Safety Dance Post-2023

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1	NFL 2023 IN-SEASON SAFETY DEPTH CHART, DEPLOYMENT, AND SCHEMATIC INFORMATION							Updated thru Week 18 of 2023
2	Team	SAF1	SAF2	SAF3	Interchangeable?	MOFO Use	Man Use	Change throughout 2023	COMMENTARY
3	CARDINALS	Jalen Thompson	Budda Baker	Andre Chachere	No	High	Low	Less clear box role	3-safety sets with Thompson at nickel.
4	FALCONS	Jessie Bates	DeMarco Hellams	Richie Grant	Yes	High	High	More MOFO	Hellams looked like he was overtaking Grant late in the season. He freed up Bates to play less centerfield.
5	RAVENS	Kyle Hamilton	Marcus Williams	Geno Stone	Yes	High	Low	More MOFO	Hamilton is the nickel in 3-safety sets.
6	BILLS	Jordan Poyer	Micah Hyde	Taylor Rapp	Yes	High	Low	More box safety looks	However, Poyer's box snaps were often 10-12 yards deep - SS depth rather than LB depth.
7	PANTHERS	Vonn Bell	Xavier Woods	Jeremy Chinn	Yes	Med	Low		Chinn was reduced to a situational player in 2023. Curious to see where he lands in March.
8	BEARS	Eddie Jackson	Jaquan Brisker	Elijah Hicks	No	High	Low		Similar to Poyer in Buffalo, Brisker's box snaps are 10-12 yards deep, possibly suggesting a staggered split-safety look pre-snap, rather than a stacked box.
9	BENGALS	Daxton Hill	Jordan Battle	Nick Scott	No	Med	Med	Less clear box role	Hill sees more time at nickel; otherwise, he's somewhat interchangeable with Battle.
10	BROWNS	Juan Thornhill	Grant Delpit	Rodney McLeod	No	Low	Med
11	COWBOYS	Jayron Kearse	Donovan Wilson	Malik Hooker	No	Med	Med	More MOFO	Play time for each ebbs and flows weekly, making them all fringe fantasy considerations.
12	BRONCOS	Justin Simmons	PJ Locke	Delarrin Turner-Yell	Yes	Med	Low		There's an opening next to Simmons for a UFA that could be a sleeper IDP.
13	LIONS	Kerby Joseph	CJ Gardner-Johnson	Ifeatu Melifonwu	No	High	Low	A lot more MOFO	Brian Branch is the nickel. Melifonwu's 6'-3". His deployment resembles Jayron Kearse's.
14	PACKERS	Darnell Savage	Jonathan Owens	Anthony Johnson	Yes	Med	Low		Starter Rudy Ford is injured.
15	TEXANS	Jalen Pitre	Jimmie Ward	DeAndre Houston-Carson	Yes	High	Low	More MOFO	Ward's injured. Adrian Amos landed here after the Jets cut him.
16	COLTS	Nick Cross	Julian Blackmon	Ronnie Harrison	No	Med	Low	Rod Thomas benched	Blackmon injured. Lowest man coverage rate in the league at 11%. I'm calling everything below 30% low... for now.
17	JAGUARS	Andre Cisco	Rayshawn Jenkins	Andrew Wingard	No	Med	Low
18	CHIEFS	Justin Reid	Mike Edwards	Bryan Cook	No	High	Med	More MOFO	Highest rate of MOFO in the league. Bryan Cook needs a bounce-back year in 2024.
19	RAIDERS	Marcus Epps	Tre'Von Moehrig	Isaiah Pola-Mao	Yes	Med	Low
20	CHARGERS	Derwin James	Alohi Gilman	Jaylinn Hawkins	No	High	Low		LA played more MOFO in 2023 and tried Derwin into more STAR late in the season as a result.
21	RAMS	Jordan Fuller	John Johnson	Russ Yeast	Yes	High	Low		Quentin Lake is the STAR.
22	DOLPHINS	Jevon Holland	Deshon Elliott	Brandon Jones	Yes	High	Low
23	VIKINGS	Harrison Smith	Camryn Bynum	Josh Metellus	No	Med	Low	More MOFO	Metellus is primarily the nickel.
24	PATRIOTS	Kyle Dugger	Jabrill Peppers	Jalen Mills	No	Med	Med
25	SAINTS	Tyrann Mathieu	Marcus Maye	Jordan Howden	No	High	Med		Marcus Maye missed numerous games and was replaced by Ugo Amadi late in the season. Matthieu's role wasn't as boxy without him.
26	GIANTS	Xavier McKinney	Jason Pinnock	Dane Belton	Yes	Med	Med
27	JETS	Jordan Whitehead	Tony Adams	Adrian Amos	Yes	High	Med
28	EAGLES	Reed Blankenship	Kevin Byard	Sydney Brown	No	Med	Med	Less MOFO...	Possibly due to poor LB play, reliance on Slay and Bradberry, and fewer wins (with large margins of victory). Also, Matt Patricia.
29	STEELERS	Minkah Fitzpatrick	Damontae Kazee	Eric Rowe	No	Med	Low		Rowe, a weekly activation from practice squad, played ahead of Kazee in Week 19. There's an opening for a UFA next to Minkah. Deep sleeper for IDP.
30	49ERS	Talanoa Hufanga	Tashaun Gipson	Ji'Ayir Brown	Yes	High	Low		Hufanga's on IR. Logan Ryan signed to play 3rd safety.
31	SEAHAWKS	Quandre Diggs	Julian Love	Jamal Adams	No	Med	Low		What happened to El President?!
32	BUCCANEERS	Antoine Winfield	Dee Delaney	Ryan Neal	No	Med	Low	More MOFO...	And a little more interchangeability after the limited Neal was reduced in role.
33	TITANS	Amani Hooker	K'Von Wallace	Elijah Molden	Yes	High	Low	Byard traded
34	COMMANDERS	Kamren Curl	Percy Butler	Quan Martin	No	High	Med	More MOFO	Darrick Forrest on IR.
35	NOTE: Underlined = primary low safety (box, slot), Italics = primary deep (high) safety
36	NOTE: "Interchangeable" means the players' deployments and snaps by alignment are similar.
37	NOTE: "MOFO Use" means frequency of MOFO coverages. Low = <30%, High = 40%+
38	NOTE: "Man Use" means frequency of man coverages. Low = <30%, High = 40%+
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