For years, the Minnesota Vikings have employed one of the NFL’s best safeties in the form of Harrison Smith. Drafted in the first round of the 2012 NFL Draft, Smith has played all 159 games of his professional career in Minnesota. As he trends towards retirement, the Vikings are establishing a new safety group.
Vikings Building a New Safety Group
This offseason, there was a point at which it was uncertain if the Minnesota Vikings would employ Harrison Smith as a starting safety for the 2023 season. Despite another productive year and missing a couple of contests, Smith contemplated whether he had reached the point where he wanted to hang up his cleats.