It's so much easier to win the Super Bowl when you have a very good or elite cornerback in the secondary.
The NFL is a pass-focused league, and last season was no exception. Ten quarterbacks threw 30-plus touchdowns and 12 threw for 4,000 or more yards.
A top-tier cornerback helps fight against all of the impressive passing offenses seen around the league. But which cornerback is the league's best?
ESPN recently ranked the top 10 cornerbacks. Here's how the process worked, per Jeremy Fowler:
"Voters gave us their best 10 to 15 players at a position, then we compiled the results and ranked candidates based on number of top-10 votes, composite average, interviews, research and film-study help from ESPN NFL analyst Matt Bowen.