Bart Scott says it's 'disrespectful' to compare Troy Polamalu to Ed Reed

[BucciMane]

It's a situation where both are ELITE HOF players, but it's still clear enough which player was better..

I don't think the gap is as large as some make it seem, but I think for many, Ed Reed is noticeably ahead.

 

[J Money]

Brian Dawkins >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Troy Polamalu

 

[DropTopDoc]

Brian Dawkins >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Troy Polamalu

Fam you gon have to sale me on this one

 

[kdslittlebro]

Just because they're different type of safeties don't mean it's disrespectful to compare the two

TO and Moss are two different type of WRs and people been comparing the two forever.

Just say "fukk the Steelers" and keep it moving.

fukk the Steelers Ed is still the gawd too

 

[Keengcong]

What does Ed Reed look like without an all time great front 7 in front of him for like a decade? If he has to consistently step up to stop the run he has a different career.



still a top ten Dback

 

[L. Deezy]

Reed is probably better but it's not disrespectful to compare the two. Troy was a monster especially in the run game.

This.. Im a Ed Reed stan. Troy got fuhkin busy

 

[L. Deezy]

Ive always hated Bart anyway. His takes always come off personal..

 

[murksiderock]

What does Ed Reed look like without an all time great front 7 in front of him for like a decade? If he has to consistently step up to stop the run he has a different career.



still a top ten Dback

Him playing with great teammates up front doesn't alter the fact that he was a gamebreaker on both ends. Reed was a runstopper too, and showcased it when necessary, its just because Baltimore normally had a dominant front 7 you could use Reed's talent as a roamer against the pass more often...

And people need to stop using the "different type of safeties" excuse. Brady and Manning are different type of QBs and it never stopped a comparison. They were the Brady and Manning of safeties for their era and Reed played strong safety too, did Troy ever play both positions?

Reed is the greatest safety I've seen, Troy is right behind him with Earl coming on strong. That's no slight to Troy because he was worth the price of admission but Reed had everything in his bag you could ask of a safety--->EVERYTHING...

 

[Primetime21]

Brian Dawkins >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Troy Polamalu

This is a closer comparison than Polamalu and Reed. The eye test tells me Polamalu was better than Dawkins, but its definitely not
">>>>" one way or the other

 

[TheKang]

Belicheck went after Troy and avoided Ed

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

If he has to consistently step up to stop the run he has a different career.

He did that for like 4 years... not as long as Troy of course.... but he was a dog at it but got his neck jammed

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Belicheck went after Troy and avoided Ed

Yes Sir....

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Brian Dawkins >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Troy Polamalu

That’s a lot of >s..... I need to marinate on this one..... Brian Dawkins was a cold DB, but if my memory serves me right I can’t flat out say he’s better than Troy

 

[Ozymandeas]

He explained it well actually. Even me being a layman in comparison to him as a professional athlete, I can see the difference in their playing styles. Troy was more of a bruiser/bulldozer. Ed had more finesse.

 

[DropTopDoc]

Him playing with great teammates up front doesn't alter the fact that he was a gamebreaker on both ends. Reed was a runstopper too, and showcased it when necessary, its just because Baltimore normally had a dominant front 7 you could use Reed's talent as a roamer against the pass more often...

And people need to stop using the "different type of safeties" excuse. Brady and Manning are different type of QBs and it never stopped a comparison. They were the Brady and Manning of safeties for their era and Reed played strong safety too, did Troy ever play both positions?

Reed is the greatest safety I've seen, Troy is right behind him with Earl coming on strong. That's no slight to Troy because he was worth the price of admission but Reed had everything in his bag you could ask of a safety--->EVERYTHING...

but they were asked to do different things, and had different pieces around them, the same could be said for those two, so you can’t necessarily side by side compare them