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Will Peterson redefining shutdown corner

Mike Garafolo is right to point out that Peterson is playing better than the other Will (Will Allen the former first round pick who has been beaten for 8 touchdowns so far the season) but I have to wonder why Eagles vice president of player personnel Tom Heckert calls Peterson a shutdown corner when the stats suggest something else:

So far this year, 52 passes have been thrown his way. That's slightly less than five per game. Only 27 have been completed, a 52 percent average.

That's good, but I thought shutdown meant that other teams didn't throw near you. Has it changed since Deon Sanders' time? Now if a team throws at you 5 times a game and only completes 50% of those passes you are shutting somehting down?

Posted by James Trotta at December 6, 2004 1:06 AM