What’s the easiest position in football? My guess would be the punter, but Eagles’ cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha thinks otherwise. The star corner shared his thoughts on why wide receiver is the easiest position amongst other things on Pro Football Talk Live this past Wednesday.
“I think if you talk to any cornerback in the league, we’ll probably all tell you that,” he said. “We go back and forth talking trash with our own teammates about it, ‘Oh, all you have to do is go out there and catch a ball.’ You know where you’re going, we have no idea but we have to be perfect at it. So it’s always fun banter going back and forth.”
Asomugha, a three-time Pro-Bowl selection and a four-time All-Pro selection, also spoke on what receivers concern him the most on the field.
“There aren’t guys that stand out in my mind in that way,” he said. “There are a handful of guys that are really good at what they’re doing from the receiver position, which is the easiest position in the NFL. There are a handful of guys that are good at it. There’s not one particular guy that would concern me when I’m going into a game, but there are guys that you have to take notice of in the league.”
I admire Asomugha’s confidence, but this is the same cornerback that was burned more than cheap gas last season. With all due respect, I’d advise the Pro Bowl corner to keep his mouth closed and just play football. Small talk aside, it’s no secret that the Philadelphia Eagles are on the hot seat this year. Asomugha spoke on the adjustments they have made to redeem themselves of last year’s failure and prepare for a successful 2012 season.
“We were doing practice sessions without the coaches, we were doing practice sessions and getting together with guys as far back as February with the team, so just being able to get to know each other better, the comfort level just raises for everyone, whether we’re current players or the newer players,” Asomugha said. “Everybody just becomes a little more comfortable. And then, I would say defensively, just being able to have some more time under the system, us with our defensive coaches being able to cut out a lot of the things that just didn’t work for our defense and for the style of players that we have and to build off of the positive things that did work for us. So all of that time right there and all of that stuff right there makes it more comfortable.”
I hope that the hard work evident in OTA’s, minicamp, and eventually training camp pay off for the Eagles this year, but until the 2012 season commences, all we can do is wait.
I dont think it’s a huge deal. It’s not like he is tweeting “superbowl” after his equally disapointing season.
Mr. Bryant, all due respect but I think we might be reaching just a little…lol. Aso is still one of the premier corners in the game. Only in eagleville do we pretend that shutdown corners(which he still is) don’t get burned occasionally. They all do. besides there was nothing provockative about his remarks. I like confidence. You need to be considered a corner of his stature. But thanks for the article nevertheless.
The only question I have for Asmo,is, why did so many of these WR’s make you look so inept and bad last season.. Asmo has the most to prove to me that any other players on this Eagles Roster in my opinion. It’s time to put up or shut up….
Hey #24 can you say Victor Cruz you chump.
*Bleep* Victor Cruz!!
^^^^^ Hater 🙂
Still the 2nd best corner in the league. I expect a big year from Nnmandi. Also looking forward to seeing Prince Amukamara shutting down Desean Jackson. Never too early for some smack talk fellas! Where you at Dcar and Realtalk?!? LMAO.
@RealTalk777, yo I am a huge Eagle fan but man Victor Cruz showed that young man how to Cha Cha last year. Asmo got his lessons up close and personal.
Stat of The Day!. NFL Network just pointed out that out of the top 15 rb in the top 100 as voted by the players not 1 has ever played in a superbowl. RB are a dime a dozen and this is a QB driven league and to spend big money on a RB is foolish. interesting huh.
Prince Amukarama won’t even be on the Starting Line-up for the Giants and when he’s is on the field, He would not be covering D-Jax for his Foot Spped is not quick enough.. Prince will most likley be a 4th CB for the Giants and play in Nickel Situations and probably against the Slot Wr’s most of the time..
I still have faith in him Paulman to beat out Thomas for a starting spot. With Aaron Ross gone and Thomas coming off the ACL injury. His speed is legit. Not the fastest but enough to cover 95% of the Wideouts in the league.
Not so sure about that.. I expect Tyree Thomas and Corey Webster tobe the Starting CB’s for th Giants with Prine in on a a rotational/nickel packages.. Nebraske CB’s have never translated that well in the NFl.. They play presee covreage and typiclly have these 5-10 to 6″ Feet players play press on which is effective against many College WR’s and QB’s but once you get these gyus out in space, they are in trouble.. I really thought Prince was overrrated in his 2011 Draft to begin with.. But I wish the kid well for he has had some setbacks and bad luck so far..
LOL! Gotta admit, burnt more than cheap gas is a great line and yeah, Asmo needs to keep his trap shut and show it given his many poor plays last season.
Probably would have been better for this not to hit the media stream since it’s basically just jawing between players. Just as importantly Nnamdi should have kept it to himself. He’s still living off his per-Eagles reputation while he was blundering with the rest of the secondary and LB corp. last year.
butch – can’t agree more. But the media is constatnly after things like this. They’re vultures. Greedy Vultures. Loved it when Shane Victorino called them out on it.
In Philly, as a player, you have 3 opponents working against you. The team on the field across from you, the media, and the fans. Now, of course, if you’re succeeding, the fans are on your side. But if you’re not, or you’re idle, the fans can be working against you too (see idiots like Songs and Dcar when he doens’t like a guy).
Come on Schiller, the only thing that is idiotic and close minded is your above comment. “IN Philly, blah blah blah”…hmmm how about next time you actually open your mind a bit and use “IN SPORTS” because the same shit goes on in every city where there is people that give a damn about their sports.
Its funny for someone that really hates the media here, you sure do sound just like some of the clueless national media rejects when they feel the need to expend their so called knowledge on Philly sports…”IN Philly” this “IN Philly” that…like it doesn’t happen everywhere else..in fact it can be much worst for players in other cities. God forbid people take a look at the reality of what goes on everywhere else before making a statement about Philly Sports fans.