Washington Times · Mar 7, 2019
Redskins can benefit from busy safety market
FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2016, file photo, New York Giants strong safety Landon Collins (21) celebrates after intercepting a pass by the Chicago Bears during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game, in East Rutherford, N.J. In ...The Baltimore Ravens cut veteran safety Eric Weddle earlier this week, just hours after the news that the New York Giants would not use their franchise tag on All-Pro safety Landon Collins and allow him to hit the open market.
Weddle and Collins joined a free-agent market littered with safeties old and young — likely welcome news for the Washington Redskins, who are thinner at safety than at almost any other position.
