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Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. As far as I can tell, they line up in the same position on the field and seemingly do the same things.
I hear a strong safety is more responsible for the run game and a free safety is more responsible for the pass game. The strong safety lines up on the strong side - whichever side of the center has the most lineman on it typically the tight end is the extra guy.
If both sides have an equal amount of lineman maybe a tight end on both sides of the line the strong safety will typically line up across from whichever tight end they want to shut down in the passing game or whichever side they believe the run is going to go to. Strong safety refers to the fact that the safety in that position is playing on the strong side of the field. Just like a strongside linebacker, the strong side of the field in man coverage is the side of the field where there are more lineman and where a play is designed to be run.
A typical indicator is where the tight end lines up. In man coverage, the strong safety has the obligation of covering the tight end down the field AND coming up to provide run support. In a man formation, he will typically line up closer to the line of scrimmage so he can pick up the tight end quicker as the tight end runs by the strongside linebacker, who is the first line of defense on the strong side.
Like the strongside linebacker, the strong safety is normally a bigger safety who is fast enough to make up ground in the pass game, but who can take on tight ends and fullbacks to make a tackle on the running back in the running game. The strong safety has to be a big hitter, has to be tough, and has to be good at shedding blockers and taking the correct angle to get to the runner the quickest. He's often the safety that will blitz the quarterback on a third down as an overload on either side of the formation.
The free safety position is much different than the strong safety position. With strong safety, you really need a particular style of player who is rugged and rough. Free safety the player normally needs to be great at coverage and understanding the angles to get to the ball. It helps if he's taller and leaner and is a great jumper as well. He can't be afraid to make a big hit, but also must time his hit the right way to jar the ball loose and not get a penalty.
He is the guy that makes the wide receivers scared to go over the middle. He's also the guy tasked with locating the ball and meeting it at the point of attack, whether that point is an interception, deflection, or that big hit. He's tasked with "playing the field" and assisting the cornerbacks and he often plays zone when others around him are playing man.
As professional and college football have become more focused on the passing game, safeties have become more involved in covering the eligible pass receivers. Former Washington Redskins ' free safety Sean Taylor. The strong safety tends to be somewhat larger and stronger than the free safety. However, the word strong is used because he is assigned to cover the "strong side" of the offense, the side on which the big, powerful tight end lines up on offensive plays.
The strong safety tends to play closer to the line and assist in stopping the run. He may also be responsible for covering a player, such as a running back or fullback or H-back , who comes out of the backfield to receive a pass. A strong safety's duties are a hybrid of those belonging to a linebacker and those of the other defensive backs, in that he both covers the pass and stops the run.
Two of the most notable retired strong safeties are Ken Houston and John Lynch. Among the best active strong safeties are Troy Polamalu and Adrian Wilson. The free safety tends to be smaller and faster than the strong safety. His job tends to be to keep some distance from the line of scrimmage, watch the play unfold, and follow the ball. The free safety would correspond to the quarterback in man coverage, but as the quarterback usually remains in the pocket the free safety is "free" to double cover another player.
On pass plays, the free safety is expected to assist the cornerback on his side and to close the distance to the receiver by the time the ball reaches him. Offenses tend to use the play-action pass specifically to make the free safety expect a run play, which would draw him closer to the line of scrimmage, and reduce his effectiveness as a pass defender.
Furthermore, quarterbacks often use a technique to "look off" a free safety, by purposely looking to the other side of the field during a pass play, with the intention to lure the free safety away from the intended target receiver on the other side of the field. This phenomenon often tests how effective a free safety's wit and athleticism is at defending long pass plays.
Sometimes their jobs overlap, but many times they are assigned very distinct roles in the defense. These positions include a strong safety SS and a free safety FS. Safeties tend to line up yards in front of the line of scrimmage, and the tasks they have to complete often depend on the defensive scheme at hand.
In American and Canadian football, the defense team also includes positions from left to right from the perspective of the offense including the Cornerback, Outside Linebacker, End, Tackle, and Middle Linebacker, with the rest of the line mirroring back with the Tackle, End, Outside Linebacker, and Cornerback.
This type of formation is called an "I formation" for the offense and a formation for the defense. The strong safety is more tuned into the running game on the whole. He's a linebacker with the speed of a safety and has to cover receivers, but also has to be a strong force on a running play. The position of a strong safety is usually in the middle of the field, on the strong side of the formation. Typically, these defenders stay close to the line of scrimmage and are involved in putting a halt to the run as well as guarding the tight end on passing plays.
The free safety , on the other hand, is the last line of defense on the football field. He's more of a pass-minded defender, and his job is to sit back, survey, and attack where needed.
However, with the sophistication of some offenses, he will inevitably be required to "fill" on running plays, as he's often the only one unblocked.
A safety is scored in a few different types of scenarios when it comes to American football. For example, a ball carrier can be tackled in his own end zone, or a foul can be committed by the offense in their own end zone.
The ball can also become dead in the end zone, except in an incomplete forward pass, and the defending team is held responsible for it being there.
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