We're seven weeks into the 2021 NFL season, and the first-year cornerbacks continue to flex their collective muscles. Three of them make the second edition of our rookie rankings. And while our top 10 has some movement, once again only one quarterback made the cut. It's actually a pass-catcher atop the board here, as the Bengals' Ja'Marr Chase has launched himself to the head of the class as the season's halfway point approaches. That shouldn't surprise anyone -- he's setting records for rookie receivers and seems to have a deep-ball TD every week.
To build the list, we polled some personnel executives around the league and worked our way through the game tape.