I love this guy. And it feels great to have an elite (to say the least) CB locked up long-term and just kick back without all the contract drama like with Revis, Samuel, and Law’s later years. It’s been a long time since I’ve felt so good about a CB, and the Patriots have been looking for a guy like this in his prime for years.
I don’t know why QBs even throw at him. I believe he has three picks and two or three deflections leading to picks as well. The guy is just a total playmaker even though he doesn’t get burned often by gambling for a pick.
He has such incredibly quick hands and long arms to knock the ball out. That play in the Super Bowl, when he punched the ball out of CJ Anderson’s arm was so spectacular, considering Anderson is a huge dude running straight at him. Had that fumble stayed in bounds, it would have been replayed all offseason as the play of the year. Had to settle for his game sealing interception later in the quarter