2023 Pre-Season Rank #93, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #80, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #91, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #99.

Patterson is here primarily because he was the All-Decade selection as a Returner.  Sadly, more prominent All-Decade returners failed to make it a s even a Semi-Finalist.  The four-time First Team All-Pro is in his fourth year in Atlanta after two years with Chicago.

2023 Pre-Season Rank #78, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #86, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #!113, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #147.  Peak Period: 2019-23

Baker is already a six-time Pro Bowl Selection and a two-time First Team All-Pro.  He is a tackling machine who led the NFL in Solo Tackles in 2019. Although his AV/G is lower than the MPA, his stature among his peers is huge.

The bar for Safeties is high, and Baker (and his peers) have a lot of work to do to gain serious Hall of Fame consideration.

2023 Pre-Season Rank #63, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #99, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #108, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #140.  Peak Period 2019-23.

Minkah Fitzpatrick arguably had a down year in 2023, but he enters 2024 as one of the top Safeties in football.

The Steelers secondary is led by Fitzpatrick, who has arguably been the best Safety in football over the last five seasons. If he can replicate this over the next half-decade, Fitzpatrick will skyrocket his chances of being in the Hall of Fame.

2023 Pre-Season Rank #90, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #86, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #94, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #116.  Peak Period: 2018-22

After three seasons, Janal Adams forced his way out of the New York Jets, and the Seattle Seahawks gave up many high picks to get him. After his third straight Pro Bowl season, Adams was not what Seattle had hoped for, and due to injury, he only played 10 Games over the last two years.

He joins Tennessee this year, hoping to return to the player who set the single-season record for Sacks for a Defensive Back, 9.5.