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"The position of defensive safety; a position furthest from the line of scrimmage whose responsibility is to defend against passes as well as to be the tackler of last resort."
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"ref": "2008, Jeremy Packer, Mobility Without Mayhem: Safety, Cars, and Citizenship, page 30",
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"ref": "2017, Derek Oden, Harvest of Hazards, page 125",
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"ref": "1958, Gevaert Manual of Photography, page 123",
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},
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},
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"ref": "2020 April 24, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in New York Time",
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"text": "This would become my safety spot where I would rush to when I felt a seizure coming on.",
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},
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