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Browns' safety ranked in top 32 but it's probably not who you think
Ronnie Hickman: Cleveland Browns v Denver Broncos Perry Knotts/GettyImages
Safety was a position group that needed attention this offseason after the Browns let go of Juan Thornhill and lost Rodney McLeod to retirement. Cleveland didn't use any draft picks on a defensive back and instead addressed the depth of the room by adding veterans Damontae Kazee and Rayshawn Jenkins after the draft. Heading into mandatory minicamp, the assumed starting safeties are Ronnie Hickman at free safety and Grant Delpit at strong safety. PFF continued their league rankings for every position, with Zoltán Buday tasked with ranking the NFL's safeties. Despite having a contract that puts him in the top half of safeties, Buday completely omitted Delpit from his top-32 safeties. However, Hickman did make a somewhat surprising appearance, coming in at No. 24 on the list. After listing Hickman at 24th, Buday provided the following excerpt to explain his decision: Durability has been a concern for Hickman, who has played only 785 snaps over the first two seasons of his career. However, when he is on the fiel

This article first appeared on Dawg Pound Daily and was syndicated with permission.

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