• Chargers Slot Corner Guards
• Chargers Slot Corner Stands

In the 2019 NFL season, per Sports Info Solutions, there were 19,933 total quarterback dropbacks. Against those dropbacks, NFL defenses put four defensive backs on the field just 18% of the time (3,579 snaps), while nickel defense (with five defensive backs) ruled the league by far with 59% of all snaps (11,780). And if you want to know how much the NFL isn’t a base defense league anymore, consider this: Defenses lined up in dime coverage (six defensive backs on the field) on 20.9% of total dropbacks (4,091), which means that teams played more dime defense than base defense. The Seahawks were the only team to play base defense more than 50% of the time (67%), and the Cardinals finished second at 37%.

Slot corner Tavon Young (neck, injured reserve) is out. Starting safety Tony Jefferson (knee, injured reserve) suffered a season-ending injury in Week 5. But if Humphrey can do to Lockett what he collectively did to Smith-Schuster and Boyd over the past couple of weeks, the Ravens should be able to hang with the Seahawks.

Hayward is an elite cover corner though, with 92 man coverage and 90 zone coverage. He's also a great slot corner option with 93 change of direction and 93 agility. Marlon Humphrey - 89 OVR. When the Chargers line up in the nickel, Pagano may bring in Jahleel Addae at safety and slide Wilson over to slot corner, and Robinson will serve as the fourth corner in San Diego's dime package. Safety Derwin James missed 11 games last season, and the Chargers signed Chris Harris Jr. To be their slot corner. First-round pick Kenneth Murray should offer an immediate upgrade at linebacker. The Dodge Charger is a staple of American Muscle Car culture. From its appearance as the baddie in Bullitt to various other menacing film roles it is the honcho car of choice and even in this deep metallic purple it still looks mean! With a shaker hood above the big V8 this muscle car really stands out on the strip, th.

All this is to say that unless you’re the Seahawks, you’d better have some top-level slot defenders if you want to put a credible pass defense out there in a league where offenses are implementing more kinds of receiver sets and route combinations than ever before.

And it’s not as if the skill sets required to be a slot defender are the same as those for an outside cornerback. You might be up against a 6-foot-5, 250-pound tight end on first down who can body you right out of the paint, and on the next play, you may have to deal with a small, speedy option-route receiver whose job is to juke you right out of your shoes. And as Richard Sherman once told me in his Seattle days, the thing about playing outside cornerback is that the boundary is your friend. That’s not the case when you’re in the slot, where you’re defending in space pretty much all the time.

Chargers Slot Corner Guards

So, which slot defenders were the most effective and valuable to their teams in 2019, and thus should be set up to do the same in 2020? With help from Pro Football Focus’ metrics, and a whole lot of tape study, here’s one list. To avoid small sample-size results, each of these defenders played at least 50% of their snaps in the slot.

Chargers Slot Corner Stands

Mike Hilton Chris Harris Jr. Jourdan Lewis Tramon Williams Mackensie Alexander Nickell Robey-Coleman Marlon Humphrey D.J. Hayden Brian Poole K’Waun Williams Tyrann Mathieu