I own up to my statements.. My opinion, and note I don't speak for the rest of the board or anyone other than myself, is that Terrell Smith will eventually start. Dude runs a 10.3 100 and is probably the fastest player on the team. But it's not just his speed.
Watch the very first play of highlights of #4. See that crossing route where he's covering #2? Crossing routes are one of the hardest routes to cover. You can be a lot faster than the guy you're covering and they can get open because when they make that cut inside they're already ahead of you. And if you try to anticipate that cut and get a head-start they can turn it up field and you're really beaten. But Smith runs in a slight trailing position, baits the QB, and accelerates nab that rock.
He's also the biggest of the Bears cornerbacks. He and Stevenson were competing for the starting job when Smith got hurt last year before training camp. Injuries are going to be his challenge. But I also admit that he did get beaten on that play earlier by Odunze. But 29 has been beaten by Odunze as well.
I maintain that I think Smith has the best pure physical skills in the backfield and will start. It might be due to injury initially (kinda like when he lost the competition to 29 by default when he got injured), but once he gets the nod, he's not letting go unless he gets injured. Maybe I'll turn out to be wrong. Who knows.