually played the second most snaps out of the cornerbacks after Carr despite the fact that he hardly played the first two games of the season, but after that is when it starts to get hairy.
Orlando Scandrick was slated to be the team’s slot cornerback as he was eased back into action after a torn ACL forced him to miss the entire 2015 season. Morris Claiborne surprisingly won the starting role opposite Carr in training camp and started off hot during the first five or six games of 2016.
link/ http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2017...n-at-cornerback-byron-jones-orlando-scandrick
On the surface it seems as if the 2016 Cowboys had a strong quartet of cornerbacks. Now two of those four have left via free agency, so naturally they need replacing, right?
The team signed Nolan Carroll from the Eagles, but that doesn’t excite anybody, so surely this is the team’s biggest need right now, perhaps warranting the investment of two high draft picks in about a month’s time, right?
Wrong.
Despite the fact that the 2016 Cowboys seemingly had four competent, starting-level cornerbacks, the vast majority of the season was spent playing with only three. Ironman Brandon Carr did not miss a game and hardly missed a snap, he was always on the field. Rookie Anthony Brown actually played the second most snaps out of the cornerbacks after Carr despite the fact that he hardly played the first two games of the season, but after that is when it starts to get hairy.
Orlando Scandrick was slated to be the team’s slot cornerback as he was eased back into action after a torn ACL forced him to miss the entire 2015 season. Morris Claiborne surprisingly won the starting role opposite Carr in training camp and started off hot during the first five or six games of 2016.
link/ http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2017...n-at-cornerback-byron-jones-orlando-scandrick
