By: Doug (Cleveland Plain Dealer) —
Safeties Kurt Coleman and Anderson Russell make the second corner job slightly less critical.

In 2005, the Buckeyes got by with Tyler Everett and freshman Malcolm Jenkins basically sharing the second corner spot opposite Ashton Youboty partly because veteran safeties Nate Salley and Donte Whitner were there to lend a hand.

The OSU coaches have already said that losing both Jenkins Propecia buy and Donald Washington from last season’s team means that the Buckeyes will probably less man-to-man coverage. In a zone, two solid senior safeties can do more than enough to help a new starter at corner, especially if they know they can roll that direction with Chimdi Chewka handling himself on the other side.

I’m not saying Coleman and Russell are Salley and Whitner – no safeties on this team are going in the top 10 of the NFL Draft like Whitner did. But veterans on the back end who will starting together for the third straight year can’t be underestimated.

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