Even Jai Eugene, who last year was an imposing 200-pound corner, but he wasn’t big enough to keep the occasional wide receiver from blowing by him. That’s why some assumed he’d be an afterthought in the secondary this go-around.

So what did he do in the off-season? He dropped 20-something pounds, to a slender 178 by his estimation. He also estimates, with confidence, that he can cover the deep ball as well as anybody in the country and better than he ever has.