Bears' Jaquan Brisker, Kevin Byard react to Mel Kiper Jr.'s take on two-high safeties

The Chicago Bears secondary finished last season ranked in the top half of the NFL in pass coverage, according to Pro Football Focus. Two games into this season, they are the fourth ranked defense in coverage. Much thanks to their safeties, Jaquan Brisker and Kevin Byard III.

Brisker has nine solo tackles this season while Byard has eight. Even if neither player has has had an interception or pass defensed yet, both make their presence felt. Brisker is the 26th highest rated safety in the NFL on PFF while Byard is 28th.

Both safeties have played the exact same amount of defensive snaps this season — 126. With that, they've both played plenty of snaps already where they have both lined up high and dropped back deep into coverage. Obviously, it's worked for the Bears as they've seen so much success in coverage. Two-high safeties has become one of the most important and prominent part of modern NFL defenses.

But I guess not everyone is a fan of lining up on defense with two-high safeties. ESPN analyst Mel Kiper Jr. is well known for his projections and analysis on the NFL draft. This morning, Kiper was on "Get Up," where he talked about how the NFL should "outlaw" two-high safeties.

Byard was the first of the Bears' safeties to share his thoughts on X, saying he'd retire if the NFL outlawed two-high safeties.

Just two minutes later, Brisker took to X to share his thoughts, calling Kiper's take laughable.

Kiper's argument is that formations with two-high safeties in deep coverage eliminates the deep passing game, and makes the passing game more boring with check downs and screens. Multiple times he referenced the passing game of the 1960s and 1970s as better deep passing. Kiper ended his rant by saying "the NFL is being ruined by these two-high safeties."

I think it's safe to say that Brisker, Byard, other NFL players, as well as fans, know that the deep passing game is as good as it's ever been, and that two-high safety formations are here to stay.

This article originally appeared on Bears Wire: Jaquan Brisker, Kevin Byard react to Kiper's take on two-high safeties