Ed Reed unimpressed with all-time safety ranking

Ed Reed isn't just arguably the greatest safety of his generation - some consider the former Baltimore Ravens' star playmaker the top defensive player of his era.

However, not everyone holds Reed in such high esteem. When NFL.com's Gil Brandt recently compiled a list of the greatest safeties to play in the NFL, Reed came in fourth, behind Emlen Tunnell, Troy Polamalu, and Ken Houston.

This elicited a short but telling reply from Reed on Twitter on Wednesday:

Lol

- 20 Coach Reed (@TwentyER) July 5, 2017

The most contentious aspect of Reed's ranking is his placement behind Polamalu. While the two were the consensus top safeties in the NFL for nearly a decade, most now generally consider Reed the superior player - including Polamalu.

"I've told him to his face many times, 'You're the greatest safety ever to play the game,'" Polamalu said to the New York Times in 2009. "We all learn from each other, but we all learn most from him."

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