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As per the News Tribune:
“We’re going to use him at safety on base downs,” Carroll said on 710-AM’s “Brock and Salk” show Monday morning about Browner. “And in nickel we are going to use him to match up in different spots and play inside. So we may be able develop a really unique role for him.”
Last year New Orleans signed him to a three-year, $15 million deal then played him at press corner. It was a disaster. Browner led the league in penalties and said he played through a knee injury he first got in the initial preseason game, in August.
Two seasons ago New England had him inside more against bigger targets, and he was a key defender on what became a championship defense when the Patriots beat the Seahawks in Super Bowl 49 in February 2015.
Browner was Seattle’s starting cornerback opposite Richard Sherman during its Super Bowl-winning season of 2013
As noted here when Browner signed in March for one year and $760,000, not guaranteed, Browner is likely become a physical, match-up defender against bigger receivers, inside or outside, a specialist defending specific-sized and skilled opponents, much like a specialized defender in basketball.
Arizona’s 6-foot-3, 213-pound Larry Fitzgerald comes out for a key third down in a division game this season? Here comes the 6-4, 221-pound Browner to bang on him off the line for that play. That kind of situational use.
“We’ve seen him play in, back to his New England days, they used him quite a bit inside and matched up on tight ends and against slot receivers and things like that,” Carroll said. “See how that develops. Really love having him. He’s such a competitor, such a tough guy.”
Read more here: Seahawks sign ex-UW DL Taniela Tupou as 284-pound FB, waive Mohammed Seisay, have special role for Brandon Browner
So it appears that he will be used as a back-up safety on base downs, and then plugged periodically into the slot role against BIG WRs.
I think that it is possible that he can survive and contribute in this role (if his knee is actually healthy). It certainly is better than trying to rely on him as a full-time press cover CB like NO tried to do with him.
“We’re going to use him at safety on base downs,” Carroll said on 710-AM’s “Brock and Salk” show Monday morning about Browner. “And in nickel we are going to use him to match up in different spots and play inside. So we may be able develop a really unique role for him.”
Last year New Orleans signed him to a three-year, $15 million deal then played him at press corner. It was a disaster. Browner led the league in penalties and said he played through a knee injury he first got in the initial preseason game, in August.
Two seasons ago New England had him inside more against bigger targets, and he was a key defender on what became a championship defense when the Patriots beat the Seahawks in Super Bowl 49 in February 2015.
Browner was Seattle’s starting cornerback opposite Richard Sherman during its Super Bowl-winning season of 2013
As noted here when Browner signed in March for one year and $760,000, not guaranteed, Browner is likely become a physical, match-up defender against bigger receivers, inside or outside, a specialist defending specific-sized and skilled opponents, much like a specialized defender in basketball.
Arizona’s 6-foot-3, 213-pound Larry Fitzgerald comes out for a key third down in a division game this season? Here comes the 6-4, 221-pound Browner to bang on him off the line for that play. That kind of situational use.
“We’ve seen him play in, back to his New England days, they used him quite a bit inside and matched up on tight ends and against slot receivers and things like that,” Carroll said. “See how that develops. Really love having him. He’s such a competitor, such a tough guy.”
Read more here: Seahawks sign ex-UW DL Taniela Tupou as 284-pound FB, waive Mohammed Seisay, have special role for Brandon Browner
So it appears that he will be used as a back-up safety on base downs, and then plugged periodically into the slot role against BIG WRs.
I think that it is possible that he can survive and contribute in this role (if his knee is actually healthy). It certainly is better than trying to rely on him as a full-time press cover CB like NO tried to do with him.