Pat Surtain II, his longtime trainer Chad Wilson likes to say, is the NFL’s version of Tony Gwynn. Or Wade Boggs.
Both were perennial .300 hitters in the MLB. Both hardly ever struck out. It takes a certain discipline in a cornerback — as it does for a batter to always make contact — to work the same rep over and over and over again, Wilson reflected.
“He’s that one big guard gate,” Wilson said, “that a lot of guys don’t have the passcode for.”
The thing about being a .300 hitter, of course, is that you’ll get beat seven out of 10 times. And Indianapolis beat Surtain on Sunday.
The reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year led the Broncos with 11 tackles against the Colts. It was a stark contrast to his Week 1 involvement, when he went phantom mode in shadowing Titans wideout Calvin Ri