For this week’s Friday open thread, I cheated a bit and pulled an excellent question from this week’s POD Detroit Lions mailbag, because this is a topic worth discussing. The question comes from commentator Oldwolf00, who asked:
Do you think pick No. 2 is too high to draft a safety?
History says yes.
I know people hate to talk about positional value, but it’s a reality in the NFL, so let’s take a look at why things are this way.
Hit rate
I researched several lists that focused on, “the best EDGE/safeties in the NFL for the 2021 season” and pulled players from NFL.