Senior analyst Sam Monson arranged a team of top-performing players from across the league, including the purple and gold. Monson selected Terence Newman as one of PFF’s all-pro team’s cornerbacks. Monson gave Newman a score of 86.8 and wrote the following:
What Terence Newman is doing at 38 years old is unprecedented in the PFF era of grading (since 2006). He isn’t just still a viable starter, but he has been a shutdown player for the Vikings, allowing an average of just 7.9 yards per reception (best in the NFL) and fewer than 50 percent of passes thrown his way to be caught.