The NFL Network continued putting out their list of the 100 best players of all time on Friday. They have put out the list by positional unit and the latest groups were the defensive backs. The Pittsburgh Steelers landed two cornerbacks on the list with Mel Blount and Rod Woodson.
Blount spent 14 seasons with the Steelers and was the anchor in the secondary during the great Steelers teams of the 1970s. Blount’s physicality has never been matched by a cornerback and his style forced the league to make rule changes to help protect wide receivers. Blount went into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1989.
Woodson was a completely different style of player as opposed to Blount but was truly elite in his own right. Woodson dominated multiple facets of the game including as a cornerback, safety and return man. Woodson spent 10 of his 17 seasons with the Steelers and went into the Hall of Fame in 2009.
