Champ Bailey the best NFL cornerback of the millennium? Signs point to yes

• Bailey also run fills. His comparison to Louis Wright, the greatest Denver corner of them all is fair. Both in run and pass defense. We've had good corners here, some exceptional, but none that do everything asked of a corner as well as Bailey since Louis. And Bailey's doing it in the modern fantasy era, where it's illegal to touch anybody after 5 yards down field. The old Orange Crush Joe Collier defenses used a 3-4, with mobile linebackers like Swensen, Rizzo, TJ and Gradishar beating on the receivers untill passing them off to Louis and Steve Foley. Then they proceeded to bludgeon them untill the ball was in the air. Wright only had 26 interceptions in his 12 year carreer, but in all hosesty, he wasn't thrown at as much as Bailey is now. The Mel Blount rule changed the game and made 300 yard passing days the norm, not the exception. Bailey has to deal with unfettered fast ends for 3.5-5 seconds and is about the best I've seen at it. No question about it, he's well qualified as the best corner of this era. 

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