Fiercely competitive, Lardarius Webb has no intentions of taking a backseat in the Baltimore Ravens' secondary.

"I'm ready to start," Webb said on Saturday at Derrick Mason's youth football camp. "I'm ready to be the starting cornerback."

After playing a reserve role last season one year removed from tearing his anterior cruciate ligament, Webb said he's fully healthy.

And he's unconcerned about the arrival of first-round cornerback Jimmy Smith having a negative effect on his status.

"I don't want to hear about it," Webb said. "I hear it too much. People act like it affects me. I don't care who the Ravens draft.  They always bring up his name around me. I'm going to play no matter who it is. I just want to be healthy so I can show them who Webb is."

As for the pending free agency of starting cornerbacks Chris Carr and Josh Wilson, Webb said: "That don't affect me. That's their business."

Webb said he enjoys talking with young football players.