IF YOU HAD trouble spotting Lito Sheppard on the field Sunday during the Eagles' 20-14 win over the Giants, there's nothing wrong with your eyesight. Except for a few special-teams appearances, he didn't play. The reason Sheppard, a one-time Pro Bowler, spent Sunday as his team's unused No. 4 corner is because right now the Eagles are a much better defense with Joselio Hanson on the field as their nickel corner than they are with Sheppard. Source: Philadelphia Daily News
Hanson is a terrific nickel back. The guy has gotten better and better every year. I say we take what we can get for Lito at the end of the year and resign Hanson to a mild extension.
Did you click on the article and read the stats of how much better the pass defense has been since Hanson took over at the nickel?
Nope.....but I will now Ehhhh I attribute this small difference to the difference between the games more then Lito v Joselio.
There are many factors in it for sure, but that "small difference" means something in wins and losses. Hanson has played well. Lito hasn't.