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skill-set can carry me.”

The Falcons have a new secondary coach in Joe Whitt, but the team still values Wreh-Wilson.

“We’ve added some nickel back to what he can do,” head coach Dan Quinn said. “He’s played a little bit of safety for us in a pinch. We line him up mostly outside. But the versatility for a guy like that is huge for the team. When you’re called upon, you have got to be able to deliver. Blidi is somebody that can deliver for sure.”

Wreh-Wilson, a big corner at 6-foot-1 and 190 pounds, played 13 games as a rookie with the Titans in 2013. He started 11 games in 2014 and played in 10 games and made three starts in 2015. After a general manager/head coach regime change, Wreh-Wilson was cut in August 2016. The Falcons signed him that November.

He’s won over the coaching staff by staying ready and playing well when called upon.

“I’d say my size for a corner,” Wreh-Wilson said. “I have a good IQ. I understand sets well and I see motions and things before they happen. It just allows to be a step ahead on plays. For me, it’s just knowing what the whole secondary is supposed to do, where the linebackers are supposed to be. If you know the whole picture you can kind of fit yourself into whatever spot that they need you.”

Wreh-Wilson believes the training camp portion of the offseason went well.

“Getting up to speed without the whole offseason, doing everything virtually, right now we’ve just been pushing each other to try and be the best group that we can be,” he said. “I see myself as a veteran that can provide depth. Someone that you can count on. You can just have me in the game if something happens and a guy who’s going to go after the ball every play.”

Quinn likes the depth in the secondary.

“I think number one from Darqueze, he has the ability to play both (nickel and outside),” Quinn said. “We’ve featured him more inside and that was one of the visions that we had in getting him here. We are trying to get that role really clear and come to life. Then Kendall (Sheffield) has experience at both. We worked inside a little bit last week. In this four-day block, we’ll work him more outside this week.”

The Falcons, in search of more player flexibility, will continue to move players around this week.

“This is the time to keep working the versatility of people,” Quinn said. “We’ll have a couple of other guys play some different spots as well. You don’t want to have to do that during the game weeks, but now you are looking for that extra versatility and who can do more and test them a little bit as we are going through these practices.”

Wreh-Wilson said the Falcons have continued to stress communications in the secondary. Last season, the team had too many blown coverages on their way to a 1-7 start.

“(Falcons defensive coordinator) Raheem (Morris) and Joe (Whitt) have been pushing us to be a very talkative, chirpy ... so you know what’s going on two or three steps before you even see the motion,” Wreh-Wilson said. “Just be a very chatting defense. That’s something that Joe has especially harped on for us . ... I feel that is not going to be a problem.”