pick your best defensive backfield NFL last 30 years

[SmarterthanYou]

pick your players, go.

Cornerbacks
Deion Sanders and Darrelle Revis

safeties
Ed Reed and Brian Dawkins

 

[canceled.2021.1]

Hard to argue with the Corners although Rod Woodson could be in the conversation

Agree on Ed Reed

No way Dawkins was better than Troy Polamalu. Not even close

 

[SmarterthanYou]

Hard to argue with the Corners although Rod Woodson could be in the conversation

Agree on Ed Reed

No way Dawkins was better than Troy Polamalu. Not even close

i was torn on polamalu. I love him, he was awesome, but he was a ball hawk like reed, whereas dawkins was the punisher. troy would have def been my next choice. and a very good call on woodson, definitely top 5

 

[Dirt McGirt]

pick your players, go.

Cornerbacks
Deion Sanders and Darrelle Revis

safeties
Ed Reed and Brian Dawkins

Good picks! I would take Champ Bailey over Revis and Ronnie Lott over Dawkins though. Lott is the greatest DB of all time in my opinion

 

[christiefan915]

My sweetie Troy Polamalu.

 

[canceled.2021.1]

i was torn on polamalu. I love him, he was awesome, but he was a ball hawk like reed, whereas dawkins was the punisher. troy would have def been my next choice. and a very good call on woodson, definitely top 5

Dawkins was a phenomenal safety and a big hitter. Polamalu was a human highlight reel in his prime. Completely changed the complexion of games. He was one of the most instinctual players I have ever seen. Always seems to be in the right place at the right time

 

[Ross Dolan]

Polamalu, Lott, and probably harder for some of you to take...

...Darrelle Revis.

And as a Giants fan, I gotta mention Emlen Tunnell.

 

[SmarterthanYou]

Polamalu was a human highlight reel in his prime. Completely changed the complexion of games. He was one of the most instinctual players I have ever seen. Always seems to be in the right place at the right time

 

[Oracle Of JPP 714]

Pat Fischer of the WA redskins. Pound for pound for a little guy he packed a wallop.
Picked by weight and size.

 

[Oracle Of JPP 714]

All of the players of the steelers steel curtain. ​Mean Joe Green.

 

[Oracle Of JPP 714]

Who can forget the Refrigerator? from the bears SB team.

 

[Oracle Of JPP 714]

Malcolm Butler who single handedly clinched an amazing come from behind super bowl victory for the pats in their game against the seahawks with a goal line interception.

He was amply rewarded by being benched by belichick a short while later and then being cut from the team. This proves that no good deed goes unpunished.

 

[Minister of Truth]

I think Kenny Easley's career ended in 1988, otherwise I'd recommend him.

 

[tff]

Ronnie Lott was the best safety ever. Montana wouldn't have won four rings without him.

 

[PostmodernProphet]

the Hulk, the Thing, and three of their clones.....

 

[Mott the Hoople]

Good thing you limited to the last 30 years as DB’s are definitely not as good as they were previous to rule changes. Particularly where tackling is concerned. Not one mentioned could make an open field tackle on Earl Campbell in his prime. Ronnie Lott didn’t. I saw Ken the rattler Riley do it and Donnie Shell knocked him out of a game with cracked ribs with an open field tackle. I don’t know how many times I saw Campbell running through the secondary with a couple of DB’s hanging off of him. Imagine if he was playing today and permitted to hit defenders like you could back then. Deion Sanders would have shit himself and got out of the way.