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Washington Redskins safety grades for the 2018 campaign

By Ian Cummings

LANDOVER, MD - DECEMBER 30: Ha Ha Clinton-Dix #20 of the Washington Redskins takes a knee against the Philadelphia Eagles during the second half at FedExField on December 30, 2018 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)
LANDOVER, MD - DECEMBER 30: Ha Ha Clinton-Dix #20 of the Washington Redskins takes a knee against the Philadelphia Eagles during the second half at FedExField on December 30, 2018 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images) /
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BALTIMORE, MD – OCTOBER 9: A Washington Redskins helmet sits on the field prior to the game against the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium on October 9, 2016 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Todd Olszewski/Getty Images)
BALTIMORE, MD – OCTOBER 9: A Washington Redskins helmet sits on the field prior to the game against the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium on October 9, 2016 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Todd Olszewski/Getty Images) /

Almost concluded with our Redskins 2018 season positional grades, we now find ourselves at the safety position.

There might not have been a position for the Washington Redskins with more preseason promise, and more eventual disappointment in-season, than safety.

In the offseason, the safety tandem of D.J. Swearinger and Montae Nicholson was viewed as one of the up-and-coming duos in the NFL. Swearinger had the veteran moxie and the eyes to jump routes, while Nicholson had the speed and the range to compensate for mistakes on the back end.

It looked like a match made in heaven for the Redskins defense, and at a discount price. But midway through the 2018 season, it all fell apart.

How did the Redskins safety situation deteriorate so quickly? Perhaps, to answer that question, we need to go player by player. Here are the grades for Washington’s safeties in 2018.

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