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Ranking the Corners - this season so far By Daren Roberts Special to sfl-football.com Ranking the Corners Top CBs statistically 2007 so far ----------------------------------------------------- Ranking players is always very subjective. Some folk place emphasis on certain stats or attributes whilst others go their own way. In looking at the stats for CBs last season, I focussed on the key metrics for CBs - deflections, catches allowed and interceptions. The formula for evaluating performance was: : interceptions + deflections / catches allowed Now everyone may have their own slant on this and using the top 60 CBs - and only including those who managed over 6 deflections, here are the best - a CB Index ratio of 1 or over 1 is really very good. It means your player is allowing less catches than deflections plus interceptions. Now there is a lot more to being a CB - run support, etc - but the main priority is to shut your man down. This is my angle on ranking the best in the league - feel free to chime in with your own! :) This is the list of all qualifying players based on the filter of 6 deflections who have a CB Index Ratio of 1 or more. 1. Ike Taylor - CB Index Ratio of 1.8 :  interceptions: 3 | deflections made: 6 | catches allowed: 5 =2. Deltha O'Neal - CB Index Ratio of 1.5 :  interceptions: 1 | deflections made: 14 | catches allowed: 10 =2. Drayton Florence - CB Index Ratio of 1.5 :  interceptions: 2 | deflections made: 10 | catches allowed: 8 4. Deshea Townsend - CB Index Ratio of 1.4 :  interceptions: 3 | deflections made: 10 | catches allowed: 9 5. Chris Gamble - CB Index Ratio of 1.38 :  interceptions: 3 | deflections made: 8 | catches allowed: 8 =6. R.W. McQuarters - CB Index Ratio of 1.25 :  interceptions:  0 | deflections made: 10 | catches allowed: 8 =6. Charles Woodson - CB Index Ratio of 1.25 :  interceptions:  3 | deflections made: 12 | catches allowed: 12 =8. Sam Madison - CB Index Ratio of 1.22 :  interceptions:  2 | deflections made: 9 | catches allowed: 9 =8. Nate Clements - CB Index Ratio of 1.22 :  interceptions:  3 | deflections made: 8 | catches allowed: 9 10. Champ Bailey - CB Index Ratio of 1.2 :  interceptions:  2 | deflections made: 10 | catches allowed: 10 11. Dunta Robinson - CB Index Ratio of 1.17 :  interceptions:  1 | deflections made: 6 | catches allowed: 6 12. Aaron Ross - CB Index Ratio of 1.14 :  interceptions:  2 | deflections made: 6 | catches allowed: 7 13. Corey Webster - CB Index Ratio of 1.13 :  interceptions:  0 | deflections made: 9 | catches allowed: 8 14. Duane Starks - CB Index Ratio of 1.11 :  interceptions:  3 | deflections made: 7 | catches allowed: 9 15. Antione Winfield - CB Index Ratio of 1.09 :  interceptions:   1 | deflections made: 11 | catches allowed: 11 16. Patrick Surtain - CB Index Ratio of 1.06 :  interceptions:   3 | deflections made: 15 | catches allowed: 17 =17. Andre Dyson - CB Index Ratio of 1 :  interceptions:   2 | deflections made: 7 | catches allowed: 9 =17. Jeff Burris - CB Index Ratio of 1 :  interceptions:   3 | deflections made: 10 | catches allowed: 13 Discuss this Article in our Forums Replies - 2 :: Views - 63

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