I hate to say it, but Newman is injured yet again. His shaky play last week was disappointing to say the least, and now, he’s back on the injury tray. For years, Newman was a shutdown cornerback, and underrated, but has Newman peaked. This is a legimate question with his age and recent rash of injuries.
Terence Newman was a surprise addition to the injury report on Friday. He is listed as questionable with a groin injury.
Newman originally suffered the injury early in training camp and did not play in the season opener at Cleveland. He saw action the nickel defense vs. Philadelphia before returning to a full-time role the last two games. (DMNBlog)
Newman is beginning to remind me of Kevin Smith, a solid underrated corner that fizzled out after having some nagging injuries which ended his career. Good thing we added Adam Jones and Mike Jenkins better keep those laces tied, I have a feeling we’re going to be seeing him more in the season.
Newman’s injury is not good news for an already burnt up secondary. The defense needs more pressure up front to cool the flames of a burnt secondary. That leads to the upfront men. Where’s the pressure? In the offseason, this defense looked stout ON PAPER, now the reality is out in the open. We’re overrated and we’re not getting it done consistently. We are not physical enough with receivers, and we’re not harrassing the QB enough. Besides Ware and Ratliff, where is the other pressure at?
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