Notes on a trip to the NFL Scouting Combine.I've asked four different sources to name the best cornerback in the 2008 NFL Draft and heard four different answers: Virginia Tech's Brandon Flowers (pictured), South Florida's Mike Jenkins, Troy's Leodis McKelvin and Kansas' Aqib Talib.
Talib, especially, seems to be all over the place on draft boards; some teams have him rated as a top 10 pick and others don't have him as one of the top 50 players. I'm personally a big Talib fan and was shocked to hear that not everyone believes he's a first-round pick, but that's how divergent the opinions on cornerbacks are.
And the fact that no corneback has established himself as head and shoulders above the rest could be bad for all of them. If teams don't perceive the best cornerback as being better than the fourth-best cornerback, that could make teams in need of a cornerback decide to wait until the second round to get one.
