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Glover Quin , Kareem Jackson trying to learn fast at training camp

The Houston Texans' young cornerbacks better learn quickly at training camp.Rookie Kareem Jackson and second-year pro Glover Quin are the front-runners to start, ahead of more experienced veterans on the depth chart. If they secure their jobs, they'll face difficult tests immediately — Houston plays Indianapolis and Dallas, two high-powered passing offenses, in two of the first three weeks of the season.Quin started 12 games as a rookie in 2009, and led the team with 11 passes defended. Jackson, a star at Alabama, was Houston's first-round draft pick and is expected to take over the role vacated when veteran Dunta Robinson signed with Atlanta in the offseason.Quin said the duo needs to consider their inexperience more motivating than intimidating."I don't try to look so much into we're so young, this and that," Quin said. "But I do feel that, being that we are young, we need to study more, we need to watch more film and try to speed up the learning curve."The 5-foot-10 Jackson said his...

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