Analyzing Sterling Moore and the New England Patriots Secondary

June 30, 2012   ·   Kyle Cormier   ·   Jump to comments

Despite making two key plays in the AFC title game to give the Patriots a berth into Super Bowl XLVI, defensive back Sterling Moore enters the 2012 season in a fight for a role in the New England defense. The secondary may have been the weakness of the team a year ago, but there is much competition to be had there during this summer's training camp.
Competition that Moore, the former SMU Mustang, figures to be right in the middle of. 
2011 defensive captain Devin McCourty and the oft-injured Ras-I Dowling are the likely starters at cornerback heading into camp, with the NFL’s co-leader in interceptions from a year ago, Kyle Arrington, lining up as their nickelback in three-receiver sets. 
The Patriots also drafted a mid-round talent and about as quality a player as you could hope for in the seventh-round at corner with Alfonzo Dennard, whose stock fell late due to his legal troubles following assault charges, detailed here by Shalise Manza Young of the Bo...

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