Follow the money and the premium draft picks, and safety is the least important position on a defense.
It’s also the position that teams are desperately looking to fill with a game-changer, and the position that is one of the strongest in the 2017 NFL Draft.
We haven’t seen a safety taken in the top 10 in the draft since Mark Barron in 2012, and he’s now a linebacker. The last safety to go in the top five? Eric Berry in 2010, and we know what he’s accomplished in his NFL career.
Other top-10 choices like LaRon Landry or Michael Huff might keep teams from reaching for a safety.