Larry Fitzgerald vs Deion Sanders?

Fitz on specific routes and throws (jump balls, shielding his defender w/ his size, etc). Prime wins on routes requiring separation.

although, have you seen sanders play? he always shied away from nitty gritty tackling (whenever he could). don't get me wrong, he did tackle, but his tackling (and body language) preferred not to.

as an OC, i would've softened him up w/ outside runs for much of the game towards his side, w/ pulling guards and nasty FBs. after all those body blows, i'd goto the head w/ a double move.

when he's fresh, he was always ON. i just didn't see enough of teams & OCs going after him in other facets of the game.

Hard to say because the WR's today are bigger, stronger and faster. That being said, if they were from the same era based on just skill, I would say Deion. Deion was so good, that QBs avoided even throwing in his direction. I've never seen that ever happen before with ANY QB except Deion. Even the great Jerry Rice was put in motion due to Deion covering him. There was only one matchup that gave Deion a hint of a challenge, and that was Michael Irvin. Irvin was good at getting his body between the defender and the ball. But really, even Irvin didn't beat Deion. Rice did somewhat ok (not as well as Irvin), but again did not beat Deion. Nobody really beat Deion.

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Deion Sanders is old now... Larry Fitzgerald would run circles around him. If you are referring to Deion in his prime (which I'm sure you are), then I still believe Fitz would win the battle. That man is tall, he's got long arms, meat hooks that can hold on to anything it seems, and he can out jump just about everyone in the NFL... with all that said, Larry Fitzgerald hands down.

Good question!

Everyone touched on some good points. Deion is faster, and a great shutdown CB. Fitz is a young WR with a lot of room for improvement. He is however bigger and stronger than Deion. So if it's man to man coverage I have to give Deion the most wins. However, if Fitz has the ball and Deion has to tackle him, I go with Fitz winning moat of the time. Deion's weakness was his ability to deliver a hit. And we know Fitz is hard to tackle. That's what I think.

This is one hell of a match up, when you say shutdown corner, Deion Sanders comes to my mind and when you ask the best Wideout in the NFL, Larry Fitzgerald. But i think the winner will defend on the QB, Deion is one of the worst problem of QBs and when he gets in the guys head he's throw even if it was Fitz will be a PICK SIX for him..

Sanders was the greatest cover corner of all time, in his prime he would own Fitz just like he did every other WR in his day. what made him good was his size to go with that speed (about 6'1 1/2"). Deion covered Irvin and Rice and Fitz is not in their league yet...so Neon wins most of those battles...but here is the key, would the OC of the team Fitz was on actually throw at Deion, not many others did, no matter who the WR was!!

*ME* you say that you dont know if Deion was much faster then Fitz...put down the crack pipe and step away, Deion was one of the fastest NFL players ever and was clocked at sub 4.25 almost every run he ever had, Fitz fastest is listed in mid 4.5s, its not a contest, Deion would out run him with a 50lbs weight in his pocket!!

That would be an awesome match up. Deion was prob the best cover corner I have ever seen. Going to say Deion wins that match up 6 out of 10 times.

Deion was much faster, so he could outrun him to the ball.

Fitz is a little taller though, so he could probably win some jump balls.

Depends who the quarterback is then. Deion has an advantage against young strong-armed quarterbacks, but with a veteran quarterback I'd give the edge to Fitz.

Deion in his prime for sure. Deion was a bad tackler though. He was afraid to hit. Besides that he owned alot the WR's he went up against.

Deion is the BEST shut down corner ever hands down, the teams he played for would put him on the other teams best WR man to man and they play zone everywhere else cuz they knew the other team wouldnt throw his way.

Fitzgerald isnt even the close to being in the top 10 WR of all time, hell he really didnt do much in the superbowl minus that HUGE catch he had.

Prime time would have made Fitz his B**ch belive that.