The stats and eye test agree: Desmond Trufant has evoled into a Pro Bowl-caliber cornerback. This is a well-known fact here in Atlanta, but across the league, few have given him the credit he deserves.
Slowly, however, this is starting to change.
Grantland’s Robert Mays on Friday penned a column about the NFL’s seven shutdown corners, and Trufant, 24, made the cut.
“No one has a better chance to move into a different class of corner this year than Trufant,” said Mays. “What already makes the former first-round pick so good is his otherworldly ability to change direction … He’s one of the league’s quickest corners (a 3.