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Q: Has there been any thought given to moving Kelvin Hayden to nickel corner to provide more physicality at that spot?
A: The defensive backfield, we have had continuity issues week to week. We haven’t been able to get an ideal rotation or work things out. (Cornerback) Jacob Lacey was out last week. (Cornerback) Jerraud (Powers) has been playing through a foot (injury) a little bit. He has had to miss a little bit of practice time. Our feeling coming out of camp – and they certainly performed that way last year – was that Jerraud with his quickness – and Jerraud is a very instinctive cover guy who can read and react to the ball real well – with everything that occurs inside and how fast that moves inside as well, and in addition to his ability to break on the ball, he kind of gave us a different body type and a different style of play than (former Colts cornerback) Marlin (Jackson) or a bigger corner, but he was very effective in that role. Certainly, Marlin was as well. That’s the best thing he did, probably, was to go in and play nickel. Unfortunately, he had the injury this spring in Philadelphia in OTAs. I think it’s different styles, different body types, but both players have been effective in that role.
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