Cornerback is one of the most difficult positions to analyze in the NFL. The results vary greatly for a vast majority of players from year to year and even week to week. Very few are consistently elite, and even below-average cornerbacks are capable of stringing together a series of solid games before regressing to the norm.



Fans of the Kansas City Chiefs are familiar with this phenomenon. On several occasions over the past few years, a young cornerback has flashed for a few games (or even half a season) only to fade away the next season. It’s difficult to project how a player will do in the future, particularly with a small sample size.



That said, traits shown on film do matter in an attempt to figure out who a player is. So with that, it’s time to talk about how well Charvarius Ward played last season when given the opportunity.



Ward came into the league as an undrafted rookie free agent in 2018 with the Dallas Cowboys. He was traded to the...