Top graded safeties so far this season (PFF)

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He's too short to play safety though!

Lol that is one critcism I remember very well from before the season. Thought it was laughable then and still feel the same way.

Think we have a good safety combination for the future with Joyner and Johnson. Just gotta get Joyner resigned after this season. Should be a no brainer.
 
Joyner is a baller... Ignore the hard knocks face to face drama scene... For an undersized dude he's always welcomed in our Rams secondary and IMO exceeded expectations. I'm happy for him.
 
And Fisher stuck him at nickleback for the past two years..what a joke.
 
And Fisher stuck him at nickleback for the past two years..what a joke.

I could totally see Fisher being a nickleback fan... but forcing Joyner to stuck with them for two years is North Korean type torture.
 
Joyner excellent at FS concern is durability, but he's tough and I hope the Rams extend him. John Johnson looks slow to me, playing better than Alexander, however, right now Johnson in the right place, but reacts slow and runs even slower. I'm hoping another year in the system will improve Johnson, but I would look to draft another Strong Safety come April.
 
Johnson isn't too far off, according to PFF..
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10. JOHN JOHNSON III, S, LOS ANGELES RAMS
PFF Grade: 81.1

PFF Elite Stat: Johnson ranks sixth among safeties who’ve been targeted at least 10 times as the primary defender in coverage with an average of just 0.29 yards surrendered per coverage snap.

Johnson ranks 17th among safeties for the season with an 83.9 coverage grade and he’s finished 5-of-7 games since Week 4 (the first week he really started to see playing time) with an overall grade of at least 73.0. Johnson is currently tied with Eddie Jackson with a 26.7 forced incompletion rate, they share the fourth-best rate among safeties who’ve seen at least 10 targets into their coverage.

https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/pro-2017-nfl-rookie-rankings-through-week-11
 
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