Browns trade for Ronnie Harrison

The Cleveland Browns looked very thin at safety after the season-ending Achilles injury to Grant Delpit and instead of adding big-name veterans that were available (and there were plenty of those to choose from), the Browns decided to go younger and cheaper with a player that they will have more control as well.

Cleveland added safety Ronnie Harrison from the suddenly tanking Jacksonville Jaguars in exchange for a fifth-round pick in the 2021 draft.
Cleveland owns their own pick in the fifth round and the Los Angeles Rams fifth-rounder as well and there was no comment on which of the two picks would be going to the Jaguars.

Harrison was Jacksonville's third-round pick in 2018 from Alabama and started 22 of the 28 games that Harrison was active ( all fourteen of his active games last season) in his two seasons as a Jaguar.
Harrison started at strong safety for Jacksonville, but Delpit plays free safety, so while it seems like the Browns are shoving a player into an unfamiliar position the Browns will often have three safeties on the field at a time.
Hence, the free/strong issue isn't a problem because the safeties involved aren't really playing the traditional alignment positions, so Harrison should be able to plug in regardless of how the position is named in the 4-2-5 run by coordinator Joe Woods

Harrison recorded 44 solo tackles last season for Jacksonville with two sacks and two interceptions in fourteen games and at 6'3 and 215pounds has the size and speed to roam and play the ball.
Harrison may not be the athlete that Grant Delpit is, but there are good things to say about Harrison, who can tackle in the box but isn't a liability in coverage.

Jacksonville continues to position itself for a shot at Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence in the 2021 draft as the Jaguars have traded two defensive starters in the last two days in Harrison and defensive end Yannick Ngakoue, who was traded to the Vikings on Wednesday and two others since the end of the 2019 campaign.

There is nothing not to like about this deal.
Harrison can play either safety, although the strong would be a better fit if the Browns were playing two safeties, not three.
Harrison is under team control for this season and two more on his rookie contract so Harrison should be a productive player at a very reasonable salary along with being acquired for only a fifth-rounder.
The timing was right for Jacksonville in moving talent and the Browns had a need- works for both parties.

This was an extra post today due to the trade.
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