1.   As is reserve cornerback Kevin Mathis, out the past three games because of a fractured forearm.

2.   After an incomplete pass, Plummer scrambled away from Strahan, then threw on the run down the sideline where Giants cornerback Jason Sehorn was one-on-one with Boston.

3.   AFC cornerbacks are generally smaller players who rely more on finesse.

4.   Also, cornerback Rashee Johnson is questionable after suffering a concussion in that game.

5.   Catching the worst of it was Falcons cornerback Buchanan, a noted vocalist himself from whom an interviewer had extracted a victory prediction early in the going.

6.   Cornerback is much more unsettled.

7.   Cornerback is the deepest position in this draft.

8.   Cornerback is a similar story.

9.   Cornerbacks are plentiful.

10.   Cornerback might be it, though.