Here's the copy currently slated to go in this week's Reading the Defense column:
Entering the season, Leodis McKelvin, Josh Wilson and Danieal Manning appear to be the elite of the two-way returner-defenders. McKelvin is slated to return kickoffs for Buffalo and moves into a starting role with Jabari Greer now in New Orleans. Wilson has kickoff returner duty in Seattle and will start for the injured Marcus Trufant (on PUP) for at least the first six weeks of the season. Manning has been out with injury for most of the preseason, but looks likely to move back into a starting FS in Chicago and return kickoffs for Chicago. Elsewhere around the league, Terence Newman and Ellis Hobbs look like potential promising options. Newman may return some punts in Dallas and Hobbs will get at least nickel duty in Philadelphia while returning kickoffs. Others to watch for early in the season include Alphonso Smith, who may earn more defensive playing time as the season progresses for Denver, Will Blackmon, who would be a solid option if the Packers have an injury to one of their top three corners and Phillip Buchanon, who got a look as a punt returner in Detroit earlier in the preseason. Also keep an eye on the deep depth charts in Jacksonville, where Brian Witherspoon will have dual kickoff and punt return duty, and Baltimore, where Chris Carr draws returner duty.