The safety position for the Cleveland Browns looks vastly different than just a few short seasons ago. Back when they finished with a 0-16 record, the Browns featured Jabrill Peppers — a first-round rookie — and Derrick Kindred at the position.
Neither were bad players but Peppers was a former collegiate linebacker who was trying to learn to play free safety. He wasn’t really a fit there but with Kindred being a strong safety only, there were no other options.
Making matters worse, defensive coordinator Gregg Williams though Peppers needed to be 30-yards behind the line of scrimmage to see things develop which made things look comically bad on that end of the ball.