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.