Brandon Browner will play a hybrid safety position this season in his return with the Seattle Seahawks.

Hybrid players have become a trend in the NFL recently due to the success of Deone Bucannon and Mark Barron.

"We're going to play him at safety in base downs and then in nickel we are going to use him to match up at different spots playing inside," Pete Carroll said, via the Seattle Times. "So we may be able to develop a really unique role for him. We have seen him play, back to his New England days they used him quite a bit inside and he really matched up on tight ends and slot receivers and things like that that he matched up well, and we are going to see how that develops.''

Browner will aid in slowing down those bigger pass catchers.

"There is always some stuff we are developing and there are some good things we are going,'' Carroll said. "But you will see us be a little bit more matchup-oriented because of that, because of the guys that give us the chance to do that. We would always do it if we had the opportunity. That may mean there may be some more dime packages and things like that rather than nickel.''