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Redskins can benefit from busy safety market

The Baltimore Ravens cut veteran safety Eric Weddle earlier this week, just hours after the news that the New York Giants would not use their franchise tag on All-Pro safety Landon Collins and allow him to hit the open market.

Weddle and Collins joined a free-agent market littered with safeties old and young — likely welcome news for the Washington Redskins, who are thinner at safety than at almost any other position.

Remember how 2018 ended: D.J. Swearinger — a 27-year-old Pro Bowl alternate — was cut before Week 17 after criticizing the coaching staff and its decisions one time too many.