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Few of the most interesting nuggets to me…

The defensive backfield had a full complement of players today. Devin McCourty and Kyle Arrington were the first team corners, while Steve Gregory and Patrick Chung were the safeties. When the defensive went into to “Nickel” package Kyle Arrington moved inside to slot CB and Ras-I Dowling came in at corner. As for rookie Tavon Wilson, he ran with the second team safeties.

Speaking of Ras-I Dowling, he was a full go today and didn’t show any signs from the hip injury he suffered last season. The one thing that continues to stick out about Dowling is his size and length. It’s impressive for a CB.

Bobby Carpenter continue to get a lot of reps in pass coverage drills. Based on how much he played today and reports that he got the same amount of reps in mini-camp, it looks like the team hopes he makes and impact.

Both Dont’a Hightower and Chandler Jones are watching, learning, subbing in. Hightower was primarily in the middle, but like vet Jerod Mayo, saw action at each of the three linebacker positions. Fellow freshman Chandler Jones came in at Scott’s spot. Hightower is big boy. Of course he is. He’s listed at 6-foot-4, 270 pounds. But you don’t get a sense of just how big he is until you see him near pretty big guys like Jerod Mayo (6-1, 250) or Dane Fletcher (6-2, 245) and he stands out as the largest.

You should hope and pray the defensive line stays intact and deep because that would give Jerod Mayo a true shot at showing his stuff at weakside linebacker. He was all over the field today, including a couple sacks. He was robbed of the opportunity last year with injuries and the failed Albert Haynesworth experiment.