Top 10 Safeties, according to ESPN.com

[Chrisksaint]

http://espn.go.com/blog/afcnorth/post/_/id/27282/power-rankings-top-10-nfl-safeties

I think this is a very interesting debate after 1 and 2, personally I thought Berry was good last season, but I didn't think he was all of a sudden a top 5 safety just yet

[Jarodd21]

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I believe Ed Reed is hands down number 1. I agree with the rest of the top 4 but Rolle, Landry, Meriweather, and Bethea should be 5,6,7,8 how ever you wanna flip them in from of Berry, Griffin, and Whittner(What??),

[BleacherBum2310]

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I agree with the Top 4.

I think 5,6,7,8 Spots are a little bit more debatable.

[slickdtc]

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I admit I didn't see any of Berry, but the one game I did catch of him (BAL @ KC Wild Card round this past season), he impressed me. I could clearly tell where he was on the field. I believe they aren't far off the mark when they say he (& Earl Thomas) will be the next dominant safety after Polamalu and Reed hang 'em up.

It's really not fair, though. #1 and #2 are pretty much all-time greats already. Tough to say any of the safeties out there currently will ever reach that level.

[CWSapp757]

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Even as a Steeler fan I can say I wouldn't be mad if Ed was one and Troy is two. I think as long as you have them ranked as the top two, you got it right

[Palo20]

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Meriweather should not be on any list rating good safeties. He's pretty average, and he got benched at the beginning of last season.

Edit: As I look at the rest of the list, there aren't a whole lot of impact players after the top 5 or 6.

[Chaos81]

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If Eric Berry is a top five safety, the NFL is extremely weak in the safety department. Not to say I don't think he could get there, I do, but he made way too many mistakes last year for me to call him a top 5 safety at this point.

[kingkilla56]

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Ed should have been number one and won DMVP.

With that said, lol at Antrelle Rolle making this list.

[Hooe]

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Not a single vote for Quintin Mikell?

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Got no issues with the Top 5 but like others have said, everything after is debatable.

[iAM-IncReDiBLe-]

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I feel Atogwe belongs in the bottom half of the top 10.

[Chrisksaint]

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I get a feeling Malcolm Jenkins could be up there in these rankings in a year or 2

[OSUFan_88]

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Not too bitter than TJ Ward didn't get a vote. Give him another year, though, and he'll be up there.

Dude is a missile on the field.

[bkrich83]

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After #4 there isn't a single guy I would take over Eric Weddle.

Merriweather and Griffin are awful.

[Jarodd21]

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After #4 there isn't a single guy I would take over Eric Weddle.

Merriweather and Griffin are awful.

Thats definitely your opinion.. There's nobody in that top 15 I would take weddle over but you have to represent your team. I guess its nothing wrong with that because I feel Phillips will eventually become a Top 10-15 safety but he hasn't proved it yet.