Your Call: Ed Reed or Troy Polamalu July 27, 2007
Posted by Marquis Chapman in Football, NFL, Sports, Your Call.trackback
Even though Ed Reed plays Free Safety and Troy Polamalu plays Strong Safety, both are capable of playing either position. Both Reed and Polamalu are defensive playmakers, they’re both hard hitters, and both are key components to their teams. Between the two of them, who would you pick to be your starting Safety?
It’s tough but…
Ed Reed.
I’m not saying Polamalu DOESN’T make plays, but Reed (in my mind) is more dangerous. I feel offenses go away from Reed more than they do Troy.
But, I’d settle for both.
Troy for sure. I always have to go for my fellow Trojan alums.
Despite being a fellow Troy, I have to go with Reed here. I’m just talking right off the top of my head, but there have been too many times where I’ve seen Polamalu take a boneheaded angle and get beat by a little above average receivers.
agree with Troy, I’m taking Reed, more power to the punch and less clowning.
Ed Reed Defensive M.V.P. for a safety says it all. smart,tough,team guy and a leader wow. Ed Reed was never a rookie if you know what I mean came in making plays kind of like his teammate Ray Lewis uummm both are from The U go figure. Troy is good but he is no Ed Reed
Ed Reed is the best coverage Safety EVER. If D.Sanders wasn’t scared to tackle, you get Ed Reed. Troy is great but no Reed.
Troy is the best SS and Ed Reed is the best FS. Troy Polamalu can do everything Ed Reed can ( centerfield pass coverage) while Ed Reed CANT do what Troy Polamalu does. (run support, one and one with tight ends, gain grounds from behind,blitz, one and one with wideouts, and sometime centerfield) Ed reed (4.5 on his 40)is no where close to the closing speed of Troy(4.32 on his 40). Ed Reed tackling (who gets runned over way to much i.e. Jacobs, Lewis, Ward,so on…….)Troy is a better tackler.. Troy polamalus vision is no where close to the return vision of Ed Reed. Well we are looking for the best safety, the last time i check safety is on the defensive side of the ball. Im going with troy. Ed reed makes a good receiver though.
yea, reed is inhuman when returning picks/fumbles, but i do think he gets beat deep too often. troy’s the better tackler and helps out more on the run in my mind.
i’d take troy.
troy is the best safety in the NFL… polamalu is a complete safety while ed reed is 1/2 the safety… Troy rules and hes playing in the super bowl and ed reed is soft and hes watching the super bowl at homes
G man are you fucking serious? first of all ed doesn’t run a 4.5.. where the hell you get that from? he runs a 4.37, and if you talking about that combine he did in 07 its sadly mistaken. you said jacobs, jamal lewis and ward ran him over, okay who dont lewis and jacobs dont run over? what about troy getting his helmet knocked off by cedric benson? cedric benson? oh, you talking bout that texas longhorn bust? yea him… ed done laid wayyy more dudes out than troy and troy suppose to be the hardhitting safety.. peep the list, steve smith, donald driver, koren robinson, steve heiden< TE, dallas calrk< TE, tj houshmandz< fracture his jaw left it busted wide open, willie parker, a colts db and its a few more.. and if you dont believe go to youtube to view it! ed is more athletic bottom line, i mean he changed the game, you aint gon run into another safety like ed naw, but you will and did run into a safety like troy, not to take anything away from troy but this is reed we’re talking bout here! and he do play one on one with TE’s and receivers, i dont know what games you be watching
This ISNT EVEN CLOSE. Ed Reed is BY FAR THE BEST SAFETY IN THE LEAGUE. Here’s a little known fact, Reed played SS his first three seasons in the league….The Results: Reed’s averages per season were better than Polamalu’s IN EVERY SINGLE STATISTICAL CATEGORY!!! (TACKLES, SACKS, FF, FR, about 2.5 x as many INTs, about 10 x as many TDs). This comparison is a JOKE, and this goes out to all the idiots that say Reed can’t run support…he doesn’t have to as a FS, but as an SS, why would he have more tackles? Oh, and youtube Ed Reed, he hits WAY harder than Polamalu..I challenge anyone to find ONE just ONE hard Polamalu hit (not counting the time he got absolutely RUN OVER by CEDRIC F-ING BENSON)…or you can save your time and not look because I promise you won’t be able to find ONE. Youtube Reed and you will easily find at least ten huge hits. Polamalu hitting hard is the biggest myth in the league. And to the idiot saying Reed gets run over….you have never watched him play and don’t know what you’re talking about. Jacobs? Are you referring to the time he simply missed a tackle? Troy Polamalu literally MISSES MORE TACKLES THAN ANY PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE (I’m not kidding, I’m absolutely certain he does). Did anyone watch the super bowl here? Inarguably the most pathetic performance by a supposedly good safety that I’ve ever seen (that includes Roy Williams, though he isn’t good, people still think he is).
Dude ALL of you fools are seriously trippin man. Yes, Ed Reed is dope but how can you deny Troy man? yes Ed returned the most INT for TDs but he definitely is not a hard hitter, more of a dangerous cover guy. Dude your talking about Ed Reed laying the wood what about those times he got LAID THE EFF OUT by Hines Ward. Dude seriously I will take Troy any day he shows up in Big Games. Who sealed the dealfor the steelers with an INT for a touchdown against REED and the Ravens to go to the Super Bowl? Who has 2 super bowl rings and who has none? Individual Statistics dont mean crap in this league REED is just like Iverson good individual talent but you want someone who is a team player and can make the TEAM BETTER AS A WHOLE> This is Troy you guys are crazy
Look everyone a lot of people say Polamalu is better some say Reed is better. Look they both are some of the best Safeties in the NFL today. I wouldn’t mind either but if I had to pick one I would go with Reed because he is better with the ball in his hands. All I am doing is looking at the stats Ed Reed’s are better.us Polamalo= 2 returned TD’S, Reed= 11 Returned TD’S, and their only one year apart from each. Just look at their stats the better player has usually the better stats. I’m not saying that Troy is not one of the best safeties in the league, I’m just saying Ed Reed’s stats are much better. Reed has 26 more int. 6× more returning yards and he broke his own interception record, plus he is the only player in NFL history to return a punt, kickoff, int., fumble, and block a couple punts for the touchdown. Both are amazing players. Anyone that says that either of them aren’t great players is just crazy.