Who is the best Corner in Bills history?

[MrEpsYtown]

Christian Benford if he keeps it up for another year. 
 

For me it is Winfield, but as others have stated he was only here a short time. 

[chris heff]

4 hours ago, njbuff said:

Chris Watson

Great punt catcher 

[Einstein]

4 hours ago, Billl said:

Stephon Gilmore

 

Surprised it took so long

[Dave_Bills]

Not old enough to have seen Byrd and James and I know he wasn’t here for very long but Antoine Winfield is being criminally underrated.

 

i watched both Clements and Winfield closely and in my opinion Clements while very good wasn’t close to Winfield.

 

Tre White is fantastic but I still would have taken Winfield over him 

[JK Fan]

4 hours ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

2 first-team all pros as a CB is no joke. Injuries suck. Sterling Sharpe is another guy that had GOAT potential. Health is such an underrated attribute as a player. Then u have iron men like Favre or Bill Romanowski who play with an almost reckless abandonment, but almost never sat out a game. I’m willing to bet they’ve most definitely played in games that regular NFL players wouldn’t.  Higher pain threshold? 

I think with Favre and Bill Romanowski it was more that they were just stupid.

[Bills!Win!]

It would’ve been Antoine Winfield is he was 2 inches taller 

[BearNorth]

4 hours ago, Augie said:

Butch Byrd. 

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Agreed, I was a HS kid in the 60's, AFL was a passing league, he was the definition of a shut down corner.

[Augie]

1 minute ago, BearNorth said:

Agreed, I was a HS kid in the 60's, AFL was a passing league, he was the definition of a shut down corner.

 

Was he 42, and Warfield 24? I have some crazy old memories from the Rockpile. 

 

We may B word and moan, but the Bills have given us many years of enjoyment on many levels. 

[GreggTX]

Robert James. He's not getting any love because most of you aren't old enough to have watched him play back when the bump and run was legal. Now you can't even breathe on a receiver or it's interference. Butch Byrd is another good choice. He made the All-Time-AFL team.

Edited April 9 by GreggTX

[Sargent Hulka]

Robert James...a magician with the bump and run. All-pro 1972, 1973, 1974; suffered knee ligament damage in 1975.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_James_(defensive_back)   

 

 

Edited April 9 by Sargent Hulka

[2ForMacAdoo]

5 hours ago, njbuff said:

Chris Watson

HC Wade Phillips: "Chris Watson is basically a punt catcher" lol

[Senth]

Robert James

 

George Butch Byrd

[Allen2Moulds]

3 hours ago, Dave_Bills said:

Not old enough to have seen Byrd and James and I know he wasn’t here for very long but Antoine Winfield is being criminally underrated.

 

i watched both Clements and Winfield closely and in my opinion Clements while very good wasn’t close to Winfield.

 

Tre White is fantastic but I still would have taken Winfield over him 

I have to respectfully disagree. Nate Clements was clearly the number 1 corner, and would draw the WR1 assignments and routinely shut them down or hold them in check. Winfield on the other hand was the biggest pound for pound hitter. Still to this day, there's no undersize player that could hit/tackle like that guy. His son in TB is equally a fan favorite of mine. Another honorable mention, that no one is talking about was Thomas Smith. I always remember the broadcasters saying, no one knows who this guy is, because of the lack interception. Announcers would always say, because QBs never throw his way. 

[MJS]

5 hours ago, MrEpsYtown said:

Christian Benford if he keeps it up for another year. 
 

For me it is Winfield, but as others have stated he was only here a short time. 

Benford is really good. To be an all timer in Bills history, though, he has to keep it up for many more years and also become a guy who makes impact plays like turnovers. I think he will need to do that if he wants to get recognition by way of pro bowls, all pros, etc. But he has it in him for sure.

[Fan boy '92]

Nate Clements and Antoine Winfield made the drought years worth watching.

[ganesh]

8 hours ago, MrEpsYtown said:

Christian Benford if he keeps it up for another year. 
 

For me it is Winfield, but as others have stated he was only here a short time. 

5 years???

[Nihilarian]

14 hours ago, chongli said:

Charles Romes or Mario Clark.

Simply look at the stats for these two in the late 70s. The secondary was so good that opponents didn't even try to pass on them. 

[The Cincinnati Kid]

14 hours ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

2 first-team all pros as a CB is no joke. Injuries suck. Sterling Sharpe is another guy that had GOAT potential. Health is such an underrated attribute as a player. Then u have iron men like Favre or Bill Romanowski who play with an almost reckless abandonment, but almost never sat out a game. I’m willing to bet they’ve most definitely played in games that regular NFL players wouldn’t.  Higher pain threshold? 

Favre was addicted to Pain Killers, so…

[Thurman#1]

15 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:

I think this one is a tough one with many potential answers.

 

I don't know maybe....Nate Odomes?  Winfield was great but only here a few years.  Same with Clements.  

Terrence McGee potentially ahead of Odomes?

 

 

Butch Byrd, maybe. Might have been Stephon Gilmore if we'd kept him.

 

I really loved Antoine Winfield. Watching him tackle in the open field was an absolute joy.

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 10:41 AM by Thurman#1

[longtimebillsfan]

15 hours ago, oldmanfan said:

I’ve seen them all.  I’d say Robert James.  Here’s my top 5:

 

Robert James

Tre White

Nate Clements 

Nate Odoms

Booker Egerson

I would put Butch Byrd ahead of Booker.