Is the saftey position important to you?

[DaMenace18]

I used to think that safeties is the most useless position in the defensive side in madden because I could still get a ton of INT's with low rating safeties like Rashad Jones, Marcus Gillchrist, etc.

UNTIL recently,

I played with the ravens a few times online and then Ed Reed proved me wrong. The guy made hits/tackles left & right, and whenever the ball came towards his way it was a guaranteed pick. Even when i wasn't controlling, thanks to his high awareness i could trust the A.I to make a play with him.

Im starting to believe there is a major difference of performance between a high rated safety and a low rated one.

So my question is do you value safeties just as much as CBS, D-line and LB's?

[redsfan4life]

Definitely. Usually my safeties are the most important playmakers on my team in Madden. Speed/coverage for my FS, and Pursuit/tackling for the SS.

[KBLover]

Safeties, especially FS, always seem to involve themselves a lot in my games.

Reed is more a tackler than a ball hawk a lot of times. Tanard Jackson on TB is the same way.

I think safeties are important. That's why I hate the Ravens' SS. They SUCK. They get burnt deep, don't make picks, and are only decent tacklers, and that's with Zbikowski being a big hitter.

Ray Lewis covers people better than the strong safeties on this team. I hate it.

[yankees028]

I love tall fast SS that can hit.

Bigby and Sands are my two fav so far this year

[DaMenace18]

Quote: Originally Posted by KBLover

Safeties, especially FS, always seem to involve themselves a lot in my games. Reed is more a tackler than a ball hawk a lot of times. Tanard Jackson on TB is the same way. I think safeties are important. That's why I hate the Ravens' SS. They SUCK. They get burnt deep, don't make picks, and are only decent tacklers, and that's with Zbikowski being a big hitter. Ray Lewis covers people better than the strong safeties on this team. I hate it.

Nahh. Check his stats out. Ed Reed has 82 catch or something and 93 jumping which is defiantly a center fielder type safety.

Haha as a ravens fan i totally agree with you. Im not a Zbikowski fan.

Yeah because of Ray's high awareness you don't even need to control him, which is why i control with reed.

Has anyone tried T.J ward out? would you take him over Tanard Jackson at SS?

[KBLover]

Quote: Originally Posted by DaMenace18

Nahh. Check his stats out. Ed Reed has 82 catch or something and 93 jumping which is defiantly a center fielder type safety.

Yeah, I know he's rated like a ball hawk, but a lot of times, he's getting in there in run support too - sometimes in the top 3 in tackles (though some of that is tackling WR).

I don't blitz him either (want him patrolling those deep zones). It might be his AWR doing that too - he's sees run coming toward his edge and he comes up to try to stop it.

[Blue Ninja]

Quote: Originally Posted by KBLover

Yeah, I know he's rated like a ball hawk, but a lot of times, he's getting in there in run support too - sometimes in the top 3 in tackles (though some of that is tackling WR). I don't blitz him either (want him patrolling those deep zones). It might be his AWR doing that too - he's sees run coming toward his edge and he comes up to try to stop it.

Very true, Reed is an underrated tackler. He might not finish the play by tackling the ballcarrier but he's always one of the first to slow him down in any play. Also he's a fearless tackler despite his size. At least in real life.

[redsfan4life]

Quote: Originally Posted by DaMenace18

Nahh. Check his stats out. Ed Reed has 82 catch or something and 93 jumping which is defiantly a center fielder type safety. Haha as a ravens fan i totally agree with you. Im not a Zbikowski fan. Yeah because of Ray's high awareness you don't even need to control him, which is why i control with reed. Has anyone tried T.J ward out? would you take him over Tanard Jackson at SS?

TJ Ward is a monster in this game. True enforcer at safety, he's not bad in coverage either.