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Lack of size not an issue for Newman

By John Clayton
ESPN.com

Sunday, February 23, 2003

INDIANAPOLIS -- It's not easy to be a cornerback in the NFL nowadays. Quarterbacks are more accurate. Receivers are getting taller and faster. And corners, well, they aren't getting any taller. Anymore, most young corners are at a four-to-five inch height disadvantage to the increasingly tall receivers entering the NFL. Receiver Charles Rogers of Michigan State is 6-foot-2. Andre Johnson of Miami is 6-2, 230 pounds. Five of the six best wide receivers after those two are taller than ...

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