Safeties are themselves divided into free safeties (FS) and strong safeties (SS). The defensive backfield, often called the secondary, consists of cornerbacks (CB) and safeties (S). Defensive coordinator Mike Nolan retained Reed and Will Demps as the starting safeties in 2004. Defensive coordinator Billy Davis held an open competition to name two new starting safeties. Both safeties backpedal towards their assigned zone. His 40-yard dash was the 17th slowest time among all 18 safeties that participated. Elam was viewed as one of the top safeties in 2013 years draft class. Head coach John Harbaugh retained Reed and Dawan Landry as the starting safeties in 2008. Jenkins and Roman Harper were both retained as the starting safeties despite the coaching changes. Crennel opted to retain Milloy and Tebucky Jones as the starting safeties. He continued to coach the safeties. Weddle and Marcus Gilchrist returned as the starting safeties for the Chargers in 2014. Reed and Will Demps were retained as the starting safeties during the 2003 season. After signing with the Bills, Poyer has emerged as one of their starting safeties. Plank was considered one of the hardest hitting safeties in the game.