3 Cleveland Browns players who could change position in 2022
By Chad Porto
Troy Hill former cornerback to safety
Troy Hill may be the most physical cornerback I’ve ever seen. That’s not something to take lightly, either. I’ve watched a lot of football and the one thing you could always say about corners is that they hate tackling. You can blame Deion Sanders for that terrible prejudice. Yet, it’s mostly true, corners are not great at making open-field tackles against running backs.
They’re usually the guys getting plastered. Not all, at least not anymore, but still, none are more physical than Hill. Hill loves throwing down. That’s the kind of mentality you need as a safety. That type of aggression and physicality really helps a player stand out among his peers.
Now, moving a corner to safety is actually more common than you think. Stewart did it last year, but so have guys like Rod Woodson, Charles Woodson, Aeneas Williams, Tyrann Mathieu, and countless others.
It’s a shockingly easy transition to make, but it only works if you’re physical enough to walk up to the line of scrimmage on occasion and meet a running back out of the backfield with a bit of force. So, we know that Hill has the physicality, why not see if he can be an every-down starter? He’s got to be better than Ronnie Harrison.
The other reason this works is the depth at corner. The Browns have Denzel Ward, Greg Newsome, and Greedy Williams. They’re likely to add to that pool as well, considering Williams is in the last year of his contact.
Hell, even the most staunch detractors of Andrew Sendejo would probably like Sendejo over Harrison. Give Hill a shot, people.