[MIJB#19]

2078 Pre-training camp report: secondary
We signed a couple of okay prospects at the end of the 2077 season and picked them up for the 2078 training camp. Glenn and McIndoe came on the team in the same fashion a couple of seasons ago. We have a young group that needs to develop cohesion.
Let's take a look at the scouting report:

cur/fut	pos	name	age	schemes	other notes
59/59	CB	Alonzo Hitchcock	27	M2M, BnR, Zone	ballhawk
49/49	CB	Ezra Slocum	29	M2M, BnR	can't play zone
46/46	S	Maurice Harkleroad	28	Zone	all-round ok
43/43	CB	Herman Glenn	28	Zone, BnR
39/48	CB	Amari Lavelli	23	BnR	punt returner, can't play zone
35/39	CB	Giovanni Morton	26	Zone
35/35	S	Rex McIndoe	26	Zone	play diagnosis
35/35	CB	Bart Lahnum	27	uhm...	kickoff returner
33/33	S	Ben Gilbert	28	Zone
32/32	CB	Tyrus Kirkpatrick	25	BnR	kickoff returner
29/29	S	Jonah Harden	30	Zone	ballhawk
20/29	S	Ricardo Kornbluth	26	Zone	some M2M potential

First and for most, Hitchcock and Harkleroad are fine players, but not in the realm of start that I would prefer to play as the shutdown corner and at strong safety. Hopefully Slocum or Lavelli will grown into shutdown ability in the right schemes. We've got enough players that can play a zone defense role well, with most of them also decent enough to catch a ball if it comes in their way. But, based on how awful we played last season, I'm not so sure we've got what it takes to play well in the current game...