Since when do stats tell how good a CB is?Murillo has played much better this year than last year. If you don't hear a guy mentioned it means he's not giving up many big plays, but it also means he's not making any big plays either. Lock down corners tend to get mentioned a lot for their pass break ups, interceptions, great coverage, and outstanding run support.
|--------Tackles--------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEF Stats GP-GS Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
6 Murillo, A. 12-11 29 9 38 2-1 . 1-57 9 1 1-11 0 0 0
These are solid stats (actually better than I thought they would be before I looked them up) but far from lock down corner stats. I expect better from you Willie, you usually seem to be on the money.
You do realize what Murillo did to a guy like Crabtree, correct? Two of the only big plays Crabtree got was from a blown coverage by Asante and a screen play.
That will never show up in a stat line.
Murillo has did things like that all year. If you hold a WR to limited catches, how is that going to show up on a tackle sheet stat line?
Look at guys like Deion Sanders. A lockdown corner who rarely got picked on and it did not allow his stat sheet to fill up.
Sanders had only 4 NFL seasons where he had 40+ tackles and he had 8 NFL seasons where he had 3 or less INTs.
If a CB under performs, you will see his name called out quite a bit during a game. You will see his man beating him quite often and you will see it filling up your TV screen. That has not been the case with Murillo at all this year. Thus why I said when you do not see or hear of a DB during a game, you actually know they are playing a damm good game.
Well, you called him a lockdown corner. Those aren't lock down corner numbers. While stats don't tell the whole story they do tell some of the story. You also said that when you don't hear about a guy it means he's having a good year. I disagree. Murillo has been much improved but is far from a lockdown corner. You are inflating his ability. Just keeping it real.