Yep, Sheldon Brown Had a Great Year
Jan 26, 2009 Eagles Rumors
The Football Outsiders’ boys finished up their game charting for cornerbacks in 2008, and one Eagles’ cornerback was a real standout. Nope, it wasn’t the high-priced free agent, it was the guy on the other side of the field.
The Iggles blogosphere has quietly maintained that Brown has been having perhaps his best year in 2008, and now we have some statistics to back up that notion. You probably already knew that Sheldon didn’t have a single pass interference or holding penalty until the playoffs, but here are some more numbers.
He was 2nd in the NFL in “Success Rate“.
He was 2nd in the NFL in Yard per Pass.
He was 8th in the NFL in “Stop Rate“.
Mind you, this is all despite being opposite an All-Pro. You would think teams would be targeting Sheldon. But when they did more often than not they were unsuccesful. His consistency was a huge factor in the Eagles’ defensive resurgence. Well done, Sheldon.
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