Andy Reid and the Safety Conundrum

[Blahman88]

I am Andy Reid, hear me RAWR



Safeties I have drafted

1999
Strong Safety - Damon Moore - 4th Round Pick - Pick 128



Played for the Eagles for only two years, Started 33 games, playing in 15 more. Was out of the league by 2002.

2002
Strong Safety - Michael Lewis - 2nd Round Pick - Pick 58

In a draft that we hit on so many, we took this safety in the second round. Alongside Dawkins, Brown and Sheppard he looked the part, well you would playing alongside two stars and Lito Sheppard. Got burned repeatedly and was the focus of attacks for every defense. But Lewis had a tough year in 2006. After giving up numerous big plays, he was benched for Sean Considine, starting only 6 of 14 games. He finished his career with the Eagles recording 386 tackles, six sacks, and nine interceptions. Yes, Sean Considine......

Probably Reid only half succesful Safety pick, and when he moved on, he was horrendous.

2003
Safety - Norman LeJuene - 7th Round Pick - Pick 244

Yeah, he was cut in training camp. Did play for multiple teams though, and made 2 tackles in his NFL career.

2004
Free Safety - Matt Ware - 3rd Round Pick - Pick 89

Another mammoth failure in a early round at the safety position. Played for just two years before moving to Arizona. Never caught on, always looked like a college kid in the NFL. In 2005, he recorded a game-winning touchdown against the San Diego Chargers when he recovered the ball after a blocked Chargers field goal and carried it to the end zone. He was released on September 2, 2006.

So he did contribute once.

Free Safety - JR Reed - 4th Round Pick - Pick 129

Back to back fre safeties, nice on Andy. Unfortunately injured himself jumping a fence, but rarely showed anything other then being a decent kick returner.

Two spells with the Eagles though.......he was cut for Reno Mahe in the end......woop. Was behind Considine on the depth chart.

2005
Free Safety - Sean 'the human cape' Considine - 4th Round Pick - Pick 104

The human cape, still in the NFL to be fair, but has the tackling ability of a drunk shrew and mental capacity of Kim KArdashian. Struggled with reading plays, allowing severeal TD's in his 4 years as an Eagle.

2007
Safety - CJ Gaddis - 5th Round Pick - Pick 159

The next Brian Dawkins.........well the first time I heard that phrase, he got cut immediately for being abysmal, had no NFL career.

2008
Free Safety - Quintin Demps - 4th Round Pick - Pick 117

The next Brian Dawkins mark II, again a pretty poor NFL player. Best known as a kick returner and someone who gave up multiple penalities. Eventually got beat my Macho harris, YES, a cornerback turned safety. Still in the NFL, barely....

2009
Cornerback - Macho harris - 5th Round Pick - Pick 157

Andy even tried to put a CB in a safety role, did it work? Nope. Opening day starter in 2009, he was benched for Sean Jones and then cut before the start of the next season, deary me.

2010
Free Safety - Nate Allen - 2nd Round Pick - Pick 39

Scape goat for his rookie and sophmore seasons after some 'soft' play, he has stepped it up a bit this year with some solid tackling and good reading of the game. Still too early to tell if he'll be here a while but has done nothing wrong. A solid safety, but not spectacular.

Strong Safety - Kurt Coleman - 7th Round Pick - Pick 244

A very good pick, possibly Andy's first, but for a 7th Round Pick, you get what you pay for. Kurt's a decnt in the box safety, with Okay coverage skills. Not a star, but good enough for a starting role. I don't feel he'll improve, I think he'll plateaux at plateaux is current level.

2011
Strong Safety - Jaiquwan Jarrett - 2nd Round Pick - Pick 53

Just LOL, abysmal, the next Brian Dawkins III, because he could hit like a truck. Shame he had the coverage skills of a truck as well. Poor angles, poor recognition, poor player.

Do you trust Andy Reid with the Safety psoition?
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[marky_b27]

Not to go all PE on you all, but Reid has Dawkins for 9/10 seasons. Having him meant you could miss on a few safeties and no one would notice.
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[Blahman88]

[marky_b27]

[Phire]

I don't think Reid hand picks his own safeties. I'm sure Jim Johnson had a bigger role in drafting guys for his defense.
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[Blahman88]

[Phire]

Yeah that list is dismal.

I just think too many people are involved in the process to lay it on the QB coach from Wisconsin.
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[marky_b27]

[Blahman88]

[nlesthought]

I think JJ having Dawkins (a 5-tool safety in his prime) allowed JJ to run complex schemes. When JJ passed AR should've changed the entire defense because we had an Dawkins at the end of his career and the defensive guru calling plays was gone as well. SO AR an offensive guy with no real defensive minded coach on the staff after JJ's departure was stuck trying to fit squares in a tiny round hole.

I think thats why we didn't see a high draft selection post JJ until Nate Allen because AR didn't have a well respected defensive coach on his staff.

Also I thought Matt Ware was a CB in college turned safety?
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[willy_law]

Look thats the past.
We have a chance to correct that with
Eric Reid
TJ McDonald
Robert Lester
Tony Jefferson

In the Later rounds
Jordan Kovacs
Ray Ray Armstrong


This is a loaded safety class. This is our chance..... Eric Reid FTW
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[marky_b27]

[oland11]

[Eagles_808]

Yeah, Michael Lewis was solid for about two years, then fell off and eventually left to fade into obscurity. The jury is still out on Allen and Coleman, but aside from those 3, no one else deserves a single mention.
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[Broadway Joe]

Wow, didn't know we sucked so bad with safeties under Reid. Then again now that I think about it, it makes a ton of sense.
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