Chris Harris with the Lombardi trophy after returning from Super Bowl 50 in February. (Kathryn Scott Osler, The Denver Post)
LaDainian Tomlinson, a five-time Pro Bowl running back turned NFL Network analyst, said he believed there are no “shutdown” cornerbacks in the NFL nowadays, a comment that inevitably struck a chord with many of the game’s leading defensive backs.
In with Michael Robinson and Dan Hellie about whether free agent Josh Norman should be the highest-paid corner in the game, Tomlinson said: “Right now there are no shutdown corners. At all. There are none.”
Tomlinson weighed in after Robinson said he didn’t think Seattle’s Richard Sherman fell into the category of elites. When Hellie started running down the list of names some might view as shutdown corners — Darrelle Revis, Patrick Peterson — Tomlinson shook his head and said, “At this point, they’re still not shutdown corners.”
Broncos cornerback Chris Harris, who didn’t allow a touchdown in coverage for more than two years before a loss at Pittsburgh last season, took to Twitter on Tuesday to respond to Tomlinson’s comments and quickly received the backing of others:
I’m done with all that lol only a couple top dbs got rings
— Chris Harris (@ChrisHarrisJr)
Me , sherm , revis , Talib , butler got rings lol not worried about what LT saying
— Chris Harris (@ChrisHarrisJr)
nobody ever worried about what LT says. We will all keep going out there and playing at a high level.
— Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25)
My guy must still be mad I beat him at
— Patrick Peterson /P2 (@RealPeterson21)
