My Top-40 Projections for Safeties in 2017

[lukkynumber13]

NAME.................. Solos / Assists / Pass Def
1. LANDON COLLINS 90 / 25 / 9
2. RESHAD JONES 85 / 30 / 10
3. JAHLEEL ADDAE 90 / 25 / 3
4. BARRY CHURCH 85 / 30 / 5
5. KEANU NEAL 75 / 35 / 7
6. ANTOINE BETHEA 85 / 20 / 3
7. ERIC REID 75 / 35 / 4
8. TJ WARD 80 / 20 / 4
9. BYRON JONES 75 / 20 / 8
10. MORGAN BURNETT 75 / 25 / 6
11. KAM CHANCELLOR 70 / 30 / 6
12. KENNY VACCARO 70 / 30 / 4
13. JON CYPRIEN 70 / 25 / 4
14. TYVON BRANCH 70 / 25 / 4
15. TONY JEFFERSON 65 / 30 / 6
16. JAMAL ADAMS 65 / 30 / 5
17. HARRISON SMITH 65 / 20 / 12
18. MICAH HYDE 60 / 35 / 6
19. TAVON WILSON 70 / 20 / 2
20. KURT COLEMAN 60 / 30 / 5
21. KARL JOSEPH 60 / 35 / 2
22. JABRILL PEPPERS 60 / 35 / 2
23. ERIC BERRY 65 / 15 / 8
24. EARL THOMAS 60 / 20 / 9
25. MO ALEXANDER 65 / 20 / 4

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To be honest, it's very hard to predict individual DB production and after my top 8-10, I don't feel super strong about the specific order. On that note, past the top-25 it's even more cloudy, so I'll give my ranks past this point but I'm not going to bother projecting stat lines. These guys are all in a similar tier IMO.
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26. RODNEY MCLEOD
27. SEAN DAVIS
28. JUSTIN SIMMONS
29. DJ SWEARINGER
30. MARCUS MAYE
31. MALIK HOOKER
32. KEVIN BYARD
33. GEORGE ILOKA
34. DARIAN STEWART
35. HAHA CLINTON-DIX
36. PAT CHUNG
37. DEVIN MCCOURTY
38. MALCOM JENKINS
39. QUENTIN DEMPS
40. VON BELL

[Mascott93]

Great list Lukky Like you said it's not easy guessing safety production as some come out of no where (eg. Byron Jones last year). One guy you might have missed that I'm hoping to step it up this year is Kevin Byard for the Titans. He had some good plays last year and looked good preseason!

[GridironGuerilla]

Thank you, sir.

[lukkynumber13]

Great list Lukky Like you said it's not easy guessing safety production as some come out of no where (eg. Byron Jones last year). One guy you might have missed that I'm hoping to step it up this year is Kevin Byard for the Titans. He had some good plays last year and looked good preseason!

Thanks!

Haha nope, didn't miss him, he just falls into the list of probably 30 more guys who could be top 15 DBs this year, or be waiver wire fodder. Darius Butler, Keith Tandy, Jordan Poyer, Adrian Amos, etc.

[lukkynumber13]

Great list Lukky Like you said it's not easy guessing safety production as some come out of no where (eg. Byron Jones last year). One guy you might have missed that I'm hoping to step it up this year is Kevin Byard for the Titans. He had some good plays last year and looked good preseason!

Ok, just edited and he's included in that last group now that I took Dillon out. I just now saw that he got cut! That took me aback...

[npainter]

Well done Lukky! Thank you for all of these projections.

[lukkynumber13]

Well done Lukky! Thank you for all of these projections.

You're very welcome! I just hope they prove helpful

[NY CAT]

Man your acumen on IDP is priceless.

Thank you.

[lukkynumber13]

Man your acumen on IDP is priceless.

Thank you.

You're very welcome! We'll see how crazy off I am, after tomorrow

[95dent]

Nice post man.

You're not concerned over Bethea's somewhat being sparingly used in pre season? He's got some younger guys breathing down his neck now.

[JurassicPark]

As stated by the others, thank you much for this. Always good to get perspective from people who put time to do such things.

Im not sure about top 40, but I think Jeff Heath will have a very nice, (for most) unexpected season for Dallas. There's a lot of good buzz about him from coaches and teammates, and he's been a play maker when he's played before.

[lukkynumber13]

Nice post man.

You're not concerned over Bethea's somewhat being sparingly used in pre season? He's got some younger guys breathing down his neck now.

No, he's not someone I would expect to play much in the pre-season, being such a veteran.