re: Patrick Peterson = SHUT DOWN CORNER

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Too many passes completed on him Saturday to be "shutdown" status. I do think he has the talent to be one of the best but right now he is above average not shutdown.

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I love when people look for the "Champ Bailey" factor. You can only be "that" shutdown IF THEY PLAY MAN. It is almost impossible to be a shutdown zone player, because you are not covering a man, you are covering an area of grass. It was developed to minimize the amount of big plays available to the quarterback. There are holes in the zones, which good QBs (like Locker) can find. PP can't help it if they catch it in someone else's zone, but its still tremendous that he would still break on the ball and get their in time to make a no gain tackle.