Free safety:
| 1st | 2nd |
| Earl Thomas | Geno Stone Jordan Richards |
Free safety is one of the Ravens’ shallowest positions on defense right now. Thomas is the unquestioned leader of the secondary and is the obvious starter at free safety. But there’s going to be a battle for Thomas’ top backup if Baltimore doesn’t address the position further in the second wave of free agency.
Thomas played nearly all the defensive snaps last season and the lack of depth here likely won’t see that stop in 2020. But Stone and Richards will compete for the second-string job, with the winner likely coming from the player with better special-teams play. Stone should have the edge as a draft pick with serious upside but it’s hard to discount Richards since he was brought in as a special-teams ace last season.