Seattle Seahawks safety Coby Bryant was one of the standouts in the team's preseason-opening win over the Los Angeles Chargers on Saturday.
The former slot cornerback, now primarily playing safety for the Seahawks, recorded 70 tackles, four tackles for loss, two sacks, four forced fumbles and four pass deflections as a rookie in 2022. Battling injuries and added depth at corner last season, Bryant saw action in just nine games as a sophomore and finished with 18 tackles and one forced fumble.
“I take preseason serious, whatever the case may be,” Bryant said postgame. “I just love football and competing.” “Mike challenges us extremely hard in practice, and then versus when it’s in a game, it’s a lot easier. I feel like that kind of helps us when we go out there,” Bryant said. “As a team, you definitely want to have that dog mentality, no matter what it is, special teams, offense, defense, that’s the mentality you want to have.”
Interestingly, former Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll appeared to be experimenting with Bryant at free safety last year in the preseason, as well. Bryant played 103 snaps there in the 2023 preseason, per PFF, which was more than he lined up at corner during that span. He then only played one snap at free safety during the regular season.
With a few more quality preseason outings against the Tennessee Titans and Cleveland Browns, Bryant will have fully flipped the narrative from being potentially the odd man out of Seattle’s cornerback room to becoming a contributing safety. If Bryant continues creating turnovers, the coaching staff won’t have a choice but to keep him around and supply him with opportunities.
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