Top 10 Safeties, according to ESPN.com

[Hooe]

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Landry's great at spearing people.

Laron Landry reminds me a lot of former Cowboys safety Roy Williams, though without the suddenly-losing-a-step part of his career. Yet, at least.

But yeah, there really aren't that many great safeties in the league. I wonder why that is.

[Jarodd21]

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I really liked what Jenkins did last season, he was solid in all areas of the game and with it being his first season at FS once he made a mistake he seemed to not make it again.

I agree he did good last year.. He should definitely be in that top 15.. He's another one I like better then Weddle..

[bkrich83]

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Laron Landry reminds me a lot of former Cowboys safety Roy Williams, though without the suddenly-losing-a-step part of his career. Yet, at least.

But yeah, there really aren't that many great safeties in the league. I wonder why that is.

He is reminiscent of Williams at times.

[jeremym480]

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Wow, they're really aren't a lot of great safeties in the league anymore. The list has two all-time greats and two or three more really good ones. The rest of the list is pretty mediocre, IMO.

[Jarodd21]

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Is a shame what happen to Bob Sanders. He would definitely be in the top 3 if he was healthy and playing at the level he was playing at before the injuries.

[mestevo]

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Reed would be number 1 if he could complete a season, his last 16 game season was in 2008.

[Jarodd21]

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Reed would be number 1 if he could complete a season, his last 16 game season was in 2008.

Palomalu hasn't completed a season in a while either. Seems like thats a big problem with the top 2. haha!

[JBH3]

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Not a single vote for Quintin Mikell?

I like Mikell too. The Eagles D in 2010 was middle of the pack in both rush and pass. Still, Mikell was the team leader in tackles...this isn't a comparison, but food for thought...

• Polamalu: 14 games, 63 TTs 1 FF, 7 INTs, 1 TD
• Mikell: 15 games, 88 TTs, 1 FF, 3 INTs, 1 TD
• Mikell was the leader on his team in TTs from the safety position mind you.
• Polamalu was 6th on his team in TTs.

With Mikell completely omitted from the list only proves BKRich right....

That this list is not based on talent. It's based on fandom, w/ probably a sparingly used statiscal analysis.

Quintin Mikell falls victim to not having as good a team-D as Polamalu. If he wasn't used as a glorified 4th LB in a 4-3 defense maybe he could impress upon more highlight reel plays, which lead to more votes from this panel of douchers.

[rdnk]

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That this list is not based on talent. It's based on fandom, w/ probably a sparingly used statistical analysis.

Pretty much this. After the top 4, it becomes: who's your favorite safety?

I'm disappointed (but not surprised) that Louis Delmas didn't get any love. That guy is a stud in the making. He wasn't even in their "up and coming" section. Shows what these bums know.

[Jarodd21]

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Pretty much this. After the top 4, it becomes: who's your favorite safety?

I'm disappointed (but not surprised) that Louis Delmas didn't get any love. That guy is a stud in the making. He wasn't even in their "up and coming" section. Shows what these bums know.

Haha! Yea I was just bout to mention that Delmas is definitely up and coming along with TJ Ward. I'm on the fence with Patrick Chung. I also feel if Kenny Phillips is fully healthy this year he'll definitely be in the mix as one of the top 15 safetys..

[pw_1016]

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I don't think Landry should be tied with Antoine Bethea. Landry hits ten times harder than Bethea (not that I can feel the hits cause I'm not on the field, it just looks like) . Landry should be right before or after Eric Berry

[ProfessaPackMan]

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I added more to the post. I just had a quick reaction when I first seen it. Haha! Weddle is good but I don't think he's better then any of those guys ahead of him..

He's certainly better than Landry and you could definitely make a case for taking him over Merriweather as well.

[Jarodd21]

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He's certainly better than Landry and you could definitely make a case for taking him over Merriweather as well.

Thats your opinion and I respect it but I would take both Landry and Merriweather over Weddle with no hesitation but thats just me and I believe most GMs would too.. While I think Weddle is good just like all of the safeties on that list the only safety I might take Weddle over is maybe Ryan Clark and thats a maybe. I would choose up in comers like Ward, Delmas, and Phillips over him too but thats just me..

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Why would you take Landry over Weddle? Just curious because I feel like you're not giving Weddle his due and I don't know if it's because he's not "flashy" or anything. Or maybe you haven't seen him or heard him as much as you have the others and that's no slight against you either. That's just the impression I got from reading your post about him.

Dude can play the run AND pass, you can match him up on either a TE(which is KEY for a Safety nowadays)WR and he can cover backs out the backfield as well, which is something Landry still has a difficult time doing. And I agree with BK in that if Landry is a Top 10 Safety, then that means the rest of the field isn't very good.

[Jarodd21]

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Why would you take Landry over Weddle? Just curious because I feel like you're not giving Weddle his due and I don't know if it's because he's not "flashy" or anything. Or maybe you haven't seen him or heard him as much as you have the others and that's no slight against you either. That's just the impression I got from reading your post about him.

Dude can play the run AND pass, you can match him up on either a TE(which is KEY for a Safety nowadays)WR and he can cover backs out the backfield as well, which is something Landry still has a difficult time doing. And I agree with BK in that if Landry is a Top 10 Safety, then that means the rest of the field isn't very good.

Haha! I been watching Weddle since he was at Utah and like I said I like his game.. He's good and coverage and isn't afraid to stick his nose in and come up against the run even though he's not a big safety. I just feel that Landry is more of a impact player with his blend of size, speed, and big hits. Peope fear coming across the middle against Landry. Weddle doesn't strike that fear in WRs and he gets burnt up sometimes too. Every safety on that list gets burnt up in coverage sometimes accept for Reed but they all contribute big to there teams.

Landrys gets caught up in trying to land the big hit too much and takes bad angles which results into big plays sometimes. That use to be Sean Taylors problem too when he first got to the league up until those last 2 years before he died. Landry actually looked like he improved on that issue until late in the year but he still gets caught up doing that sometimes. Landry is definitely a top 10 safety and that doesn't mean the rest of the field his not very good. I like all the safetys they have on that list. If you have any of those safeties on your team you don't have to draft for that position because your set. I would feel comfortable with any. I just like certain one's better but I can see why other people would go the other way. It all depends on what you like. I'm suprised to hear some people talking down on Landry when for most of the year(until late) he was getting praised for his improved play on both ESPN and NFL network.