Eric Reid might be the first domino to fall. It’s about time.
It’s now been several weeks since the free agent period opened with the predictable frenzy, when players were signing left and right and the transaction wire buzzed incessantly. What was hardly noticed then, just due to the sheer amount of news, was that the safety market wasn’t budging at all.
As the dust settled and names like Eric Reid, Kenny Vaccaro, Tre Boston, Nate Allen, Mike Mitchell, Tyvon Branch and so on remained unsigned. Only a couple safeties were involved in any moves at all, and those were one-off moves connected to other circumstances.