Seahawks cornerback Tre Brown is stacking one day on the next to be great and reach the “unreachable.”
In his fourth NFL season, Seahawks cornerback Tre Brown is shooting for the sky, to be the best he can be.
Last season, Brown was the highest-rated corner in press coverage, according to Pro Football Focus, with a grade of 88.5. Brown started just seven of 15 games last season and was targeted just 22 times across 145 press snaps. Heading into this season, Brown says he's focused on working towards being great.
"I want to be the best. You got to shoot for the sky. You shoot for things that most people think is unreachable, but you think it's reachable to you. You'll be able to grab some of those things. So I said before, I want to be Pro Bowl, All-Pro, all those things. And you get to do that by being great and taking it one play at a time. And so once you do those things, go out there and be you and make those plays one play at a time, it'll all stack up at the end."
Going up against receivers in practice like DK Metcalf, helps Brown refine his skills too.
"They have a style that they have over there being physical and you have a lot of big receivers over there. So I mean it's just a lot of those guys are going to bring the pain to you. It's a pretty good room to have over there."
In a player that had the best press coverage last season, he will undoubtedly deal with penalties – that comes with the territory.
"I just remain me and still be who I am," Brown said on getting penalties. "They're going to make those calls, but my goal is to stick to the receiver sometimes and some calls don't be good calls. And you can see things where refs make mistakes too. But as long as I go out there and still show that I can cover those guys, I let it speak for itself."
And Brown is just one of the cornerbacks the Seahawks have in their back pocket, with cornerback being one of their deepest positions right now. Aside from the rookies, each person in the DB room has at least a season of experience under their belt.
"Go out there and be a pro. We've been here," Brown said on the expectations of the cornerbacks. "We know what to expect. We've got to carry one another up on the hill and bringing some young guys along with us. We're all one. We all want to be great, and we all want to be in that Super Bowl at the end of the season. We need to bring everybody and make sure everybody is on the same page to understand where we're trying to get and where we are trying to go."
The entire defense is still growing and improving each day, with Brown saying, "There's a lot of calls where we're all playing things where we've never played in our careers and we're still learning those things. It gives the defense a lot of versatility because you've got guy who can actually do that with the skill sets that we all have. We just have to go out there and execute and put those things out. I think it's going to be a lot of fun because it's going to be confusing offenses and they aren't really sure what we're going to be in. We can all make those type of plays depending on where we're at on the field."
He also added, on the communication the defense has with each other, "I think we still have ways to go which is a good thing, but we're chomping at the bit. Communication is a big thing especially with a lot of things that are being thrown at us and what we have to go out there and handle and see these things because we have a lot of different checks versus what the offense comes out there and shows us. Communication is very big within this defense."
But besides still learning, improving and growing together, Brown has seen the defense as a whole buying in to the team head coach Mike Macdonald is building.
"It's been a lot of grit… A lot of guys wanting to understand the defense and go out there and be the best that they can be and just execute the plan that Mike has for us."
For where he personally thinks he'll see the biggest growth this season is in how he shows up each day. "Just being more consistent. Taking it one play at a time and like I said, just watching it all stack at the end and not worry about little things that I can't control."
