The Falcons have not enjoyed a stellar year of cornerback play, which you may have noticed. Games like Cleveland, New Orleans and Cincinnati were decided in large part because corners either failed in coverage, dropped easy picks, or missed tackles, and frustration in the fanbase is starting to boil over.
How bad is it? Let’s take where Pro Football Focus ranks the team’s top three cornerbacks.
Performance and grades
Trufant has been a quietly great cover cornerback for years now, but he scuffled for stretches in 2017 and that has continued in 2018, including some brutally bad dropped picks and a seeming aversion to contact that’s a little unusual for the veteran.