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Washington Football Team’s five most versatile players

By Ian Cummings

SEATTLE, WA - NOVEMBER 05: Cornerback Kendall Fuller #29 of the Washington Football Team intercepts a pass against wide receiver Doug Baldwin #89 of the Seattle Seahawks at CenturyLink Field on November 5, 2017 in Seattle, Washington. The Redskins beat the Seahawks 17-14. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)
SEATTLE, WA - NOVEMBER 05: Cornerback Kendall Fuller #29 of the Washington Football Team intercepts a pass against wide receiver Doug Baldwin #89 of the Seattle Seahawks at CenturyLink Field on November 5, 2017 in Seattle, Washington. The Redskins beat the Seahawks 17-14. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images) /
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SEATTLE, WA – NOVEMBER 05: Cornerback Kendall Fuller #29 of the Washington Football Team intercepts a pass against wide receiver Doug Baldwin #89 of the Seattle Seahawks at CenturyLink Field on November 5, 2017 in Seattle, Washington. The Washington Football Team beat the Seahawks 17-14. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)
SEATTLE, WA – NOVEMBER 05: Cornerback Kendall Fuller #29 of the Washington Football Team intercepts a pass against wide receiver Doug Baldwin #89 of the Seattle Seahawks at CenturyLink Field on November 5, 2017 in Seattle, Washington. The Washington Football Team beat the Seahawks 17-14. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images) /

No. 1 – DB Kendall Fuller

Kendall Fuller‘s versatility isn’t always accurately advertised. Fuller primarily played slot cornerback with the Washington Football Team when he was drafted, and he’s expected to reprise that role to some degree again in 2020. But at Kansas City, Fuller was moved around a lot, and his true value came in his ability to line up in different spots.

Fuller started as a pure cornerback with the Chiefs, but after his role diminished over the course of the 2019 season, defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo tried something different: He tried out Fuller at safety, and the results were immediately positive.

Fuller displayed great instincts, closing speed, and awareness as a free safety for Kansas City, and it was at that position that he made some of his best plays of the season, including a crucial interception in the Super Bowl, which would seal Kansas City’s fate as NFL champions.

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Ron Rivera has said that he wants to train the members of his secondary as “defensive backs”, not cornerbacks and safeties, and in that exercise, he’s following Fuller’s example. Fuller can play both cornerback spots, and he can also file in as a safety and rotate into unique alignments. Few things are more valuable than having that kind of chess piece on the back end, and that’s why Fuller is getting $10 million a year.

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