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Any website can post "offseason grades" for NFL teams, mixing the draft and free agency into transaction soup, then straining it through the mind of some sportswriter who doesn't know who half the players are. Only the Shutdown Corner has the resourc...
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RENTON, Wash. -- Aldon Smith, Patrick Peterson and Doug Baldwin lit up the NFL, relatively speaking, as NFC West rookies last season. Smith's 14 sacks led the 49ers. Peterson's four touchdowns on punt returns tied an NFL record. Baldwin led the Seat...
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A word for those curious about comment functionality on the blog lately: Changes made to some of the commenting infrastructure could require users to log out and then log back into ESPN.com. This did not resolve the issue for me, and I've passed alon...
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With the 2011 NFL season in the books, it's time to turn our eyes to the NFL draft, and the pre-draft evaluation process. Right up to the draft, we'll be taking a closer look at the 50 players who may be the biggest NFL difference-makers when all is...
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A great wide receiver does not always make for a great general manager. Larry Fitzgerald appears to have been right last season, however, when he called Arizona Cardinals first-round draft choice Patrick Peterson a "can't-miss" prospect. Fitzgerald...
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Patrick Peterson commanded the most attention among Arizona Cardinals cornerbacks last season. That was natural for a rookie drafted fifth overall. Scoring touchdowns four times on punt returns also helped Peterson command the spotlight. There was ...
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Dec. 4, 2011; Glendale, AZ, USA; Arizona Cardinals cornerback (21) Patrick Peterson breaks up a pass intended for Dallas Cowboys wide receiver (88) Dez Bryant at University of Phoenix Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-US PRESSWIRE I’ve spent...
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INDIANAPOLIS -- NFL teams can at least partially thank Arizona Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson for delivering one of the top prospects at the position to the 2012 draft. Morris Claiborne credits Peterson, his former LSU teammate, for convertin...
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Jan 29, 2012; Honolulu, HI, USA; NFC cornerback Patrick Peterson of the Arizona Cardinals (21) sends a Twitter message on the sideline against the AFC during the 2012 Pro Bowl at Aloha Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-US PRESSWIRE On the day wh...
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Brandon Marshall caught six balls for 176 yards and four touchdowns as the AFC defeated the NFC 59-41 in Sunday's Pro Bowl game.One of a select few players going hard in the meaningless exhibition game, Marshall scored from 74 and 29 yards out in the...
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Up through the NFL draft, Shutdown Corner blogger Kristian Dyer will be training at TEST Sports Club in Martinsville, N.J., along with roughly 20 players. All of these athletes are prepping for the NFL scouting combine, different pro days and of cou...
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Frazier upset with the team, nothing new. Draft day is nearing, and what are the Vikings planning to do? The most obvious would be to draft USC’s big LT Matt Kalil. Another option could be to take Justin Blackmon, a WR from Oklahoma State…and then th...
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Cardinals CB Greg Toler is "75 to 80 percent" recovered from September ACL surgery.Toler has graduated to lateral movement exercises, and will "definitely" be back for training camp. The 2009 fourth-rounder isn't a lock to be tend...
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This bit of news almost slipped by me from the other day. Arizona Cardinals cornerback/punt return specialist Patrick Peterson earned All-Pro Team honors from the Associated Press. This is quite an honor for the rookie. Peterson, as we all know, r...
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The Arizona Cardinals could have drafted pass-rusher Aldon Smith. They chose cornerback Patrick Peterson instead. Both players are finalists in online voting for rookie honors through the NFL. Carolina's Cam Newton stands out as an obvious choice f...
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This was indeed a special season for the San Francisco 49ers and, by extension, the NFC West overall. The Associated Press All-Pro team, announced Friday, includes five 49ers, a league high for any team. Arizona's Patrick Peterson made the team as t...
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Aaron Rodgers easily edged Drew Brees to be the Associated Press' first-team All-Pro quarterback, winning by a 47 1/2 to 2 1/2-vote margin.Lions WR Calvin Johnson and Vikings RE Jared Allen were the top vote getters, each coming within one vote of be...
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Matt Williamson of Scouts Inc. removed the question mark from that headline. He's listing the San Francisco 49ers' Aldon Smith over Denver's Von Miller as the NFL's defensive rookie of the year. Three NFC West rookies appeared on Williamson's list o...
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Cardinals CB/PR Patrick Peterson (Achilles', questionable) will be a game-time decision for Week 17 against the Seahawks.The Cardinals will work out Peterson during warmups to decide his status, so he's a full-blown game-day call. Peterson has four ...
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Week 16 was a week of the defensive back. Four of the top five IDP rookies were DB’s and I don’t recall a week where there were ever more than two. Oddly enough, they weren’t the guys that one would expect, like Patrick Peterson or Richard Sherman. W...
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