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Trevor Sikkema
@TampaBayTre

It was the Carlton Davis Show this weekend at #Bucs Rookie Mini-Camp. That and the rest of our final notes & observations.

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As expected M.J. Stewart, one of Tampa Bay’s three second-round picks, is starting off cross-training at nickel cornerback in the slot and at right cornerback, too. It’s curious though that cornerback Carlton Davis, another second-round pick, is playing exclusively at left cornerback, which is where veteran Brent Grimes plays. Of course there is always the chance that Davis gets cross-trained at both left and right cornerback during the OTAs.

Davis is known as a physical player and showed it when he punched the ball out of the hands of an unsuspecting Ronald Jones in the 11-on-11 session, and then recovered the fumble. Davis, who Bucs head coach Dirk Koetter said was probably the most consistent player in the rookie mini-camp, showed better than expected speed in keeping up with wide receiver Justin Watson stride for stride. Davis ran the 40-yard dash in the low 4.5s, while Watson’s time was in the low 4.4s.

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Carlton Davis continued to show why the Bucs thought so highly of him and the Pewter Report staff felt like he was the best performer in the two days of rookie mini-camp that the media was allowed to view. Davis continued to line up on the left side on Saturday and we asked him about that following practice.

“Well, to be honest with you, I can’t really tell you how the depth chart works. It’s just getting reps,” Davis said. “I am not sure if there is any order in that, but we are all just getting reps and just get it the best way we can with the guys that we have in the room. So, to be honest, I don’t know where I’m at on the depth chart or what side I will be playing on. We are just getting reps. I can play on any side.”

Head coach Dirk Koetter thought Davis had a really Good Friday practice after reviewing the tape prior to Saturday.

“After looking at the tape last night, Carlton probably had one of the best days on defense of anybody out there yesterday. He did a good job. We already knew he was a good player in press coverage, but we wanted to see him play some off coverage as well. He did a really good job. His form tackling-for football on air-was good. We were fired up about the way he played yesterday.”

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