The NFL’s Next Crop of Shutdown Cornerbacks

December 13, 2016   ·   Gary Davenport   ·   Jump to comments

In today's pass-wacky NFL, quarterback is the league's most important position. Elite signal-callers dominate the MVP conversation and regularly earn in excess of $20 million a season.
However, there's a flip side to that coin. The men tasked with preventing those quarterbacks from completing passes carry hefty contracts of their own. Per Spotrac, the league's 214 cornerbacks make nearly $475 million per season in combined annual salary.
The highest-paid cornerback in the land by average annual value, Josh Norman of the Washington Redskins, hauls in a clean $15 million a season. It's good work if you can get it.
Much like with quarterbacks, there are two types of NFL teams when it comes to cornerbacks. There are those that have proven options at the position and will do just about anything to keep them, and there are franchises that are desperately searching for dependable cover men of their own. It's why a handful of college football's best cornerbacks are first-ro...

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