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Well, ho-hum. It’s pretty boring when we all three agree, but I see Winfield as the easy choice as well. There’s not a whole lot left to be said that you both haven’t already highlighted other than witnessing perhaps the best game I’ve ever seen a cornerback play. The setting was 1997 in Ann Arbor, Michigan when Winfield was literally all over the field. So much so, he prompted the late, great Keith Jackson to suggest getting him a telephone booth during the broadcast — a nod to Superman.
From our "Hey, I wasn't always a Viking!" Here is Antoine Winfield at Ohio State, showing the same pass-blitzing skill she showed in the NFL, as he strips the ball from a Michigan State QB. #viknigs @AntoineWinfield #antoinewinfield pic.twitter.com/TUmxf6JYxc
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Regardless, the other thing I’ll mention is Winfield’s courage. He was just 5-foot, 9-inches, and 180-pounds while playing at Ohio State, but that mattered little. He would come up and hit opposing players like a ton of bricks, yet had the speed and ability to blanket defenders down the field.
Yeah, for me, like both Mark and Brock, it’s Winfield all by himself.
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