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Safety is one of the most difficult positions to judge who is average, good or great. There are no useful stats to compare players at that position, as compared to quarterback, running back, receiver, corner, or DE/OLB (depending on 3-4 or 4-3). I think that is one reason why there are so few safeties in the Hall of Fame (see post #12 above).
To me when you are talking about the Hall of Fame, you should start by comparing a player to his contemporaries, his peers. Off the top of my head I would think Ed Reed, Polamalu, John Lynch and Adrian Lynch are in that conversation. From there the debate should extend to which ones do and do not deserve enshrinement.
Of course who deserves to go in and who most likely will go in are often two completely different lists.
To me when you are talking about the Hall of Fame, you should start by comparing a player to his contemporaries, his peers. Off the top of my head I would think Ed Reed, Polamalu, John Lynch and Adrian Lynch are in that conversation. From there the debate should extend to which ones do and do not deserve enshrinement.
Of course who deserves to go in and who most likely will go in are often two completely different lists.