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Jun 3, 2024 · Continuing our series highlighting the top players in the NFL at every position heading into the 2024 season, here are the top 32 safeties in the league. This ranking features only safeties who are currently on a roster, so players such as Justin Simmons and Tashaun Gipson Sr. were not considered.
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• A big surprise at No. 1: Seattle’s Ryan Neal earned the...
- PFF Safety Rankings: Top 32 ahead of the 2023 NFL season
• Minkah Fitzpatrick, Kevin Byard round out the top three:...
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May 10, 2024 · Who’s the best safety in the league, and who makes up the top 32 at the position? Here are PFN’s NFL safety rankings heading into next season. Offense: QB | RB | WR | TE Defense: EDGE | DT | LB | CB Special Teams: K
Jun 8, 2023 · The Top 10 Safeties in the NFL Right Now, Ranked The best players at the position include one of the most dominating backfield duos in the league, as well as two young stars that sit on opposite...
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- Derwin James. LAC • FS • #3. Derwin James reigns as the NFL's top safety because he can do anything and everything a coach could ask out of a player at the position.
- Minkah Fitzpatrick. PIT • FS • #39. Minkah Fitzpatrick is the NFL's prototypical free safety: a true centerfielder who is adept in coverage and makes opposing quarterbacks pay with their mistakes in turnovers.
- Justin Simmons. DEN • FS • #31. Justin Simmons is as reliable as it gets, logging either All-Pro (three-time second-teamer in 2019, 2021, and 2022) or Pro Bowl (2020) honors in each of the last four seasons.
- Budda Baker. ARI • SS • #3. Budda Baker is as good as gets among strong safeties in the NFL. He totaled the fourth-highest run-stop rate (6.1%) and ranked third in tackles at or behind the line of scrimmage (eight) among safeties in 2022.
- Ryan Neal, Seattle Seahawks (85.6) In what is likely the most out-of-nowhere performance of the 2022 NFL season, Neal stepped into a starting role in Week 5 after Jamal Adams’ season ended in Week 1 and after Josh Jones, who originally replaced Adams, wasn’t up to snuff as an NFL starter in the three games that preceded Neal taking over.
- Minkah Fitzpatrick, Pittsburgh Steelers (82.4) Fitzpatrick followed up an offseason where he became one of the league’s highest-paid safeties with a career year in terms of PFF grades, including top-eight marks in run defense (82.2) and coverage (83.3).
- Tyrann Mathieu, New Orleans Saints (81.2) Mathieu played all 17 games in his 10th NFL season, and first season with his new team in New Orleans, for a career-high 1,128 defensive snaps (sixth), which moves him further up this list than his final grades rank him.
- Kamren Curl, Washington Commanders (82.9) Curl has provided an incredible return on investment for the Commanders after being a seventh-round pick in 2020.
Nov 2, 2023 · Fitzpatrick was once again voted as the top safety in the league by The Associated Press, repeating his No. 1 spot from the preseason. A panel of nine AP Pro Football Writers ranked the top five players at safety, making their selections based on current status through Week 8. First-place votes were worth 10 points.
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Jun 8, 2023 · • Minkah Fitzpatrick, Kevin Byard round out the top three: Fitzpatrick's 82.4 overall grade ranked third among qualified safeties, and Byard's 79.5 overall grade was a top-10 mark. • Three Cowboys safeties make the cut: Dallas fielded one of the league's best safety rooms in 2022, headed by Jayron Kearse, Donovan Wilson and Malik Hooker.
