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More refined as a pass catcher and more comfortable with his veteran teammates in his second season, Berrian displayed big-play ability and soft hands at last weekend's minicamp.

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"I think I'm a lot better technique-wise and also being able to see more things happen during the course of a play," said Berrian, who had 15 receptions for 225 yards and 2 TDs as a rookie.

Berrian produced the highlight of last Sunday's practice by hauling in a Chad Hutchinson pass deep down the right sideline for a touchdown. Berrian made the play after utilizing his blazing speed to gain separation from rookie cornerback Talib Wise.

"He's got the speed, the burst and the big-play capabilities," said first-year offensive coordinator Ron Turner. "That's huge; you've got to have that.

"I wasn't here last year, but from what everyone says he's catching the ball much more consistently and playing with more confidence right now.

"He stepped up and had five good (practices) and is competing well. He's determined to prove that he can be an every-down receiver, that he's not going to be limited to certain types of routes and I think he'll be able to do that."

Coaches are working with Berrian to harness his speed and run crisper pass routes.

"He's got the speed, the burst and the big-play capabilities. That's huge; you've got to have that."

"He's got great speed and he tends to round things a little bit," Turner said. "That's the biggest thing we're working on right now is just getting him a little more precise in the route-running part."

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Berrian will have a chance in training camp and the preseason to win a starting job opposite Muhammad.

Justin Gage worked primarily with the first team in minicamp, but it's too early to declare the 2003 fifth-round pick the winner of the position.

"He's not a starter right now," Turner said of Gage. "Obviously Muhsin is, but other than that we don't have one. He worked mostly with the first team in minicamp, so he's got an opportunity. But we've got very good competition going on there, so I wouldn't say we've elevated anybody to a starting role yet. We've given him a chance to do it and he had a good minicamp. He did some good things."

Even if Berrian doesn't earn a starting position, that doesn't mean that the 2004 third-round pick from Fresno State won't have a role on offense.

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"We're going to have three or four (receivers) who are going to play a lot of football for us," Turner said. "Who the starter is really doesn't matter. It's who those guys are because we'll get them on the field. We'll do enough three-receiver sets and that will get them on the field."

Turner was also impressed with Bobby Wade's performance in minicamp. The 2003 fifth-round draft pick from Arizona had 42 receptions for 481 yards while starting 14 games last season.

"He definitely has a role," Turner said. "I really liked what I saw from him. He's a very good receiver. He's smart and he's got great hands. He plays faster than what his time is and he's a good football player."

Wade returned punts in college, but Berrian will get the first chance to replace R.W. McQuarters in that role. At Fresno State, Berrian averaged 11.6 yards on a school-record 99 punt returns and scored three touchdowns.

To earn the job, Berrian will have to outperform Wade and 2004 fourth-round pick Nathan Vasher this summer in training camp and the preseason.

"Bernard has the most experience and he's the best catcher of the three guys," said special teams coordinator Dave Toub. "He reads the ball off the foot very well, gets in position to catch the ball and is sure-handed. The other guys are still working on their ball reads."

Bengals defensive tackle John Thornton may have switched sides, but he knows the heat always seems to end up on the defense in the NFL.

"From what I've been reading," Thornton joked this week, “our offense is already in the playoffs with their arms folded waiting for us.”

While the offense has re-captured all of its starters amid the flashing sirens of multi-year deals, Thornton’s much-maligned defense is quietly undergoing a transition in style and substance.

With familiar faces in different spots in what looks to be a more multiple scheme, the themes of communication and simplicity emerged during this week’s first three coaching sessions. New coordinator Chuck Bresnahan reminds veteran safety Kim Herring of one of his old defensive coordinators.

"Him," said Herring, nodding to Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis.

The defense has been on the field for just three days, but Herring, a two-time Super Bowl starter, has been around long enough to get a quick feel of things. Bresnahan is his third different coordinator in three years after playing for current Bears head coach Lovie Smith in St. Louis from 2000-2003 and Leslie Frazier here last year in what turned out to be Frazier’s last season.

"They're very similar," said Herring of Bresnahan and Lewis, his coordinator in Baltimore from 1997-99 on the Ravens record-breaking defense. “You can’t breathe without them knowing it, which is fine. It makes you think, ‘I better learn my stuff or he’s going to get on me.’ It makes everybody learn their position and I can trust the guy next to me.”