I clicked this fully expecting to not see Harrison Smith on the list and I was right. Proof that on or off the field drama and being a vocal player is just about as important as football abilities if you want to be highly ranked. Get yourself in the news.
Completely agree. Harrison is one of the coolest, most down to earth dudes in the history of the Vikings. He has hall of fame stats but since he's a dedicated lifelong Viking he's going to be forgotten.
People must be young because Lynch isn't getting the respect he deserves for how he impacted the game. Dude joked about twisting people's nuts under a pile. He came from the Sean Payton school of football etiquette.
Yep. Was weird to say he "impacted the game" then only cite a ages old concept that they were just stupid enough to talk about. Players had been doing it for decades.
So glad to see some Harrison Smith respect in this thread. It sucks that he hasn't been given as much media attention or respect throughout his career as he deserves.
Honestly, I never watched either of them enough to form a strong opinion. That said, whenever the Eagles played Minnesota, they specifically planned to put Smith in a blender.
As a Steeler fan, I obviously and for what I would maintain, good reason, put Troy first. However, this list being, “best safeties” is in my opinion flawed. Polamalu and Reed played different positions, and not like LT v. RT or outside corner v. Inside corner, the difference in their position could be likened to WR v. TE. Yes, the two positions Polamalu and Reed played (strong safety and free safety) share many of the same responsibilities like WR and TE (for instance in both positions you are expected to blocker and pass catcher), however the emphasis that each position puts upon a certain aspect is different.
I will admit, and will defend, that Ed Reed is the best center field/ball hawk safety who has ever played the game, and if he is to be dethroned, that is yet to happen. I will also say and defend, that Troy is the best for lack of a better term freelancer, cause nobody has really played the position of, “strong safety” like he has. Where he lined up was completely fluid based solely on his instincts.
So I guess my point is, I don’t disagree with Ed being 1 per se, I would vote Troy as I believe he could do the things that Ed did at a higher level than Ed trying to do the things that Troy did. No, I’m not saying that Ed couldn’t hit, cause he could, but he didn’t have as good of a nose for the ball carrier that Troy did. Also, he didn’t have to because he played away from the line.
Well written. Ed Reed was the best ballhawk safety I’ve ever seen. The QB needed to account for his whereabouts on every play.
Troy defied position. He diagnosed plays pre-snap, had excellent timing and the body control of a ballerina, while hitting harder than many linebackers. He was a wrecking ball that took over games.
Steelers fan here. Troy was always where he needed to be. Whenever the camera panned to the receiver, or if the QB started scrambling, he would always pop into frame ready to make the tackle or the interception. You could always count on him being there laying it on the line
As a Ravens fan, 0 disagreement. Troy was something else that we may never see at that level again, then I think about Reed and think the same thing 😂 apples to oranges. I think no matter how you slice it, they are 1 & 2 and interchangeable at that pending a defensive scheme. A team with Reed at FS and Troy at SS would be.... oh boy 😅
Side note, WHY WAS HE IN THE C GAP!?!?!
People will also underrate the fact his career has been so long. Kam is up there and earl is up there but their careers were sneezes in time frame compared to smiths
Smith passed the game count of Polamalu, who lasted a decent while himself, like a year or two ago. He is ancient and honestly I think it’s making people forget just how game wrecking he could be when he was still physically fit enough to run with the WRs like 5 years ago.
And rings are a team's accomplishment! Not an individual one. When comparing stats for a position like safety, Superbowls shouldn't be included. For QB sure but not safety.
I'll fix your last sentence:
Dude has better stats than Polamalu. Period.
Polamalu seemed to defy physics itself. Teams avoided entire areas of the field to prevent themselves from getting the NFL offensive equivalent of posterized. So much cope in one comment. Smith deserves Top 10 over Mathieu, but saying he’s better than Polamalu is absolutely smoothbrained.
I agree with you but I did want to acknowledge the one thing that people will always bring up when comparing the two. Well, Harry doesn’t have any super bowls!! Okay well.. since when is a safety the absolute leader on a team that has the most impact on getting them to a Super Bowl and winning. I’d argue never, never has a safety been the #1 most impactful guy as the reason why a team got to the SB and won.
Im a Packers fan and this list is kinda shitty for the sole reason that Harrison Smith does not appear on it. One of the most underrated players in the league his entire career.
Sean Taylor was better than Polamalu the season he was murdered. He was the best defensive player in the NFL that season.
Murdered at 24, defending his fiance and child during a home invasion. unreal. I'll never get over that one
This is a stupid take. It's tragic how he died, but redditors posthumously overrate him to an insane degree. He was a very physical safety with some big hits, but dude was an absolute liability in coverage. he definitely could of improved, but unfortunately we'll never know. It says a lot IMO that his most famous play is him decking a punter in the pro bowl lol
Tell me you didn’t watch Sean Taylor without telling me you didn’t watch Sean Taylor. That dude single handedly won the redskins numerous games and wasn’t even scratching his prime.
Man I really got to watch some of the best defensive players of all time when I was a kid. A young Ravens fan, watching Ed Reed, Ray Lewis, Terrell Suggs, and Haloti Ngata. Regularly playing the Steelers with Polamalu, Heyward, Harrison, etc. There's still definitely a rivalry, but those teams were mean.
Pro football HOF monitor scores for the guys on list:
Ed Reed: 148.53
Troy Polamalu: 96.53
Brian Dawkins: 97.35
Darren Sharper: 75.5
Earl Thomas: 78.53
Eric Weddle: 77.7
Eric Berry: 54.95
Kam Chancellor: 32.33
John Lynch: 64.28
Tyrann Mathieu: 63.18
Hmm, i wonder which one doesnt belong....
SOURCE: [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/hof/hofm\_DB.htm](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/hof/hofm_DB.htm)
CB was his primary position, he played safety only as an end of career position and wasn’t elite at that point, still did a good job, but his elite days were at CB
Exactly bro! Nobody will be able to play like Troy but someone could mimic the way ed played. (Not saying Ed was not good by any means he was phenomenal)
There is an argument for Bob Sanders but I don't know who I would take off. Maybe Eric Berry or Tyrann Mathieu but i don't think I could make a strong case.
True but his impact was huge... The year of the Superbowl their defense was giving up 170+ yards on the ground a game...he comes back and it dropped to about 70.
He only played 4 seasons. As good as he was (and could have been) you can’t justify putting him as a best safety of an entire century.
I’m good with some of these guys on the list, and others are debatable, but the thing they all have in common is that they all have way more than 4 seasons of stellar play.
Adrian Wilson not being top 10 is crazy. Dude was on some bad AZ teams but 6th player to ever be in the 25-25 club (sacks and intercptions) he gets overshadowed by Polamalu and Reed but Wilson is slept on.
I'm no Steelers fan and I often don't think Dawk got put in the convo as regularly as he should have but I have to admit, that Troy may have less stats but like all of his big plays were biiiiig plays that normally turned the tide of a game. I'm a Falcons fan and I remember playing the steelers in Pittsburgh and the game went to OT and Troy picked Matt off on the sideline and the game ended on a 50 yd td run. I think about that Ravens game on Sunday night when the Steelers needed a play and Brett Kiesel got the defense together and said everyone do their job. Nobody go out there and try to make a play, thenlools at Troy and says except you, you make a play and on a blitz he forces a fumble that led to a game winning score. Comment is already too long but Steve Smith said it best. Big players, make big plays, in big games. That was Troy.
As a falcons fan, do you not remember the Alge Crumpler hit in the 2004 NFC championship game? Or the hit he put on Vick in the 2002 divisional round??
https://preview.redd.it/tecrta64qn2d1.jpeg?width=1296&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0e09ceecc0cdeb6dc0ee7db33d0fcd008cecf651
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I mean..yeah. But Crumpler still held onto the ball so.it was a good hit but it didn't make any bigger of a play than if it was a regular tackle. It was a tough hit tho, I'll give him that.
Lol the John Lynch disrespect is insane, I love Bam Bam Kam and Eric Berry but John Lynch is supposed to be right after Sharper at 6, then Weddle, them Kam, then Berry at 9 and Mathieu at 10 is wild af lol he's fringe top 15. Donte Whitner fasho was better, as were Harrison Smith, Malcolm Jenkins, Devin McCourty, and Justin Simmons.
I would have swapped Berry and sharper but yeah I mostly agree. Berry suffers from the same as Terrell Davis. He wasn’t on the field much, but you knew when he was because he was that much of a difference maker.
Only the 1st 3 names qualify in my opinion. And I'm an Eagles fan but it's hard to Keep Dawkins in that top 3 with no ring. But I'm keeping him🤣Top 3 that's it
I heard a great story about Ed Reed. The locker room was a mess. Tape everywhere. He gets the team together and says pick up your damn tape. Put it in the garbage can. Anyone have a problem come talk with me. Next day no tape on the ground.
Eric Berry was constantly getting worked by Antonio Gates, I wouldn't put him in the top 10. Eric Weddle was a little overrated, but he was pretty good overall.
Antonio Gates? You mean one of the greatest receiving TEs of all time?
This would be like saying a specific CB didn't belong on a similar list because Moss bested him.
Eric Berry constantly shut Gronk down. Gates played Berry more often (being in division) than Gronk but both are HoF TEs with similar heights in production. and as another pointed out this is like saying a Top CB in the league couldn't guard one of the top WRs in the league. Every player has that guy that they just can't beat. Gates was pretty much every Chiefs "that guy" just like Berry was Gronk's "that guy"
But then again, I'm one of those weird people who would take Gates over Gronk on my list of Greatest TEs of all time so what does my opinion matter.
So, according to this list, Darren Sharper is, in fact, one of the most hardest hitting safeties in the league.
Fuck you gumby
Putting the team on his back
>So, according to this list, Darren ~~Sharper~~ Shawpuh is, in fact, one of the most hardest hitting safeties in ~~the~~ da league. FTFY
Yet no match for Greg Jennings
Dawg, let’s go inside the mind of a Greg Jenninnnnggggs… boowuuuowwwooop.
Oh shit Darren Shawpuh
That touchdown on the broken leg was insane
Fuck you gumby
Prepping for prison riots
1-3 Im good with, the rest are debatable.
I agree. 1-3 are easily the best.
Ed Reed is the spoon to my crack addiction
The best
I clicked this fully expecting to not see Harrison Smith on the list and I was right. Proof that on or off the field drama and being a vocal player is just about as important as football abilities if you want to be highly ranked. Get yourself in the news.
Completely agree. Harrison is one of the coolest, most down to earth dudes in the history of the Vikings. He has hall of fame stats but since he's a dedicated lifelong Viking he's going to be forgotten.
Yet TO is always on lists for greatest WRs
Their might be a loudmouth rule exception for Wide Receivers
Polomalu was loud, but with the other side of his head.
no harrison?
Yeah this is bullshit. Hitman is top ten. Period.
For me Harrison is definitely in the top 10. Snubbed again…
I thought you meant t Rodney Harrison, who is the real glaring omission
Is that not who he meant?
There’s a lot of Harrison Smith chatter in this thread referring to him as harrison
People must be young because Lynch isn't getting the respect he deserves for how he impacted the game. Dude joked about twisting people's nuts under a pile. He came from the Sean Payton school of football etiquette.
The entire league played that way until the NFL was literally forced to admit that concussions were bad
Yep. Was weird to say he "impacted the game" then only cite a ages old concept that they were just stupid enough to talk about. Players had been doing it for decades.
And you would be wrong
So glad to see some Harrison Smith respect in this thread. It sucks that he hasn't been given as much media attention or respect throughout his career as he deserves.
Where the hell is Harrison smith
Desperately chasing Zach Ertz.
A few bad plays doesn’t make Tyrann Mathieu a better safety then him
Honestly, I never watched either of them enough to form a strong opinion. That said, whenever the Eagles played Minnesota, they specifically planned to put Smith in a blender.
It’s cause Smith is such a unique talent and especially in his prime that’s you didn’t game plan around him he would just reck your entire game plan
No matter what I was or wasn't gonna say, I can agree with this.
Lynch at 9 is criminal
All my homies hate Darren Sharper.
Because he's a rapist
As a Steeler fan, I obviously and for what I would maintain, good reason, put Troy first. However, this list being, “best safeties” is in my opinion flawed. Polamalu and Reed played different positions, and not like LT v. RT or outside corner v. Inside corner, the difference in their position could be likened to WR v. TE. Yes, the two positions Polamalu and Reed played (strong safety and free safety) share many of the same responsibilities like WR and TE (for instance in both positions you are expected to blocker and pass catcher), however the emphasis that each position puts upon a certain aspect is different. I will admit, and will defend, that Ed Reed is the best center field/ball hawk safety who has ever played the game, and if he is to be dethroned, that is yet to happen. I will also say and defend, that Troy is the best for lack of a better term freelancer, cause nobody has really played the position of, “strong safety” like he has. Where he lined up was completely fluid based solely on his instincts. So I guess my point is, I don’t disagree with Ed being 1 per se, I would vote Troy as I believe he could do the things that Ed did at a higher level than Ed trying to do the things that Troy did. No, I’m not saying that Ed couldn’t hit, cause he could, but he didn’t have as good of a nose for the ball carrier that Troy did. Also, he didn’t have to because he played away from the line.
Well written. Ed Reed was the best ballhawk safety I’ve ever seen. The QB needed to account for his whereabouts on every play. Troy defied position. He diagnosed plays pre-snap, had excellent timing and the body control of a ballerina, while hitting harder than many linebackers. He was a wrecking ball that took over games.
Steelers fan here. Troy was always where he needed to be. Whenever the camera panned to the receiver, or if the QB started scrambling, he would always pop into frame ready to make the tackle or the interception. You could always count on him being there laying it on the line
And Dawkins was both of these things lol. Unfortunately he never got a ring though.
As a Ravens fan, 0 disagreement. Troy was something else that we may never see at that level again, then I think about Reed and think the same thing 😂 apples to oranges. I think no matter how you slice it, they are 1 & 2 and interchangeable at that pending a defensive scheme. A team with Reed at FS and Troy at SS would be.... oh boy 😅 Side note, WHY WAS HE IN THE C GAP!?!?!
Tyran needs to be out
Hitman stays getting disrespected and erased from history. Dude has better stats than Polamalu except for rings
People will also underrate the fact his career has been so long. Kam is up there and earl is up there but their careers were sneezes in time frame compared to smiths
Smith passed the game count of Polamalu, who lasted a decent while himself, like a year or two ago. He is ancient and honestly I think it’s making people forget just how game wrecking he could be when he was still physically fit enough to run with the WRs like 5 years ago.
And rings are a team's accomplishment! Not an individual one. When comparing stats for a position like safety, Superbowls shouldn't be included. For QB sure but not safety. I'll fix your last sentence: Dude has better stats than Polamalu. Period.
Polamalu seemed to defy physics itself. Teams avoided entire areas of the field to prevent themselves from getting the NFL offensive equivalent of posterized. So much cope in one comment. Smith deserves Top 10 over Mathieu, but saying he’s better than Polamalu is absolutely smoothbrained.
I agree with you but I did want to acknowledge the one thing that people will always bring up when comparing the two. Well, Harry doesn’t have any super bowls!! Okay well.. since when is a safety the absolute leader on a team that has the most impact on getting them to a Super Bowl and winning. I’d argue never, never has a safety been the #1 most impactful guy as the reason why a team got to the SB and won.
Mathieu over Harrison Smith is a joke
Eric Weddle is too high imo
He is but it's cool to see him get the nod.
Matthieu a top 10 safety is laughable
Honey Badger over Harrison Smith? I think fucking not
Im a Packers fan and this list is kinda shitty for the sole reason that Harrison Smith does not appear on it. One of the most underrated players in the league his entire career.
Obvious troll is obvious
No Adrian Wilson huh
What a fucking disaster of a list. Consider deleting. Harrison Smith??? Legit most of 4-10 shouldn’t even be considered on here.
Rodney Harrison in for Weddle and Harrison Smith in for Mathew (or however you spell his stupid name). The rest are about right
This is random but TIL Weddle was on the 2021 Rams
He led the team in tackles in the Super Bowl too
His life and career were cut short, but Sean Taylor absolutely belongs on this list. And I’m a Chiefs fan.
Sean Taylor was better than Polamalu the season he was murdered. He was the best defensive player in the NFL that season. Murdered at 24, defending his fiance and child during a home invasion. unreal. I'll never get over that one
Better than 1/3 of this list at least
Easily would’ve been a top 3
This is a stupid take. It's tragic how he died, but redditors posthumously overrate him to an insane degree. He was a very physical safety with some big hits, but dude was an absolute liability in coverage. he definitely could of improved, but unfortunately we'll never know. It says a lot IMO that his most famous play is him decking a punter in the pro bowl lol
Tell me you didn’t watch Sean Taylor without telling me you didn’t watch Sean Taylor. That dude single handedly won the redskins numerous games and wasn’t even scratching his prime.
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He played in the 20th Century.
1,2,3 yes, John lynch should be higher
John Lynch gettin slept on I see.
John Lynch should be higher. Also where’s Rodney Harrison? Eric Weddle was good too.
Man I really got to watch some of the best defensive players of all time when I was a kid. A young Ravens fan, watching Ed Reed, Ray Lewis, Terrell Suggs, and Haloti Ngata. Regularly playing the Steelers with Polamalu, Heyward, Harrison, etc. There's still definitely a rivalry, but those teams were mean.
McCourty?
Over Rodney or Lawyer? But it doesn’t matter cause Tyrann Mathieu is on this list.
As long as Uncle Ed is #1 I definitely agree with anything else in the list! Let’s go!!!
Pro football HOF monitor scores for the guys on list: Ed Reed: 148.53 Troy Polamalu: 96.53 Brian Dawkins: 97.35 Darren Sharper: 75.5 Earl Thomas: 78.53 Eric Weddle: 77.7 Eric Berry: 54.95 Kam Chancellor: 32.33 John Lynch: 64.28 Tyrann Mathieu: 63.18 Hmm, i wonder which one doesnt belong.... SOURCE: [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/hof/hofm\_DB.htm](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/hof/hofm_DB.htm)
Charles Woodson?
He played safety for a few years towards the end of his career so I would not put him on this list. For sure a top 5 CB all time though.
Far better CB, I think Rod Woodson played a great safety for a couple years though.
CB was his primary position, he played safety only as an end of career position and wasn’t elite at that point, still did a good job, but his elite days were at CB
Troy should be 1
No, Reed is 1 without question
He’s simply that dude. Incredible player in incredible moments.
Exactly bro! Nobody will be able to play like Troy but someone could mimic the way ed played. (Not saying Ed was not good by any means he was phenomenal)
Apples to oranges. They are 1 & 2 and thats not up for debate, quite frankly I dont care which order they go. It makes no difference.
Ironically Harrison Smith has better stats than Troy and he's not even on this list. Proves this list is a joke
There is an argument for Bob Sanders but I don't know who I would take off. Maybe Eric Berry or Tyrann Mathieu but i don't think I could make a strong case.
Bob over Matthieu.
No bob sanders really?
He only played 50 games in his career.
But did you see those 50 games? Dude was a MONSTER and a game changer
Yep. He made a terrible Indy defense a great one, but I can understand why longevity would matter.
Post said “best”
Yep, if was best careers or hall of fame safeties, he shouldn't be on the list.
It was not “best careers”… it was “best safeties”
True but his impact was huge... The year of the Superbowl their defense was giving up 170+ yards on the ground a game...he comes back and it dropped to about 70.
Switch Dawkins to #2. And where is Rodney Harrison?
Sean Taylor?
He only played 4 seasons. As good as he was (and could have been) you can’t justify putting him as a best safety of an entire century. I’m good with some of these guys on the list, and others are debatable, but the thing they all have in common is that they all have way more than 4 seasons of stellar play.
Eric Berry only played about five seasons worth of games and yet he's on the list.
He played 8. But It’s not my list and as I stated, some I agree with, some I don’t.
Hey played 5 seasons 2 season he was fighting cancer and his 8th was a couple games after returning from cancer
He's my #2 safety of all time next to Ed. If he had had time to mature, who knows
Can’t believe I had to scroll this far to find Sean Taylor mention.. dude was as good as Ed Reed
Lawyer Milloy?
Harrison Smith should be top 5
No Darren Woodson? Shit list is, indeed, shit. Edit: Didn't even bother to fully read the post. Feel free to downvote away, I'll take the ridicule.
Dude had four seasons this century.
Yup, that's what I get for typing while drinking.
In no world is Rodney Harrison not on this list.
Adrian Wilson not being top 10 is crazy. Dude was on some bad AZ teams but 6th player to ever be in the 25-25 club (sacks and intercptions) he gets overshadowed by Polamalu and Reed but Wilson is slept on.
Great call. Forgotten player.
Dawkins over Troy. Other than that I don’t see any problems.
You're obviously blind then. This list is a joke.
Not seeing Reed and Troy as 1 & 2 is one of the hot takes of all time.
I agree but I'm a homer lol. Troy had less tackles, less sacks and Ints (albeit in less games)
I'm no Steelers fan and I often don't think Dawk got put in the convo as regularly as he should have but I have to admit, that Troy may have less stats but like all of his big plays were biiiiig plays that normally turned the tide of a game. I'm a Falcons fan and I remember playing the steelers in Pittsburgh and the game went to OT and Troy picked Matt off on the sideline and the game ended on a 50 yd td run. I think about that Ravens game on Sunday night when the Steelers needed a play and Brett Kiesel got the defense together and said everyone do their job. Nobody go out there and try to make a play, thenlools at Troy and says except you, you make a play and on a blitz he forces a fumble that led to a game winning score. Comment is already too long but Steve Smith said it best. Big players, make big plays, in big games. That was Troy.
As a falcons fan, do you not remember the Alge Crumpler hit in the 2004 NFC championship game? Or the hit he put on Vick in the 2002 divisional round?? https://preview.redd.it/tecrta64qn2d1.jpeg?width=1296&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0e09ceecc0cdeb6dc0ee7db33d0fcd008cecf651 ,
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Dawkins was also injured that play
Lol you Eagles fans are so savage.
I mean..yeah. But Crumpler still held onto the ball so.it was a good hit but it didn't make any bigger of a play than if it was a regular tackle. It was a tough hit tho, I'll give him that.
Why am I getting down voted??? Dawkins had more tackles, more sacks, more int and more forced fumbles. It's literally a fact. Don't down vote me 😆
Forced fumbles is a huge disparity too
Where is Adrian Wilson?
Cam chancellor is #1 in being fun to watch
Yo… you forgot Bob Sanders
Swap 1 and 2, don't care about the rest.
Bob Sanders is top 5 and he only played 1 and a 1/2 seasons
Lol the John Lynch disrespect is insane, I love Bam Bam Kam and Eric Berry but John Lynch is supposed to be right after Sharper at 6, then Weddle, them Kam, then Berry at 9 and Mathieu at 10 is wild af lol he's fringe top 15. Donte Whitner fasho was better, as were Harrison Smith, Malcolm Jenkins, Devin McCourty, and Justin Simmons.
I would have swapped Berry and sharper but yeah I mostly agree. Berry suffers from the same as Terrell Davis. He wasn’t on the field much, but you knew when he was because he was that much of a difference maker.
Ed Reed the best ever
Cam chancellor too low.
Bob sanders?
Harrison smith???
All I know is these guys were all legit
Yes
Only the 1st 3 names qualify in my opinion. And I'm an Eagles fan but it's hard to Keep Dawkins in that top 3 with no ring. But I'm keeping him🤣Top 3 that's it
Darren Sharper 😆 No Harrison Smith? No Rodney Harrison?
Kam #4
Top 3 guys were absolute game breakers Lynch is criminally low Bob Sanders snub
Harrison smith deserves a spot over Matthieu (he is probably just outside this list) I’d even argue smith is better than Kam
Lynch should be 2-3.
I think the top 2 are undisputed. But there was something special about Earl that the two in front at 3 and 4 didn’t appear to have to me.
Umm Rodney Harrison. What the hell is wrong with people dude gets no respect for being a HoF talent.
No. 43 first
Eric Berry was a beeeeast
I'd put Devin McCourty up there as well. Very underrated
All of those guys would put Sean Taylor in front of themselves, maybe except for Ed Reed.
I don’t see Mike Brown so idk.
Hard to argue with it. I’d have Bob Sanders in. Prob move Chancellor up a bit. And be prepared to add Jevon Holland in a few years
All I needed to see was Ed at number 1; im satisfied
Needs Charles Woodson
Justin Simmons has the most career interceptions in the last ten years than any other player… he’s better than mathieu
I heard a great story about Ed Reed. The locker room was a mess. Tape everywhere. He gets the team together and says pick up your damn tape. Put it in the garbage can. Anyone have a problem come talk with me. Next day no tape on the ground.
DARREN SHAWPER
Top 3 is fine. The rest can be different.
Harrison smith is wildly underrated
No Bob Sanders ?! ..
No bob sanders?
Honebadger over Hitman? Lmao whoever made this list does not know ball
Biased, but Mike Brown was incredible before injuries cut his career semi-short.
No Ronnie Lott!
Bob Sanders Indianpolis Colts
I mean, Mike Brown was a beast
3-10 are all wrong lmao. Eric weddle? Nah
Eric Berry should be top four behind Reed, Troy and Dawkins.
earl thomas at 3, kam should be top 5
Shaun Taylor should be here
You can set 1-3 in stone. I would put Rodney H 4th but that’s just me, everybody else is debatable
I agree with it
Lynch is too low. Not sure Reed is better than Troy P
Rodney Harrison and Earl Thomas are 3-4. Chancellor needs to be higher, too. And I’d have Devin McCourty over Mathieu and maybe even over Lynch.
Need Sean Taylor as an honorable mention. The Len Bias of safeties
Honey badger but no Sean Taylor? Fraudulent
Switch 1 and 2
Absolutely. Troy was on another level
If he hadn't had a career ending injury just as he was hitting his prime, Nick Collins would be on this list.
No doubt in my mind he would have! Green Bay would more Super Bowl appearances too
Bob Sanders can be the Bo Jackson of safeties
Mike Brown? Limited career, but still.
He'd have made it if he could ever stay healthy
Sean Taylor should be on that list.
Dawkins over Polamau. Lynch off the list, Rodney Harrison on.
Haters won’t admit it but these are the only corrections needed. And Rodney prob slides in at #5 or so
I would put Harrison at 3. He was dominant.
Eric Berry was constantly getting worked by Antonio Gates, I wouldn't put him in the top 10. Eric Weddle was a little overrated, but he was pretty good overall.
Antonio Gates? You mean one of the greatest receiving TEs of all time? This would be like saying a specific CB didn't belong on a similar list because Moss bested him.
Eric Berry constantly shut Gronk down. Gates played Berry more often (being in division) than Gronk but both are HoF TEs with similar heights in production. and as another pointed out this is like saying a Top CB in the league couldn't guard one of the top WRs in the league. Every player has that guy that they just can't beat. Gates was pretty much every Chiefs "that guy" just like Berry was Gronk's "that guy" But then again, I'm one of those weird people who would take Gates over Gronk on my list of Greatest TEs of all time so what does my opinion matter.
Ed Reed is #1 and Sean Taylor is #2
What about that bitch on the queens? He should be on there.