1.   Because the safeties will be doing a lot of blitzing, Law and Israel may find themselves alone at times.

2.   So did safety Mario Smith, and McGuire took the rest of the afternoon off.

3.   That fits the typical description of a strong safety, who generally is expected to play more of a run-support role than a free safety does.

4.   Their two safeties do a good job supporting the run.

5.   They chose to pursue the silent option because they were nervous that the public would turn against airbags that the safety experts believed did more good than harm.