re: Julio Jones still taking advantage of Patrick Peterson.

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Peterson is one of the most overrated players in the league. He has elite athleticism and is a good return man. He gets abused often though. I would not be surprised if Julio ends up with 200 yds and another touchdown. Haden is the best corner from the SEC.

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No, he's still a top 3-4 cover corner. He plays bump and run man to man coverage with the best wide receivers in the world. Eventually a QB is gonna make a throw to beat him. shite happens.

I would be willing to bet that if somebody made a statistical breakdown of targets/plays where Peterson's man was the #1 option vs. how many plays "burn him", Peterson wins many, many more than he loses.

He doesn't have to break the pass up or pick it off to win that battle. All those times his guy was the first option and the ball was forced to go somewhere else...that's a win.

Peterson doesn't get plays off covering the #2 guy. He is playing best on best the whole game. Win some, lose some.