The Detroit Lions focused heavily on upgrading their cornerback room this offseason. They signed Amik Robertson in free agency, traded for Carlton Davis and re-signed Emmanuel Moseley, and even after the release of Cam Sutton, the position appears to be in better shape than it was last year.

But Lions coach Dan Campbell said that’s not the only spot in the secondary the team is concerned about a few weeks from the NFL draft.

“We’re still going to look for safety help,” Campbell said at the NFL’s annual meeting last week. “That’s not over, either. We know we need some, there again, to bring in some competition in that room. So our eyes are there.”

The Lions return Kerby Joseph and Ifeatu Melifonwu as their projected starters for 2024, but Joseph is returning from offseason surgery and his status for organized workouts this spring is unclear, and Melifonwu has never started more than six games in a season in his injury-riddled career and is entering the final year on his rookie contract.

Brandon Joseph, who spent all of last season on the practice squad as an undrafted rookie, is the only backup safety currently on the Lions roster, though Campbell said second-year defensive back Brian Branch could eventually factor into the safety mix, too.

Branch had a standout rookie season playing primarily at slot cornerback.

“Certainty Branch has got flexibility to be able to play the safety position, we believe, here in time,” Campbell said. “And we already feel very confident about the nickel. He’ll only get better and better. And I think really — it’s really and we do believe he’ll be able to get there, it’s how fast do you get him there? Cause what you don’t want to do is, he can play nickel and safety, but it takes away from his nickel play. How good he is as a nickel or how good he can become? And so it’s finding that fine balance between the two.”