" Starters: Champ Bailey (CB), Dré Bly (CB), Marlon McCree (S), John Lynch (S).

Backups: Domonique Foxworth (CB), Karl Paymah (CB), Jack Williams (CB), Marquand Manuel (S), Hamza Abdullah (S), Josh Barrett (S), Roderick Rogers (S), Christian Morton (CB), Lamont Reid (CB).

The lowdown: This group also will fight it out for playing time. Lynch might be looking at spot duty, playing mostly on run downs if the offseason minicamps are any indication, and Foxworth could push Bly for a starting spot if he can consistently turn his quality assignment football into impact plays.

Good to know: The six defensive backs who started last season — Bailey, Bly, Lynch, Abdullah, Foxworth and Nick Ferguson — forced just three fumbles overall."