For two years straight, Desmond Trufant has been the lone bright spot on a defense built primarily on crushed dreams and Kroy Biermann covering wide receivers. While fans have been impressed with Trufant's play since his rookie season, NFL analysts have recently and emphatically praised the cornerback.
Grantland's Robert Mays ranked the best cornerbacks in the NFL, and declared Trufant as the league's "Up-and-Comer" cornerback. The article rightfully calls the team's pass rush "an abomination" (doesn't Mays know that sacks don't matter?), but came away impressed how well Trufant plays with bad safety support and the league's third most time given to opposing quarterbacks.