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Yeah not making sweeping judgments, that is just the current state of the CB2 job on day 4. I really liked Hairston as a prospect and other than QB it might be the toughest position for a rookie to learn.

Read between the... well, you know.

Tre is still holding down the starting spot with Hairston getting mixed in some each day. However doesn't sound like either of them are performing as well as you'd hope. Tre seems to be having the better camp of the two, but he's also too frequently getting mentioned as the CB that got beat on a given play; compare that to Benford where his name almost never comes up (in a good way). Hairston by early reports is struggling quite a bit to be honest. WRs at every level of the depth chart seem to be winning reps against him in team drills. Obviously still very very early in his career but he's not progressing as quickly as I'd hoped, at least not yet.

Joe Marino was at practice today. Here's the updates he texted out to subscribers:

Damn sounds like a serious injury for Shavers.

Yeah I haven't seen his name mentioned a single time. Bishop has been the 1st team starter every day and Hamlin is the only other name I see getting 1st team reps.

That last line - "Coleman has been the most heavily utilized WR during camp."

When we signed him my take was that I think he's washed and I didn't think it would be good for the team if he was in line to start. None of the training camp reports have really changed my mind on that. I don't know if he can ever be even close to the player he was before. Still that quote makes me root for him.

Honestly changed my perspective on the whole signing. Here I was foolishly thinking Tre was signed as basically a mascot, but that's not how he's approaching it. He's here to return to top form and win. And yeah I'm rooting for him.

Not gonna lie as someone that really wants Hairston to be the starter, this quote makes me root for Tre to earn it.

If Hamlin or whoever else starts getting rotated in with the 1st team that will change my perspective on it. Right now though there doesn't appear to be a competition for that spot or even an opening for someone else to make it a competition. I will say though I've been seeing a few too many reports where Bishop is on the losing end of a good offensive play which worries me a bit. If he's consistently not playing up to par he can lose the job just like anyone else.

Bishop and Rapp have been the only safeties getting regular 1st team reps. White has been getting the first reps each day but Hairston is getting worked in everyday. One beat reporter described it as a 55/45 split. So it's not the same situation at all.

I don't care if Wilkins signs with the Pats. As long as it isn't KC I'm happy.

This is just wrong. Based on early training camp reports the top 3 WRs are very clearly Palmer, Shakir, and Coleman. Samuel and Moore will both contribute but they are not ahead of Coleman. And nothing either of them has done recently would tell you they are clearly better players than Coleman. He has a lot to prove this year but you're being overly judgmental. Especially when it comes to Moore - so far in his career he has been a bust, he's on his 3rd team in 5 years, but you're proclaiming him a better player just like that?