The Top Five: Best Safeties in the NFL

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Published: July 10, 2009

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... either corners who are too slow and don't have the cover skills or they're linebackers who just aren't big enough to play around the line of scrimmage.

To quote the great Vince Vaughn, I call "erroneous" on both counts.

Even Rod Woodson, arguably the best corner and best safety to ever play the game, has said that the difference between playing corner and safety is drastic.

He says that the angle in which you're defending the guy has a huge role to play in the difference. As a corner, you're just following the receiver and playing off of his movements, but as a safety you're reading the quarterback and following his eyes.

These are the guys who maybe are too slow to play corner and maybe too small to play linebacker. But they're just fast enough and just big enough to play safety and play it well.

 

5. Michael Griffin (Tennessee Ti...

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