In the modern NFL, pa sing is king. This means Rich McDonald Jersey pa s defense also needs to be king, a suming you want your defense to get off the field at some point. If you can't stop the pa s, you simply are not going to win many football games.Generally speaking, there are two ways to disrupt an opponent's pa sing game. You can contest the point of the catch, or you can make throwing the actual pa s as difficult as po sible for the opposing quarterback. There is a bit of a debate these days regarding which of those things is more important, and while NFL teams have traditionally viewed the pa s rush as the key to a succe sful pa s defense, there is a growing school of thought around the league that values the back end of the defense more than the front.So, while we took some time yesterday to examine the teams that have , we're going to use the space below to dig into the teams that have done the best job of loading up at cornerback, where the coverage responsibilities for defenders are of the utmost importance. Before we get to the top five, a few honorable mention teams that fell just short of making the list: apologies to the , , and .5. Remember when the outright cut because he refused to take a pay cut from $11 million to $7 million? That was hilarious(ly stupid). A few years later, Haden is still one of the best cornerbacks in the NFL. He's coming off a season where he allowed a pa ser rating of just 70.0 on throws in his direction, per Pro Football Focus, ranking 14th out of 140 corners who spent at least 100 snaps in coverage. Fellow outside corner , signed away from the , allowed just a 73.3 pa ser rating, ranking 20th among the same group of players. That duo is supplemented by Richard Bowens III Jersey slot man , who had a bit of a down season last year but has reached incredible highs working on the inside. Add in the versatility safety brings to drop down as a corner, and this is a really strong group.4. The Dolphins better have one of the best cornerback units Kaleb Konigus Jersey in the league, considering how much they're spending at the position. They have broken the bank with a record-setting corner contract in back-to-back offseasons, first splashing the pot for and then springing for a market-setting deal on . Both players are tall, long, strong corners who excel at using their bodies to take away any available throwing windows, and they should fit extremely well in Brian Flores' man-coverage schemes. was an underrated find for last season's Dolphins in the slot, and he should be freed up to play a bit more aggre sively now that there are other quality corners in the backfield with him.3. This was the clear-cut best cornerback group in the NFL for most of last season. is the (deserved) reigning Defensive Player of the Year. He allowed a 47.4 pa ser rating on throws in Cole Smith Jersey his direction, fifth-best among the aforementioned group of 140 players. And that wasn't even the best mark on his own team, as J.C. Jackson held opponents to a 37.0 pa ser rating, the single best mark in the league. No. 3 corner , who brings a ton of flexibility to the backfield, allowed a 63.3 rating, ninth-best within that same group. The Pats, obviously, were the only team to have three players ranked inside the top 10. Throw in for depth and New England is deservingly considering among the top corner units in the league. The one thing holding them back this year is the team's pa s rush exodus, which could force them to cover for longer periods of post-snap time in 2020.2. The Chargers' secondary broke out in a big way a couple of years ago, with joining among the top corners in the NFL. They were supplemented by a versatile group of safeties including , the past couple of years, but now the Storm Duck Jersey Chargers have added a player who has probably been either the best or second-best corner in the entire league over the past five seasons in Jr. King should be able to have a bounce-back year with Harris sliding into the lineup and freeing him to roam a bit more as he did two years ago, and we know James, and have the versatility to cover slot receivers and tight ends as well. This is the deepest secondary in football.1. was the best corner in football after arriving in Baltimore last season. might have been the second-best corner in the league behind Gilmore throughout the entire season. is as solid as they come on the outside, and held opponents to one of the 10 lowest pa ser ratings in the NFL last year. This trio has everything you want out of a cornerback group. Size and strength (Smith). Aggre sivene s (Peters). Versatility (Humphrey). And they have cleaning things up behind them.