It's looking more and more likely that Captain Munnerlyn will start again this season

[rayzor]

If we can get the DL to apply a but for pressure and shave a little more time off how long the other QB's have to throw I think we will be ok.

Also, just because Captain starts in the first few games doesn't mean he has locked it up the entire season, no?

an improved, more experienced, and healthy front 7 will make the secondary much better than it was in that it will take a lot of the pressure off. the added competition will mean that we have more quality there (or should anyway). i also think that getting an upgrade in the DBs coach will be a huge boon to them. steve wilks is one of the best in the business and actually fits what rivera is doing and has worked with him before quite a lot.

whether capt is starting or not doesn't matter to me much. i don't care who is starting, i just feel better about the state the secondary will be in because of all those factors i brought up. ans, like zod here said, just because capt starts at the beginning doesn't guarantee he'll keep the job. if someone does better then we'll see a needed change.

until i see that we are going to have problems, i'm just going to run with the assumption that things will be better this year. nothing i can do about it anyway so why worry?

[AceMan]

[PantherBrew]

[Ken]

Yes a front good front 7 will improve the secondary, no doubting that but even still Munnerlyn should not be starting week 1(baring injuries).

I expect/hope Norman/Bulter to be CB2 by week 1.

[csx]

I never saw a realistic chance of Norman coming in and immediately becoming a starter. I don't think the team counted on that in their plans. It may take him a year or more to work into that role and as always there is a chance he may not.

[aussiePanther]

I don't understand the surprise here.

If you've listened to Rivera's comments on training cam so far he's been real high on Munnerlyn a few times (Steve Smith of the defense etc)

Munnerlyn and LaFell both.

'Course I haven't seen any of the action from cam so it surprises me to read "as bad as he's been in camp" in the OP.

As far as the coach is concerned he's almost certainly locked in the 2nd corner spot:

"I think Captain Munnerlyn has a foothold on (cornerback opposite Chris Gamble) but they’ll still battling it out for the third position."

[pantherclaw]

This is no surprise to me.

Expecting otherwise, was foolish at best.

[PantherBrew]

[Argus Plexus]

Maybe during Preseason but once Norman comes back he will have that spot on lockdown in due course. Calm down.

[carolinarolls]

sniff, sniff

i smell dumb people

[mj4life]

alot of factors could improve munnerlyn's overall play, most have already been mentoned but IMO he struggles most when he plays off wr's instead of crowding them at the line of scrimmage.

[Marguide]

I think having Captain as the default #2 CB is one of the things RR worries about as he tries to fall asleep at night.

He is saying good things about him, as he knows he may have no choice but to start Captain. That doesn't mean he is happy about it.

We should be a bit better on D thanks to Beason/Kuechly/Edwards, but we are still probably a year away from serious contention unless we get a much stronger performance from our secondary.

[Iceberg Slim]

Oh look another thead about predicting who is going to start before the first pre-season game has been played......

[SCMunnerlyn1]