With only a few weeks left before opening day, the Minnesota Vikings have added a starting cornerback to the mix. On Sunday the Vikings signed veteran Stephon Gilmore to a reported one-year, $10 million contract with $7 million guaranteed.
When second-year corner Mekhi Blackmon was lost to an ACL injury on the first day of training camp and saw Shaq Griffin go down immediately after that , the Vikings signed veteran Fabian Moreau. Since then we have seen Moreau mix in with the first team along with Akayleb Evans and Byron Murphy Jr.
The Vikings have talked about their desire to play more man coverage this year. If Gilmore is the same player that he was last season, it is more plausible that they will be able to do that. Gilmore ranked 10th in PFF grade among starting corners when playing man coverage. He also played man coverage on 43% of his snaps, per PFF, which is nearly 20% higher than anyone on the Vikings last year.
The point is that if a cornerback still has the ability to play in the NFL at age 34, chances are that he is still pretty good. It’s just rare that anyone ever makes it there. That small sample of history would tend to bode well for Gilmore in Minnesota.After seeing what the Vikings’ defense did to the Cleveland Browns in joint practices this week, they had to think that adding Gilmore could make them dangerous.
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