But there’s another starting cornerback on this roster — one whose car bears a “Breeland Island” sticker — and he would like to have a word. How does a competitor react when his employer recruits an outsider at the same position? Does that rattle his confidence, or his self-image? For Breeland, it seems to have done the reverse.

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“I’m just on a new level: different mindset, different goals,” the third-year pro said. Such as?

“To be the No. 1 corner in the league, [and] to help my team get to the Super Bowl,” he went on. “Just different from what I did last year. Everything’s just different now.”

Norman’s arrival was a surprise to everyone, and shortly after the signing, Breeland told a radio program that he initially saw the move as a gesture of disrespect. Now, the 24-year-old sees it differently. More balls are already coming in his direction during practice drills. An elite running mate, he said, “is only going to help me showcase my talent even more.”

His GM, Scot McCloughan, said he hopes Breeland plays out two more contracts in Washington beyond his current rookie deal; “we respect him and we want him to be a Redskin for a while,” McCloughan said. Norman insists he isn’t in Washington to displace Breeland as a No. 1 cornerback; “I mean, sheesh, that’s what he is,” Norman said.

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And Breeland is talking about becoming the best cornerback in the NFL, and more: He tweeted during the offseason that he wants to be the next Darrell Green. Green, you’ll recall, is a first-ballot Hall of Famer and among the most popular Washington athletes of the past half-century. Breeland, meanwhile, is considered the second-best cornerback on his team. Was the tweet a momentary online indiscretion?

“I know what I meant and I know what I said and I meant what I said, and that’s what I’m going to be,” Breeland said. “You can say it’s a big goal. That’s your opinion. But my opinion is that I can be the next Darrell Green or better. That’s my expectation for myself.”

Ambitious? Maybe a little bit. Peel away some of the hyperbole, though, and look at what McCloughan is attempting to assemble. The GM comes by his obsession with lockdown cornerbacks honestly; his father, Kent McCloughan, was himself a professional cornerback, “credited with popularizing bump-and-run pass defenses in the AFL,” as The Post’s Dave Brady explained in 1970.

Does that legacy have anything to do with McCloughan helping to find Richard Sherman in Seattle, or pairing Norman and Breeland in D.C.?

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“Oh yeah, no doubt about it,” the GM said this week. “Being with Green Bay, being with San Fran and Seattle, seeing the long corners that could play press-man, it takes [receivers] out of their route right away. And that’s something that my dad started with the bump-and-run. Now all of a sudden the quarterback’s got to wait another second, and it gives you a chance to get a sack.”

Then listen to McCloughan explain why he not only acquired Norman but also veteran Greg Toler and third-round rookie Kendall Fuller to go along with both Breeland and last year’s surprise starter, Quinton Dunbar.

“You can never have enough corners,” the GM said. “You get enough corners that can play man, and that can play press-man, then you’ve got something rolling.”

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McCloughan calls his current group of corners “intriguing” — one of his favorite words when he’s feeling bullish — and players are similarly optimistic. Junior Galette wrote on Instagram that Washington’s defensive backs are “elite.” DeAngelo Hall said in a radio interview that with Norman in the fold, Breeland “is going to dominate. He’s going to absolutely dominate.” And Norman’s eyes get wide when he’s asked about the group.

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“To be amongst guys like this, it seems so freaking relaxed and easy almost,” he said. “I mean, you’ve got guys that are just — oh my gosh — animalistic out there. … Once we get going, if we stay healthy, who says we can’t be the number one secondary in the league?”

Okay, deep breaths. Washington allowed the highest opponent passer rating of any playoff team last season. (Norman’s Carolina Panthers led the league in that category.) Using yards-against, the Redskins haven’t had even a top-five passing defense in 14 years. Questions remain at safety. Also, it’s June.

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Having two superior starting corners, though, would be a fine way to begin assembling a defense in this pass-happy NFL. Breeland was repeatedly thrown into the top role early in his career due to injuries, and after a strong showing against Dez Bryant in his rookie season, Kevin Durant launched the “Breeland Island” moniker. Having your own island is usually reserved for the league’s best corners, though for Breeland this is less about coverage concepts than a state of consciousness.

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“I just don’t let nothing bother me,” he explained. “I’m in my own world. You come to my island, you’re going to have to be wit’ it, because it’s hard to get off.”

(Don’t worry if this sounds kind of confusing. “I’m weird, bro,” Breeland said with a smile.)

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What’s clear is that Breeland does not believe his role on the Redskins has changed, despite the offseason additions. Why, he asked, can’t one team have two No. 1 cornerbacks. “That’s how good corners think,” McCloughan said. “That’s how they respond.”

Added Norman: “I don’t look at it as first cornerback this or that; I look at it as what’s your mentality. Are you gonna be a first corner, are you gonna be a second or are you gonna be a third? If you position your mindset thinking you’re first, you are that. I know I am. That’s my mindset. And if [Breeland] takes the same approach . … ”