Saw this and thought it was worth sharing:

That basically means the Eagles have two CB1s. Hell of a job from Howie Roseman to go out and get James Bradberry after Dave Gettleman screwed up the Giants’ salary cap. The numbers above also point to Jonathan Gannon’s scheme being successful, the idea of keeping everything in front of you and not getting beat deep.

PFF and Sport Radar share data, so we can look a little further and find that:

  • Slay has allowed 382 burn yards, which is 76th in the NFL.*
  • Bradberry has given up 245 burn yards, which is 194th.
  • Both guys have three interceptions. Only 10 players have four or more.
  • Bradberry is second in the NFL with 14 passes defended.
  • Slay is tied for 5th with 12 passes defended.
  • They are targeted very similarly. 14.1% of opponent passes are thrown at Bradberry while 14.2% are thrown at Slay.
  • They’ve combined for just four penalties this year in 1,558 minutes.

*Burn yards are passing yards allowed by a player when they are the defender. If two or more guys are in coverage, like a corner and a safety, they both get docked the yardage on a completed pass. Both of those numbers are ridiculously low for CB1 and CB2.

But yeah, even just going one level below the surface, both guys are playing at a ridiculously high level. They break up passes, don’t commit penalties, and limit the damage when they do allow completions. It’ll be interesting to see what the Birds do with Bradberry, who is a pending free agent, so let’s try to enjoy the best combination cornerback play we’ve seen in midnight green since Lito Sheppard and Sheldon Brown, or maybe that 2008 year when Asante Samuel was showing us some gangsta shit.