Best Slot Cornerbacks Madden 20
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WFColonel has posted an interesting Madden Tips called “Is it better to have your best cornerback playing your nickelback position?” In the article he talked about putting the teams top cornerback in at the nickelback position to cover the slot. Honestly, he may be on the something as a lot players like to throw to the slot, so why put your top cornerback at the nickelback position.
The following is excerpt from the Madden Tips posted called “Is it better to have your best cornerback playing your nickelback position?”
“Before I get started I mean this mostly as it regards to playing man coverage)
I raise the question is it better to have your best cornerback playing your nickelback position?
Now I raise this question because at this very second I am contemplating if I need to make the change in my madden defense and do it. I have honestly been racking my brain for the last week or so thinking about this.
I know for a fact that a lot of NFL teams in nickel situations will move their best Cornerback into the nickel .
Now what I have done here is just presented all the reasons why I think that everybody should at least contemplate making that move.”
To read the rest of the Madden Tips article, please click on the following link – Is it better to have your best cornerback playing your nickelback position?
Even a decade ago, your average slot defender was just that — average. A smaller guy without the speed to take outside receivers up the post routes and down the sideline. But as NFL offenses have defaulted to three- and four-receiver sets, the nickel and dime defender has not only become a de facto starter, but also as important as any other defensive back on the field.
Imagine you’re a slot cornerback in today’s NFL. One week, you have to deal with Minnesota’s Adam Thielen and his array of precise routes — not to mention his ability to streak downfield for a huge play if you make any hint of a mistake. The next week, you’re up against the Eagles’ Zach Ertz, getting bodied out by a 6-foot-5, 250-pound tight end in devilish route combinations. The next week, you may have to face Antonio Brown in a week when his coaches decide to make him a primary slot receiver. Good luck with that.
But hey, at least Rob Gronkowski retired, so that’s one slot nightmare out of the way.
The point is, slot defenders are tested in new and vicious ways in the modern league, and their skill sets to defend speed, option routes and increased uses of receiver space are unique. Most great outside cornerbacks want to stay outside for those exact reasons. As Richard Sherman once told me, the boundary is your friend, and if you have open space on both sides of your coverage, it isn’t a lot of fun.
So, here are the best slot defenders in the business coming into the 2019 season, and what makes each one of them special.
Best Slot Cornerbacks Madden 20 Predictions
Losing Bryce Callahan to the Broncos in free agency was a blow for Chicago’s defense, but it would have been far worse had McManis not established himself as an estimable slot cornerback in his own right. The 31-year-old veteran doesn’t have top-end speed, but he understands defensive spacing and placement — he’s one of those guys who always seems to be around the ball. In 2018, McManis allowed just 12 receptions on 22 slot targets for 80 yards, 42 yards after the catch, no touchdowns and an opponent passer rating of 62.7. You want to see a larger sample size of targets before moving him up this list, but 2018 was a step in the right direction.