This is where outside linebackers become defensive ends, cornerbacks become safeties, and safeties become interior linebackers.
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Safeties — Quin Blanding, senior, Virginia; Godwin Igewbuike, senior, Northwestern.
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Boston, one of the best free-agent safeties on the market this off-season, suggested in an interview with The Ringer that the owners had conspired to suppress salaries for free-agent safeties.
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Safeties — Derwin James, junior, Florida State; Minkah Fitzpatrick, junior, Alabama.
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Los Angeles drafted safeties Taylor Rapp and Nick Scott this weekend.
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Linemen train to spot blitzes, and safeties look for offensive tells.
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Middleton's injury left the Jets with two active safeties on the roster.
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Players don't learn about the mechanics of safeties or a gun's weight.
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In football, there are lots of ways to score — touchdowns, field goals, safeties.
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In one protection, the running back will scan for all safeties and corners.
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The Bucs are another team that treats safeties like they don't matter much.
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Both starting safeties and a starting cornerback did not play in Week 153.
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New England lost safeties Patrick Chung and defensive end Trey Flowers to concussions.
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At a game, when the quarterback begins his cadence, locate and count the safeties.
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Safeties Micah Hyde (groin) and Rafael Bush (shoulder) are listed as questionable for Sunday's game.
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Safeties are the last line of defense and among the hardest hitters in the game.
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He also feasts on zone coverage by getting Tyreek Hill inside against linebackers and safeties.
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Sharia-based Hudood laws enshrined misogyny, while previously afforded rights and safeties for women were curtailed.
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It helped him improve his accuracy up the seam, tossing over linebackers and away from safeties.
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He leads all safeties in sacks, with four, and pressures (sacks, hits and hurries), with 15.
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With Elliott luring safeties into run-stop mode, Prescott is positioned for a substantial postseason debut.
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But with Henry dominating, the safeties came up and bit on the run, leaving Howard wide open.
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Demps was named AFC Defensive Player of the Month and led all NFL safeties with six interceptions.
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Malik Hooker, Indianapolis Colts: "Could be one of the top safeties in the N.F.L.," Walter Football said.
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And, Trump, he&aposs not saying anything -- he&aposs not going to deport line backers and free safeties.
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They throw the occasional middle-round pick at the position but otherwise treat it like Carolina treats safeties.
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There were no running backs, wide receivers, cornerbacks or safeties chosen in the first 20 picks on Thursday.
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He's one of the greatest safeties to play the game, and he's seen a lot of great defensive linemen.
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The Falcons confirmed Allen's injury on Monday and will play the rest of the year without their starting safeties.
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N.C. State brought in Brian Mitchell as cornerbacks coach and Joe DeForest to coach safeties under coordinator Tony Gibson.
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If you see two safeties deep — Cover 2 — that means the offense is likely to respond with a short pass.
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Among the players listed as questionable are receiver DeVante Parker (quadriceps) and safeties Reshad Jones (shoulder) and T.J. McDonald (foot).
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Thomas Davis is just the latest in a long line of big college safeties making hay as star NFL linebackers.
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The women sweated and swore through workout challenges, judged on a confusing and unnecessary point system of medallions and safeties.
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Polamalu, a first-time finalist in his first year of eligibility, was one of the dominant safeties of his era.
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Route running-wise he&aposs a tough matchup for safeties and linebackers, so it&aposs a little bit, &aposPick your poison.
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Route running-wise he&aposs a tough matchup for safeties and linebackers, so it&aposs a little bit, `Pick your poison.
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Sterling Moore could be an upgrade on last season's nickel back, and Aaron Williams and Corey Graham are both capable safeties.
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The team did give tryouts to four veteran safeties after the Redskins game, but ultimately they gave the job to Adams.
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Those extra safeties also gave the Chargers more speed in coverage between the numbers, where Jackson is most comfortable as a thrower.
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That's an acceptable outcome for the Broncs — the occasional deep shot that falls incomplete prevents safeties from choking up versus the run.
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One of the league's hardest-hitting and most versatile safeties, Dawkins stared at his bust and nodded his approval to the crowd.
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His 35.7 pressure percentage, according to PFF, is best among the 25 safeties with at least 12 pass-rush snaps this season.
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" Coach Todd Bowles added: "We have a bunch of packages where we play three safeties at one time, or we'd like to.
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The speedster's presence would give Buffalo less room to be creative with its safeties and disguises, at risk of being burned deep.
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The opportunistic defense is led by free safeties Marcus Epps (423 tackles) and Andrew Wingard, who leads the conference with 99 tackles. 1.
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The unit, under new defensive coordinator Todd Grantham, shut down the Buccaneers' potent running game, punctuating the win with two first-half safeties.
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Except the Panthers have a plan to hide those safeties, and the Packers have no such strategy with their bad middle linebacker play.
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McAdoo said the Packers played so much zone, keeping two safeties deep, that the opportunity for one-on-one matchups was not there.
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Together, Mayes and Adams sounded as if they believed that safeties could create just as much impact as tight ends such as Gronkowski.
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The young Colts defense played without two starting safeties and last year's Defensive Rookie of the Year in the NFL, linebacker Darius Leonard.
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Ingram was aggressive shooting gaps and attacking the ball carrier when left unblocked, knowing he had safeties to help clean up if he missed.
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If one of the safeties has "come down to the box," poised at the line of scrimmage, that means the defense expects a run.
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One of the hardest-hitting and most versatile safeties in NFL history, Dawkins stared at his bust and nodded his approval to the crowd.
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They have now chosen four safeties over their last three draft classes and are still waiting to see the return they are hoping for.
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But with DeSean Jackson set to come back and terrorize opposing safeties, Jeffery should have plenty of room to do what he does best.
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Kansas then inbounded to a wide-open Malik Newman, who like a wide receiver behind the safeties ran away from defenders and to victory.
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The combination was strong enough to block safeties and light linebackers on run plays, but also fast enough to beat bigger linebackers off the line.
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Big dumb action flicks cropped up left and right, boasting soundtracks dependent, at least to some degree, on nu metal heavies and alt rock safeties.
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Anyone trying to cheat over the middle will find that Tashaun Gipson and Barry Church are two of the league's finest, and most aggressive, safeties.
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With the Bucs in 173-man coverage — man with two high safeties — and Fowler the lone receiver to the right, his route was doubled immediately.
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And while Green Bay's safeties limit things to underneath receivers and tight ends, their corners are easy pickings for a quarterback as talented as Ryan.
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That would keep box safeties Derwin James, Adrian Phillips and Jahleel Addae (fourth safety Rayshawn Jenkins played deep) clean to scrape and flow to the ball.
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Jets rookie quarterback Sam Darnold was intercepted a career-high four times — by Baker, by fellow linebacker Kiko Alonso and by safeties T.J. McDonald and Walt Aikens.
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Because the Giants' safeties and linebackers have been the weakest parts of the team the entire season, the Giants have been unable to cover opposing tight ends.
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McElwain said the Florida defensive wall — nine players lined up across the line of scrimmage with two safeties roaming just behind LSU's tight formation — created the advantage.
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It was a marvel of timing that allowed Hamler to outrun the Buckeye safeties for a 163-yard touchdown — Penn State's second-longest play from scrimmage ever.
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Two plays later, Reid sent the Chiefs' most dangerous weapons, Hill and Travis Kelce, on vertical routes at Sutton, who was playing as one of two deep safeties.
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But without consistent play in front of him, Coleman (and fellow safeties Tre Boston and Michael Griffin) have been exposed, faltering in single coverage and botching crucial decisions.
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He's not stymying defensive ends, but Hill has handled safeties and the occasional linebacker while also being deployed on lead blocks, slice blocks and cracks on toss plays.
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You still see plenty of defensive coaches try to cover superior passing game options with linebackers and safeties who have been trained to tackle first and cover second.
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Buffalo Bills safeties Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer called out the officials in Sunday's game against the New England Patriots after quarterback Josh Allen took a big hit.
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In the secondary, the team cut Shamarko Thomas and Dymonte Thomas, a day after cutting Su'a Cravens, to trim one of its strongest position groups — safeties — to four.
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Safeties have been forced to develop hybrid skills: sprinting the length of the field alongside fleet tight ends and charging at the line of scrimmage in run support.
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Church, fellow safeties Jarrod Wilson and Ronnie Harrison, and cornerback D.J. Hayden were identified by multiple media outlets as the players involved in the incident early Saturday morning.
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The Chiefs present an almost complete challenge to Houston: Kansas City can pound the rock, and tight end Travis Kelce is a tough matchup against safeties and linebackers.
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So, there were two deep safeties on the field at all times, limiting the kinds of throws that Brock Osweiler had been completing against the Chiefs last week.
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My well-intentioned friends and allies tried to console me by telling me our nation has survived worse, and checks and balances will ensure our individual safeties and liberties.
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Only 10 other pure safeties are enshrined in Canton, Ohio, but one has been inducted in four straight years, including Kenny Easley in 2017 and Brian Dawkins in 2018.
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The Raiders built a 19-7 halftime lead as Carr threw for 113 yards and three touchdown passes while safeties Nate Allen and Reggie Nelson each intercepted a Luck pass.
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Their secondary includes Sherman, whose ability to track receivers while still watching the quarterback has amazed Fitzpatrick, and two of the N.F.L.'s best safeties, Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor.
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Reid became a free agent this off-season, and though he is considered one of the best safeties on the market, he has yet to be signed by a team.
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What's remarkable, Quinn said, is that had any of them reported to 49ers training camp in 2001, his first year coaching in the N.F.L., they would have been considered safeties.
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"We knew they were going to bring the safeties up to try to out-number us in the run so we wanted to start the game throwing the football," Petrino said.
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Roundup The Denver Broncos began their final preparations for Super Bowl 50 with their two starting safeties, T. J. Ward and Darian Stewart, limited in practice but running freely on Wednesday.
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Four more 49ers players – linebacker Eli Harold, cornerback Rashard Robinson and safeties Antoine Bethea and Jaquiski Tartt – joined in and raised their right fists before their game against the Carolina Panthers.
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In order to stop teams from stacking the line to stop Bellamy and Bogan, Wassink is going to have to hit some passes down the field to keep opposing safeties honest.
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He's not fast and he won't jitterbug around anyone, but he consistently misleads safeties coming up to tackle him with slight changes of direction as he's getting through a rushing lane.
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Keenum said he was surprised by the aggressiveness of the Giants' pass rush, with linebackers and safeties coming more frequently on blitzes than the Rams had expected based on game tape.
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The Bengals scored their first touchdown when Dalton found Green for a 54-yard reception over the top of Revis, who appeared to be expecting help from one of his safeties.
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The Ravens quickly answered on the ensuing possession from their own 32 when Andrews, a tight end, split safeties Adrian Phillips and Jahleel Addae and took Jackson's pass all the way.
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Slot cornerback Taron Johnson and safeties Jordan Poyer and Micah Hyde are equally versatile, allowing McDermott to involve them as blitzers or change up their zones to muddy the quarterback's read.
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Even though the Crimson Tide excel most at defending the run, they usually line up to defend the pass with two safeties and cornerbacks who slow receivers getting off the line.
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Quarters coverage has caught on in the pros, but most defenses still play with two deep safeties and don't try to aggressively stack the box to take away the short passing game.
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Nebraska's 265th-ranked pass defense may finally be getting healthy, however, as safeties Joshua Kalu (hamstring), Antonio Reed (knee) and Aaron Williams (neck) all may be able to play versus the Boilermakers.
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Mr. Eugene fumed as he watched the Wolves commit one blunder after another: The quarterback was overthrowing his receivers, the safeties were lagging in coverage and the offensive line was getting steamrolled.
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He didn't test as an explosive jumper, so I guess the numbers evaluators have concerns about his zero-inertia burst, but when he gets going he'll make some linebackers and safeties hurt.
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Reid then went unsigned during the off-season and the first few weeks of the season as other safeties with less impressive résumés, like Tre Boston and Kenny Vaccaro, found new jobs.
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ASHBURN, Va. — Having mixed and matched safeties since late last season, the Washington Redskins have no choice but to use a safety-by-committee approach in their must-win regular-season finale.
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On Sunday, four more 49ers players – linebacker Eli Harold, cornerback Rashard Robinson and safeties Antoine Bethea and Jaquiski Tartt – joined in and raised their right fists before their game against the Carolina Panthers.
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Kupp diligently sells run fakes by blocking for a second or two before releasing, a wrinkle few teams use, but one that makes linebackers and safeties take the bait, hook, line and sinker.
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Allen ran past safety Jeff Heath on the sideline, cut between two more safeties — Xavier Woods and Byron Jones — and then eluded cornerback Anthony Brown to give the Chargers a 22-6 lead.
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He can run the underneath routes like a slot receiver, has enough speed to beat linebackers and safeties down the field andhas thesizeto makehim a comfortable target for his quarterback in the red zone.
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With the Steelers' safeties split deep, Fitzgerald ran a slant and realized he could exploit the middle of the field, which was left open, if he beat Taylor on the route, which he did.
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The receivers coach Wes Welker tells his charges that blocking is more important than catching, that their willingness to crack safeties and impede cornerbacks on the edge can turn short gains into long ones.
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Reid was widely considered one of the best free agent safeties on the market -- but he believed he was being blackballed, like Colin Kaepernick, for taking a knee during the national anthem at NFL games.
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Carolina's work with safeties is straight out of the internet clickbait playbook: Other NFL Teams HATE This One Neat Trick David Gettleman Pulls Off by Making Kurt Coleman and Roman Harper Work in His System.
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Minnesota will likely be without its two starting safeties this week, as Antoine Winfield Jr. is slowed by a left hamstring injury and Duke McGhee remains suspended because of a violation of team rules. 2.
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The 26-year-old Reid entered free agency as one of the top players at his position, but remained unsigned even as safeties with less impressive résumés, like Tre Boston and Kenny Vaccaro, found jobs.
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The Vikings have just six passing plays of 40 yards or more, a number that barely avoids being the league's worst and should be very different considering how opposition safeties creep up to the line. Pittsburgh.
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He can run the underneath routes like a slot receiver, has enough speed to beat linebackers and safeties down the field, and his size makes him a comfortable target for his quarterback in the red zone.
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The young cornerbacks struggled at times to contain Arkansas State's passing attack, but safeties Joshua Kalu and Aaron Williams combined for 3 tackles and an interception while linebacker Luke Gifford contributed a team-high nine tackles.
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How he fits: In a trade with Seattle, the Packers moved up to grab Savage, one of the best safeties in this draft but one who was expected by many to be a second-round pick.
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Jefferson, a wide receiver, was a junior this past season and could elect to enter the draft, as could Edwards-Helaire, a star tailback, and two safeties, Grant Delpit and Jacoby Stevens, who were defensive staples.
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The Patriots left their safeties deep for much of the game but kept switching the positions of their cornerbacks, keeping them in the Rams' wide receivers' faces on one series, and then backing off the next.
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"Wes Hopkins is one of the best safeties in the history of our franchise and played a major role in the team's success during his time here in Philadelphia," Eagles CEO Jeffrey Lurie said in a statement.
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It includes some nice features to make things easier for concealed carry, including shaved safeties, angled sights, and an angled trigger guard to keep sharp edges from snagging upon draw or reholster, and a user-replaceable battery.
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The Titans disguised extremely well — stalwart safety Kevin Byard's versatility is vital in this area — and sprung surprises, like a few snaps of inverted Cover-2 (two cornerbacks drop deep; safeties step up to play the flat).
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Though game-changing safeties were nothing new to the league, Polamalu could line up near the linebackers, or the defensive linemen, or deep in the defensive backfield, and wreck a game plan from any of those spots.
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Harris didn't miraculously improve overnight, and the passing game was useless against a Wisconsin secondary that is actually rebuilding a bit this season, with the loss of its defensive coordinator (to LSU, ironically) and its two starting safeties.
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It was not one of the Crimson Tide's cornerbacks or safeties, those long, lanky young men endowed with what is known throughout college football as SEC speed, for the Southeastern Conference, which Alabama has won three straight years.
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On Sunday, he and 49ers safety Eric Reid again knelt for the national anthem before their game against the Carolina Panthers, while safeties Antoine Bethea and Jaquiski Tartt, linebacker Eli Harold and cornerback Rashard Robinson raised their right fists.
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He is the fourth on the defensive side — safeties Keanu Neal (knee) and Ricardo Allen (Achilles) are done for the season and middle linebacker Deion Jones (foot) was recently removed from the list but hasn't played in a contest.
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The athletes — identified by ESPN as cornerback D.J. Hayden, 28, and safeties Ronnie Harrison, 21, Barry Church, 30, and Jarrod Wilson, 24 — were detained by British police over a reported $64,000 unpaid bar tab at the London Reign Nightclub in Piccadilly.
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A federal judge has approved a $38 million class action settlement between Brazilian gun maker Forjas Taurus and the 255,000 U.S. owners of its Rossi brand revolvers, which allegedly had defective safeties that allowed the guns to fire when dropped.
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The defense, with a league-leading five Pro Bowlers — end Michael Bennett, linebacker Bobby Wagner, cornerback Richard Sherman and safeties Kam Chancellor and Earl Thomas — may be even better: It ranked first in points allowed, and second in yards allowed per play.
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O/U: 2783 ABOUT THE DOLPHINS (2278-278): Miami was gouged for a staggering 219 points during its five-game slide before sending Denver to its eighth straight defeat, getting a pair of safeties and a touchdown from its defense and special teams.
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Mississippi State couldn't have done much more on defense last weekend, limiting Charleston Southern to a paltry 33 total yards en route to a 33-0 drubbing; the Bulldogs held the Buccaneers to just two first downs while recording a pair of safeties.
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With two Saints safeties playing deep, Beckham, who briefly left the game late in the second quarter to receive intravenous fluids to alleviate cramping, was unable to find the creases in the defense he has exploited in the past for big, momentum-swinging gains.
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Finalists from 2019 who weren't elected to the Hall of Fame are back on the ballot: wide receiver Isaac Bruce; running back Edgerrin James; offensive linemen Alan Faneca, Tony Boselli and Steve Hutchinson; safeties John Lynch and Steve Atwater; and defensive lineman Richard Seymour.
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No doubt it'll be an adjustment for Wentz when he's facing safeties that can cover ground like they do in the NFL, but it will be a bigger adjustment for quarterbacks that haven't seen the sort combination coverages that Wentz has already picked apart.
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But he can navigate the pocket finer, release the ball faster, move safeties with his eyes quicker, and he will have to make at least some progress this week for the Giants (2-3) to perform capably Thursday night at New England against the unbeaten Patriots.
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Cougars linebacker Emeke Egbule returned a fumble 24 yards for a touchdown with 81 seconds remaining and safeties Austin Robinson and Khalil Williams combined for a tackle on the final play to preserve Houston's 23-31 victory over the Tulsa Golden Hurricane on Saturday night at TDECU Stadium.
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The depleted secondary, with safeties Darian Thompson (foot) and Nat Berhe (concussion) and cornerback Eli Apple (hamstring) all inactive, allowed Vikings quarterback Sam Bradford — who did not join the Vikings until the week before the season opener — to complete 26 of 36 passes for 262 yards and one touchdown.
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The Crimson Tide, the defending national champion, made a late move for Irvin after learning for certain following January's national championship game that they would be losing two top junior safeties to the N.F.L. The gambit doesn't always pan out; last week, Irvin revealed that he planned to sign with Washington.
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They have notoriously short shelf lives, in part because of the beatings they take in the course of play, and the relatively simple responsibilities of the position — take ball, see the hole, run through the hole — mean they do not need the kind of extensive tutelage that quarterbacks, offensive linemen and safeties do.
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At the same time, Tre Boston, a safety for the Arizona Cardinals, suggested in an interview with The Ringer that N.F.L. team owners had colluded against safeties, implying that they were doing so to justify not signing Eric Reid, who protested alongside Colin Kaepernick when both played for the San Francisco 49ers.
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