The Houston Texans started the season with Terrance Mitchell and Vernon Hargreaves III as their outside cornerbacks, with Desmond King playing the Nickle. King moved to outside, Hargreaves III was released, Tavierre Thomas moved to the slot, and Lonnie Johnson Jr. finally was moved to cornerback where he could play Cover 2 and Cover 3, and play a position that meets his skillset, finally, after all these years.
Mitchell wasn’t good last year. Frankly, he stunk. In cover one, he gave up easy receptions outside.
He struggled playing the deep third when Houston moved to playing more Cover 3.