top players in a number of specific categories.
At “best run defender,” Bowen pegged Vikings cornerback Xavier Rhodes. Bowen wrote:
When the Vikings drafted Rhodes in the 2013 first round, he projected as a zone corner in Leslie Frazier's Cover 2 scheme. He had the size and length to jam and reroute receivers off the line. But he has developed into an all-around cornerback in [Vikings Head Coach] Mike Zimmer's defense in Minnesota, and that includes playing the run.
Rhodes is going to tackle. He's physical, and he's going to use that frame on the edge.