AP has a good story today on Michael Huff trying to win his starting job back in 2009:

Safety Michael Huff defended coach Tom Cable’s decision to replace him in the Oakland Raiders’ starting secondary early last season, saying it was the right call at the time.

Huff, the team’s first-round draft pick in 2006, admitted being frustrated by the move but said Cable’s call to replace him with Hiram Eugene was warranted.

“Definitely, because I knew I wasn’t playing up to par,” Huff said Thursday. “And when somebody’s not playing up to their potential, it’s his job to go out there and put the best players on the field. Hiram played well last year and made the open-field tackles that I didn’t make last year. So I’ve strived this year to tackle better and be more of an all-around safety.”

In order to get back in the team’s good graces, Huff spent the summer studying tapes of the top safeties in the NFL today, going through a checklist of issues in his own game to correct.

Through the first week of Oakland’s training camp, however, Huff has been relegated to working primarily with the Raiders’ backups while Eugene practices with the starters.

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