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I have a level 21 SS who has circa 50 speed. However, after watching every play this season I am starting to question how much speed is actually needed at this position.

At CB, you often find yourself in a basic footrace with a fast WR and so if you come up short on speed it is easy to get burned deep. However, this doesn't seem to happen at Safety. You usually have a 7 or 8 yard cushion on anybody running at you (which are usually slower TEs anyway) and anybody on the outside you have a good angle at them and are not in a straight up race. Despite the fact my speed is a lot lower than many Safeties at my level, I haven't been burned deep once all season. It seems the only reason I need to be even this fast (let alone faster) is to maybe stuff run plays slightly quicker.

So I'm asking the experts on this forum how important is speed for a SS (or a FS) and why is it important? Can anybody show me some plays where a safety has benefitted from 80 speed (as I have seen on some) or get hurt by 40 speed (which seems to be 'OMG too slow!!!') because right now I am not seeing it.

My speed is only 58 and i haven't had any problems. My stats have been very good the past 2 years on top teams in my conference. More speed certainly would be helpful for chasing down receivers across the field or from behind, and for being able to get to the runningback quicker (since you're usually 10-15yds back). Could help you make some more breaks on balls for ints and pds too.

I have 60 speed (soft cap + equip) and it seems to be enough.
I've only got burned once though.
It was against a TE with WR-esque speed, eg., not fair.

as a SS agility and vision are more important than speed. also you can completely make up for a "lack" of speed by putting points into closing speed. my SS has beaten some of the CBs on our team chasing down breakaway WRs.

My SS has 73 speed and I must say that I have never been burned,but I also have not seen a difference in closing down run plays...

Closing down the run happened about 5 times this whole season

Originally posted by zero
as a SS agility and vision are more important than speed. also you can completely make up for a "lack" of speed by putting points into closing speed. my SS has beaten some of the CBs on our team chasing down breakaway WRs.

With vision and agility you can get the most value out of your speed.