Renaldo Hill will either be our starting safety next to Jason Allen, or the "Star" 5th DB, who is on the field nearly 50% of the time. He has experience with Saban, and picked up 89 tackles for the Raiders last season. He is a player. Right now, I am thrilled with our depth at DB, because going into the offseason, I was relatively comfortable with Tillman and Bell starting at the safety spots, based on their play last year. Both were impressive. Now, it looks as if they could very well end up backing up both safety spots. Both are excellent special team players as well. Thats not even taking into account Deke Cooper, who started in the place of Donovan Darius for the Jags and has the athleticism to be a decent player.
The one new addition to the secondary I am not totally familiar with is Andre Goodman, who I feel is being overlooked. What I do know is he is the first DB Nick signed, he was given a 3 year deal, he had 3 INTs last season, starting for the Lions and he has excellent speed. I am very interested in seeing what he can do.
If you think about it, Will Poole and Shirdonya Mitchell are also the equivalent of "new additions" to the secondary, so our depth is really very good in that area.
