Originally posted by Hysterikal:
He's clearly not what he used to be but saying most overrated CB of the past decade is a bit much.
He's absolutely the most overrated corner of this past decade.
When he was drafted he was extremely gifted athletically so he never had to learn great technique like other good corners had to. He had that really good sophomore season statistically and people just assumed he was that good for the rest of his career.
His lack of technical ability was evident in his play for years and given that we played them so often you should know that. How many times did Crabtree an average receiver just torch Peterson?
I could name you 6-8 corners better than Peterson this decade and yet none of them are getting the HOF consideration he's about to get.
Check the tape and check the stats.. he's been very average for a long time.