Nnamdi Asomugha More Than Just The Best Cover Corner

Nnamdi Asomugha came to the Raiders at a time when everything just blew up. The just lost the Super Bowl to former head coach Gruden and the Bucs.The Raiders starters didnt have much time left has the roster was an average age of 27.5, the oldest in the league at the time. But we all know the starters that made that Raider team great where all with 1-2 more years from retirement.But Asomugha had a rare chance to see what made some of the games best players successful. And it appears it was a lasting image for Nnamdi.

We had just grabbed Nnamdi Asomugha with the first round ,31st pick over all. Nnamdi Asomugha wasn't even considered the top CB in the draft, Terence Newman was selected by the Cowboys 5th over all. There was 3 more corners selected in that first round before the Raiders grabbed Asomugha. Then Nnamdi Asomugha had a chance to work with one of the top corners in the game at the time, Charles Woodson, but that would soon change as Charles Woodson left for Green Bay after the 2005 season.

Nnamdi Asomugha started 1 game in 2003 and then starting 7 games in 2004, not nabbing an int until 2005 where he started 16 games and nabbed 8 ints. From 2005 until today Nnamdi Asomugha became a leader on defense, And now he is the teacher,Father,Mentor of all the DBs on Oaklands Roster.

The evidence of this comes in the form of Micheal Huff, another player that was coming close to the bust label, that seems to be on pace to have a record season this year. Nnamdi Asomugha is more than just the Best cover corner in the NFL ,he is the Leader on defense that the Oakland Raiders DB's look to for comfort and guidance.

When Al Davis signed Nnamdi Asomugha to a three-year, $45.3 million Contract, making him the highest paid CB. Al knew what he was getting in Nnamdi Asomugha, and now we all do.