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Originally Posted by O.city
Yeah, I think we've kinda had our fill of "box" safeties around here, but if you play them right they can really help.
Look at San Diego this year.
The problem is that at some point, you've gotta be able to do the other thing, whichever that is.
Like you, i'd prefer to have a guy that may have to come up and tackle everyonce in a while but is really good in the secondary than the alternative.
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Do we have Derwin James?
I could play strong safety alongside Derwin James.
Addae is a nice player, but he gets graded on a curve when the Chargers have a guy like James that can play single high OR get down in the box. He's what Berry was for the 7 or 8 games that Berry played over the course of his career where he was completely healthy.
And Berry covered for a lot of issues on the other side of him.
I just don't think your best safety can be a box safety type. That's what the Giants try to in building their secondary around Collins and I just don't think it works all that well for them. An elite rangy safety can do a lot to make up for the shortcomings of a very good box safety but I don't think there's nearly as strong an inverse relationship there. I don't think that knife cuts both ways.