Big Blue View
The New York Giants have a new leader in the locker room with John Harbaugh calling the shots. Each team in the NFC East has restructured its roster in hopes of success in the upcoming 2026 season. We began a position-by-position look at the division on Wednesday by reviewing how the teams rank at safety. Today, we move to cornerback.
The team with the best positional group is assigned four points, and the “worst” receives one point. I’m sure it will be well received by all fan bases, of course. With that, let’s talk cornerbacks!
Trey Amos, Mike Sainristil, Ahkello Witherspoon, Amik Robertson, Antonion Hamilton Sr., Tre Hawikns III, Tyler Owens, Darius Rush, Fred Davis II, Car’lin Vigers
Washington selected Trey Amos in the second round last season, and the young, talented cornerback struggled, surrendering a 68% catch rate with a 20% missed tackle rate. Amos is competing to be the CB2 behind Mike Sainristil.
Witherspoon was brought in from the Rams for depth, and he has a shot to start on the outside alongside Amos when Sainristil is in the slot. Amik Robertson will also compete for slot snaps, but he’s coming off a tough season with Detroit last year. Overall, the Commanders have questions in their corner room. They underperformed last season and no longer have Marshon Lattimore. Washington gets one point coming off a tough season; let’s see if Dan Quinn can turn things around this year.
Points: 1
DaRon Bland, Cobie Durant, Shavon Revel Jr., Devin Moore, Carson Caelen, Reddy Steward, Derion Kendrick, Zion Childress, Trikweze Bridges, Ameer Speed
Dallas has a solid starting tandem of Bland and Durant, and I’m high on Revel Jr., who tore his ACL in his final season at ECU. He struggled in his 334 snaps last season, but he is a talented player. Steward played a lot of slot snaps last season, and he figures to see a reduction in that role with Downs on the roster. Still, he and Carson are solid depth pieces.
Overall, Dallas added Durant and Downs, who will upgrade the secondary. I expect more output from Revel Jr., but I do have Dallas slightly behind New York.
Points: 2
Paulson Adebo, Greg Newsome II, Dru Phillips, Colton Hood, Ar’Darius Washington, Tae Banks, Korie Black, Art Green, Rico Payton, Jarrick Bernard-Converse, Nic Jones
The Giants and Cowboys are close in this exercise – call me biased! But I gave the Giants the edge because of Paulson Adebo, Dru Phillips, Greg Newsome II, and rookie Colton Hood. Adebo is a slightly above-average starter in the NFL, similar to Bland’s play from the 2025 season. Like many Giants, Phillips had a down year in Shane Bowen’s system last season, and the addition of defensive coordinator Dennard Wilson – with his background in defensive back play – should help Phillips.
I am high on Hood as someone who can push Greg Newsome II for the starting job. Newsome II...
