Greg Newsome II willing to carry forward new role in Browns secondary

BEREA — The question about the Browns secondary coming into training camp months ago centered around what to do with the slot cornerback role.

A year ago, that was the position in which Troy Hill was, pardon the pun, slotted. It was the position he was expected to continue to hold even as the Browns went into the late-April draft.

Then, the Browns took Martin Emerson Jr. with their first pick, albeit in the third round of the draft. Then, that same weekend, they shipped off Hill back to the Los Angeles Rams.

Turns out, the answer may have been there all along. It just took a little on-the-job training to find out it was the answer.

That answer was Greg Newsome II. The Browns’ first-round pick in 2021 has seen a majority of his snaps, at least when they’ve gone to three-corner looks, come in the slot.

Newsome, for his part, has found the role something he’s willing to make a part of his repertoire going forward.

“It’s definitely something I would like to continue in,” Newsome said Wednesday. “It’s difficult, especially going from outside to inside. I like playing outside, too, so I mean it’s definitely a role that I would like to have, but more so I feel like I would like to have it more on a more matchup basis instead of just having me just be inside the whole time. So, yeah, that’s something that I’m kind of going to work through.”