re: Well, it's never too early to talk about the depth chart

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He is as or more athletic that any of them

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Let me stop you right here. We have 3 Olympic level athletes at corner. Jackson isn't one of them. I'm not writing Eddie off, just as I didn't wrote Cyrus off last year. Tony Brown is a Milliner level athlete though. Good size and blazing speed. Jackson is a great tackler and a great leaper but he is not a burner. Cyrus is our best corner at the moment and it's not really close. If anyone was in need of safety help this year it was jackson, it was pretty rare that a guy got behind cyrus this year, I wouldn't expect him to go anywhere. I just think with the talent we've got at corner coming back, it may not be a bad idea to look at them as a group and ask which one is the best fit at safety, a postition that we need depth. Not only do I think Jackson is that guy by a wide margin, I think that will allow a better athlete to step in at corner, under the condition they know what they're doing. I think getting the best 11 on the field next year includes Eddie Jackson, I just don't think its at corner.

I know just switching positions isn't the easiest thing to ask, but I won't be shocked at all if he gets a look at safety this spring. When the staff sits down and ranks the players 1-85 they're going to realize they need to find a way to get Brown and Humphrey on the field in some capacity. Shouldn't be overlooked that they took a lot of scout team reps against Amari Cooper either. Those two may be the best athletes on the team, it's going to be hard to keep them on the bench.