Where Would You Rank Ed Reed Among The Best Players Of This Decade?

[z Revis]

Quote: Originally Posted by ex carrabba fan

Great job. Way to just single out those words and not include the rest of the sentence.

[Jistic]

Here's a guy nobody's saying anything about.

Edgerrin James. What you say? In the last 10 years Edge has rushed for a whopping 12000 yards! That's put him 13th all time. If we're using this time period, he has to be mentioned. Nobody has rushed for more yards in that time period. He's also scored 91 TD's.

Seven of those years he went over 1000 yards rushing. He also has over 3000 yards receiving on over 400 receptions in that time.

Every runner on the all time rushing yards list ahead of him is or will be a hall of famer, he likely will be too.

[z Revis]

Quote: Originally Posted by ProfessaPackMan

It needs to be. First he said he wasn't overrated but now he's saying he is. Which is it man? Is he Overrated or Not? LOL

What? Mind reading my post again before saying this nonsense. I said I agree that he's overrated IN THE SENSE THAT HE'S NOT THE BEST SAFETY IN THE LEAGUE. Got that?

[z Revis]

Quote: Originally Posted by AlexBrady

Good thread. Top players of the decade in order: 1. Ray Lewis 2. Peyton Manning 3. Tom Brady 4. Champ Bailey 5. Walter Jones 6. Ladainian Tomlinson 7. Randy Moss 8. Ed Reed 9. Brian Urlacher 10. Jonathan Ogden

Might I ask, where's Marvin Harrison in this list?

[LBzrule]

Quote: Originally Posted by WilliamWilliamson

In defense of Bob Sanders, the impact he has on the Colts defense is greater than the impact any of these other safeties has on their defense. The Steelers and Ravens would still be good defenses without Polamalu and Reed respectively. However, we've already seen the Colts defense without Bob Sanders. Again, I'm not a big stats guy, but I think they went from 32nd in the regular season without Bob Sanders to riding their defense to a superbowl victory with Bob Sanders. It was still one dimensional, but they couldn't stop anyone from running on them that year. He came back and all of the sudden Tony Dungy looked like a genius again. They had the best run defense of any team in the playoffs. Worst to first all and the only difference was Mr. Sanders.

Yeah but the question is this. Is it harder to stand out on a average defense or is it harder to stand out on a defense filled with talent. Sanders is in the former category while guys like Reed and Polomau are in the latter.

[55]

Quote: Originally Posted by WilliamWilliamson

I think there's probably a lot of upset Derrick Brooks fans wondering why it's page 3 and he hasn't been mentioned.

Amen!

[Vince]

LOL at you guys ganging up on the dude, because it was BK who said he was overrated.

Preety sure if he said he wasn't everyone else would agree.

Not trying to start anything, but just saying, have your own opinion people...

I personally don't think Bobby Sanders is overrated. You always hear people say Troy P and Reed are better at that position..Even BDawk.

[grunt]

Quote: Originally Posted by bkrich83

If only those were true. Sanders is a nice player, but he get caught looking in the backfield too much, isnt an instinctual player, and is not the game changer he passed off as being. Good player, not a great player, certainly overrated and not on the same level as Ed Reed. As I said, he's what Sam Madison was 10 years ago. A nice player who somehow people pumped up in to being much better than he actually is.

Sanders is a beast. He is a beast inside the box. A great strong safety that led his defense to a Super Bowl win.

Player of the decade is....Tom Brady. Not even close.