Is Sammy Knight a solution at Safety?

[RMSkins]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

Those are good assessments. People were pretty high on Prioleau before he got hurt last year. He and Stoutmire filled in nicely in '05 when called upon -- though you have to wonder if they overachieved like so many others on defense during the playoff run. Hopefully they're not tapped out, we'll need them to step up again this season.

I don't remember where I read this, but it seems to be a prominent philosophy among some general managers across the league -- some consider safety the one position on defense you can where you can "get by" without having to spend high draft picks. Only in cases where there's an absolute phenom, like Sean Taylor, do you take the plunge and devote a high choice to the position.

If the front seven does its job and the corners can provide solid coverage, the safeties generally look great.

I absolutely agree. Hopefully Prioleau, Stoutmire, and Fox weren't overachieving for our sakes, but it's hard to believe that they weren't. I also agree that if we have good play from our front seven, and CB's Taylor and Prioleau (or whoever else is at SS) will have good years, hopefully this is the case.