Buffalo Bills 2000s All-Decade Team: Cornerback No. 1

CB – Finally a great position for us this past decade. Im going with Clements. He was always one of my favorite Bills. He was a playmaker. He was a fun player to watch. Plus his punt return skills were pretty darn good.

To me this was a toss up between Clements and Winfield, Nate’s interceptions was the deciding factor plus he was a very good punt returner.

Does anyone know how many of Nate’s interceptions were against Miami? It seems like his biggest games were always against the Phins. I swear if he could play the Phins 6 times a year he make the HOF!!!

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I don’t think this vote should be as close as the early voting is suggesting.

Winfield was a fan favorite—-a smaller player that hit like a ton of bricks and played with no fear…. If I remember right his biggest fault was that he had hands of stone.

I loved both Nate and Antoine and the type of physicality they brought to the table during each game. If I had to choose between them, I’d choose Nate because I think he was a better CB durings his glory years here in Buffalo. A terrific athlete with very good speed, ball skills, aggressiveness, solid and as importantly willing run-stopper and an incredibly competitive guy, whom I really thought we could build our defense around for years and years. Unfortunately, we decided to not offer him a new deal; looking back at it, the Bills probably made the right decision, but still a great player imo.

I had to go with Clements because he was the best one we have had this decade. So many INTs, not quite the tackler Winfield was, but still a great tackler, and a very good return man.

Did we get anything for Greer?If not that’s a shame, he’s a good corner.

isn’t it great to finally get to vote on a position where there is a more than one (and in a few cases none) good player?

had to go with clements tho he was pretty good.

I don’t remember seeing this commented on in any of the earlier polls. Are we supposed to take special teams contributions into consideration for any of these positions or will that be done separately?

But the #2 should be Terrence McGee.

I still don’t understand all the love Winfield keeps getting from Bills fans. He was a slightly above average CB here who was beyond mediocre in coverage and was a good tackler. Guess what, McGee does all those things well. He’s a solid man corner, has shown the ability to help in run defense (though not as good as Winfield) and is a good tackler himself, is more of a playmaker than Winfield ever dreamed of here, and has played two more seasons in Buffalo than Winfield did (and three this decade). Oh yeah, he was an elite return man as well, which if we’re voting purely on the players, should be a factor…..

I’d vote Winfield the 3rd CB and leave off a C, OG #2 OT #2, DE #2 and a FS. Haha.

Body of work for the entire decade is most the best by T-Mac. But I very nearly voted Clements