Man, Ballard is a bad ass! He is so great, he's got all these retired dudes coming back to play for him.

We are so fucked...

3-years, 44 games started

PFF rated him as 62.2 pass defense grade (60.0 is average) in 2022
PFF rated him as 68.1 rush defense grade

Nick Cross rated as 59.8 pass defense grade in 2025
Nick Cross rated as 62.1 pass defense grade in 2025

Upgrade....perhaps.

I don't trust PFF's grades. Do you have access to the raw numbers they produce amd his rankings for the year in each category? I find those to be much better evaluation tools. Also, it's pretty clear that Anarumo values versatility pretty highly in safeties. Bynum's biggest strength is versatility, and it seems like it may be one of Adderley's biggest strengths as well.

Looking at what's available on Pro Football Reference, if he plays anything like his 25 year old self, we'll have a really good starting safety.

I don't mind the signing, but 3 years away from the league is a REALLY long time. If he provides good competition in preseason, and wins the starting job then brilliant, at the very least i suspect he is going to push the other guys, and that is great way to improve play development generally. But it wouldn't be a huge surprise if he doesn't get past the first couple of weeks of training camp and is cut or retires again.

Safety depth is now looking quite good, with hopes that one of them is at least a league average starter.

Agreed. Unless we signed him for much more than the vet minimum, which I doubt, then it can't hurt to bring him in. Of course I won't be holding my breath in hopes that he'll be any good after sitting out for 3 years.