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You have to be responsible, and I don't think viewers expect us to take chances with safety. Nobody wants that and we don't allow it.

With Chris back we have a heavy hitter at safety, and he also adds to us in pass coverage. We missed him last year, so we are definitely happy to have him back. He's a bigger safety, and he can help us stop the run.

It just doesn't make sense to us to address one safety problem and along the way create a new one.