The safety position is a position of multitudes. Safeties have to play in every level of the defense and carry out an expansive assortment of tasks: crawl down into the box to defend the run, read and attack the run from the safety position, act as the last line of defense to end open field gallops, blitz, play man coverage, defend the screen game, bracket receivers, disrupt the passing game from the robber position, and affect a wide variety of throws from the deep middle part of the field. Already, Justin Reid is almost one of the rare omnific safeties who can complete every assignment asked of the position.
The Film Room: Justin Reid
