On Monday, Pro Football Focus released its list of the top 10 press cornerbacks, and Trevon Diggs and Anthony Brown both made an appearance.
Brown started all 16 of his appearances for the Cowboys last season and played 91% of the snaps on defense, the highest percentage of any player on Dallas' defense.
Brown has become a player that most forget and still plays a solid role on this team. I was surprised to see two Cowboys corners fall into the top ten though.
Dating back to Thanksgiving Day, we all wanted him off the team. He did not have a good day against Las Vegas. These things happen, and players have some tough days, but that was not ideal for his liking.
I say pump the brakes on some of that talk. His physical coverage is why he found himself being flagged four times that game for pass interference, those things happen.
Recently, according to Bleacher Report, Brown would be a “surprise” veteran cut.
Even so, I still don't think Brown should go anywhere. I can't see how Dallas would be able to afford to cut a guy who knows the defense and started 91% of snaps last season and will start close to that same percentage again next season. It is hard to just replace someone who spends that much time on the field.
In conclusion, it is hard to tell what Dallas will get from brown next year, but I think he would be more likely to bring more upside than decline. The second year with Dan Quinn is going to help everyone on that defense. With him being able to shadow a ball hawk like Diggs, Brown will have his games where we want to rip apart, but he will make plenty of plays that help them next season. I look forward to seeing how the Cowboys' defense can improve even more so than last now that Quinn has been around a bit longer. You have to take the good with the bad.
