Bleeding Green Nation on Michael Carter

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Vic Fangio has said there's still an ongoing competition between Marcus Epps and Michael Carter II at safety … but Epps not even playing in the preseason games while MC2 does play really tells you the former is going to be the starter.

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Carter II's preseason action signals he's winning safety competition.

Michael Carter II is playing in the preseason games while Marcus Epps is not, which signals that Carter II is winning the safety competition and will be the starter despite Fangio saying there's still an ongoing competition between the two.