The value of a versatile, three-down safety is at an all-time high in today’s NFL, but safeties can also find a home as role players given the increase in nickel and dime defensive usage. This class has a good mix of players like Alabama’s Deionte Thompson and Delaware’s Nasir Ad...
JL Skinner is one of the biggest safeties entering the draft at 6 feet 4 and 209 pounds. His size helps him tremendously in run coverages, and he has the capabilities to cover and take down big-bodied tight ends in the open field. His game could use a little adjusting in certain area...
“There’s some big tight ends in this league. Very big mismatches with some safeties,” he said at the Scouting Combine. “But I’m also a big guy, too. So, being able to go down and cover those guys, I feel like I can be versatile on that end. And also playing that position...
Strengths:First-round safeties are hard to come by these days but Starks has a chance to break the mold as he can do a little bit of everything. His movement skills and speed allow him to cover the slot in man coverage or avoid getting beat as a free safety, and he'...
NFL DRAFT; PREVIEW WEEK; Top-flight safeties few in number; The Tampa-2 defense employed by the Vikings gives a bigger role to safeties, amplifying their importance on draft day.(SPORTS)Craig, Mark
"Versatile safeties should have a good free agency market, and some teams consider Dugger the No. 2 safety in the class along with Cleveland's Grant Delpit. The Patriots received trade interest in Dugger at the deadline. A few league sources predict he should get a strong contract, b...
He doesn’t get the recognition, but he’s one of the top safeties in the NFL. Unlike guys like Earl Thomas (12.8% snaps within 8 yards of the line of scrimmage last season), Devin McCourty (9.1%), and Jairus Byrd (12.1%), who are primarily deep safeties, and guys like Kam ...
In his second NFL season and first as a full-time starter, the 2022 No. 14 overall pick lived up to the hype, rising in the ranks of the top safeties and now being voted by his fellow players as the highest-ranked safety in the 2024 Top 100. And it’s no wonder when he had an...
Who is he?Rare bright spot for Washington who has developed into one of the league’s most versatile safeties. 45. TE Dalton Schultz 2023 team: Texans Age: 28 2023 avg. salary: $6,250,000 Who is he?Useful target at tight end whose blocking doesn’t measure up to his presence in th...
His fearless approach to the game also set the tone for future generations of safeties. Birthplace: Albuquerque, New Mexico, US Nationality: United States of America Position: Cornerback, Safety, Defensive back Pat McAfee rising on... #2 The Greatest NFL Punters of All Time Vote load ...