Is Safety the new RB in the new NFL?
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Will NFL Safeties Actually Get Paid in Free Agency This Year?
As hockey teams are losing the need for enforcers, football teams are understandably giving less priority to big-hitting defenders.
The focus, more than ever, is on quarterbacks, those who protect quarterbacks, those who try to clobber quarterbacks, those to whom quarterbacks throw and those who are responsible for covering those to whom quarterbacks throw. Running backs, interior defensive linemen who can't rush the passer, run-defending linebackers and box safeties just aren't very cool anymore, while the fullback position is practically dead.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2823777-will-nfl-safeties-actually-get-paid-in-free-agency-this-year?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
Yep. Alot of "good" safeties are on the market. (Good in their own minds, anyway).
Sadly, at least one of them thinks it's due to collusion.
Just my opinion, but I don't think safety's are big enough "difference makers" when it comes to getting big pay checks. I wouldn't take a safety in the first round of any draft unless they were a Sean Taylor type talent.
The Rams quickly snapped up Weddle I see...
Pro Bowl S Weddle joining Rams on 2-year dealSix-time Pro Bowl safety Eric Weddle has agreed to a two-year deal with the Los Angeles Rams, the team announced Friday.
Sources told ESPN that Weddle could make up to $12.5 million over the two years of the deal, with $5.25 million guaranteed.
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/26194823/pro-bowl-s-weddle-joining-rams-2-year-deal
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