NFL Week 4: Projecting Winners and Losers of Weekend’s Biggest Matchups

September 30, 2016   ·   Sean Tomlinson   ·   Jump to comments

Of all the NFL matchups we scrutinize and pick apart each week, one will almost always get more attention: the marquee wide receiver against the shutdown corner.
The sense of isolation on both sides creates the purest form of one-on-one sparring football has to offer. The receiver is alone on the outside, and he stares at the man assigned to keep the ball out of his grasp. That man stares back, knowing safety help isn't coming because it's more useful elsewhere. He can seal off this side of the field.
Then, in a few quick seconds, the duo displays every physical tool that makes NFL players astoundingly versatile athletes. There's a burst of speed off the line, quick footwork mirrored by the defender and an abrupt cut to change direction. Barring unusual circumstances, the ball either settles into two large hands, falls incomplete or tumbles to the turf after being swatted away.
It's hard not to fixate on the football ballet near the boundary each week. The matchups there...

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