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“I think, yeah, we’ll have to see how it all goes,” Belichick said about moving Ryan to safety during spring organized team activities. “Last year (Marquice) Cole sort of did that, played some safety, played some nickel corner, played a little bit on the perimeter. Logan did that. We’ll have to see how it all comes together, but I would imagine in the spring that we probably give those guys some exposure. Somebody, I don’t know if all of them. … Again, I think there’s definitely a place for that too with the different personnel groups and the different types of receivers that we see. Every time it’s three receivers, it isn’t quite three receivers; it depends on who those three guys are and how you want to match up on them and so forth. So some flexibility for us defensively is probably a good thing over a long haul.”
Belichick typically likes to put the best 11 players on the field, even if it means playing someone out of position. Defensive end Rob Ninkovich has moved from linebacker to defensive end multiple times, and Devin McCourty was stuck in limbo between cornerback and safety for a couple years.
Ryan could be the next versatile player who’s too valuable to keep off the field. Ryan proved to be a playmaker last season, recording five interceptions, 1.5 sacks, a forced fumble and a touchdown in 2013.
Read more at: http://nesn.com/2014/05/bill-belichick-patriots-to-try-logan-ryan-at-safety-during-spring/