FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Worst Cornerback Charting Stats 2011

McCourty comes in 6th worst in yards per pass. Is there a more pressing question on the 2012 Pats than whether or not McCourty can get his mojo back?

Devin McCourty had a huge sophomore slump for the Patriots; he was particularly victimized all year by tall receivers like Brandon Marshall and Vincent Jackson. On one hand, this looks like more evidence of the inconsistency of cornerback charting stats; on the other hand, it’s hard to argue that these stats weren’t doing a good job of measuring McCourty’s actual on-field performance in both 2010 and 2011. He actually wasn’t ranked that high in 2010 as a rookie (41st in Success Rate, 38th in Adjusted Yards per Pass) and his 2011 performance pretty much was as poor as those numbers show.