Donte Whitner believes the Browns have one of the NFL’s top two secondaries, and he might be right on paper.
The Browns lost corner Buster Skrine in free agency but added veteran Tramon Williams from the Packers to play along side star cornerback, Joe Haden.
Add that mix to the safety duo of Whitner and Tashaun Gipson, and you can see why Whitner believes are elite on the back-end.
“You’re going to look at the stats and I’d say we were No. 1 or No. 2 in every category in the (NFL) that really distinguishes whether you are a top secondary,” Whitner said when asked where he’d rate the unit. “So I’m not going to say top-5 or top-6, I’m going to say top-3 and that’s based on men lie, women lie, stats don’t.
“I would have to say us (and) I would have to say Seattle and then based on the players the New York Jets picked up I’d say you have to put them up there but they haven’t collectively done anything together so I would say the Cleveland Browns and the Seattle Seahawks.”
Gipson and Haden earned Pro Bowl nods, while Whitner made it as an alternate.