If you play a skill position on offense that requires agility, such as running back or wide receiver, your cleats should be lightweight to run as fast as possible, and the same applies if you’re a defensive back and need to keep up with those players. Stability is more important if yo...
Smith has been one of the best defensive players in the NFL for the last two years. Smith, a first-team All-Pro in 2022 and ’23, helped elevate Patrick Queen’s game last season, too. Only 27 years old, Smith and Fred Warner are...
Amy Rodriguez wasn’t just fast, she was a blur, a nightmare in cleats. Defenses scrambled, and as the clock ticked, she only got better. She took Kansas City to back-to-back NWSL Championships in 2014 and 2015, earning MVP of the Ch...
However, Champ Bailey has to be considered a top-50 player, perhaps whenever he decides to hang up the cleats. Drafted by the Washington Redskins with the seventh overall pick of the 1999 NFL draft, Bailey has since become one of the greatest defensive backs in NFL history. Bailey is an ...
Johnson was known for his signature white cleats when most players wore black cleats. "Don't believe Wikipedia," he said. "About the part that paint fell on my shoes. I had them dyed." Johnson said he began wearing the shoes as a part of a high school dare. "I got away with it...