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12 years ago
Sharper considers Collins third-best safety 


New Orleans Saints safety Darren Sharper appeared earlier this week on the NFL Network to discuss his team's recent draft picks and provided commentary about the network's top 100 NFL player rankings.

Shaper, who played cornerback and safety for the Packers from 1997-'04, provided his list of the six best safeties in the NFL today. He put Nick Collins of the Packers third:

1. Troy Polamalu (Pittsburgh)
2. Ed Reed (Baltimore)
3. Nick Collins (Green Bay)
4. Antrel Rolle (N.Y. Giants)
5. Adrian Wilson (Arizona)
6. Brandon Merriweather (New England)


Collins made the top 100 players list at 96.


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nerdmann
12 years ago
I'd take Collins over both Reed and Polumalu. Palumalo's a glorified Atari Bigby. Reed's ok, but he doesn't have near the speed of Collins. I like our guys. Our Dbackfield is full of ball hawks. And with a guy like Capers running the show, we got no worries whatsoever.
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porky88
12 years ago
He loses creditability when he ranks Merriweather on there.
Greg C.
12 years ago

He loses creditability when he ranks Merriweather on there.

Originally Posted by: porky88 



They're probably friends or something. That's one reason why you can't trust rankings that are made by players. Another reason is that they tend to have a distorted view of things because they are on the inside. They can't see the big picture.

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millertime
12 years ago
It's really tough for me to think of a safety that I'd rate above Collins (besides Polamolu and Reed). He's great in coverage, solid in run support, and makes game changing plays.
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12 years ago

It's really tough for me to think of a safety that I'd rate above Collins (besides Polamolu and Reed). He's great in coverage, solid in run support, and makes game changing plays.

Originally Posted by: millertime 




Nick seems to get a pick when they really need one.
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Kingkoopa
12 years ago
I was surprised to hear Sharper call him "The gambler". I never thought of Collins as a constant risk taker.

Collins has certainly improved significantly since we drafted him. I remember his first few years he had total hands of stone. He couldn't catch a pass to save his life. Now, he is one of the best ballhawks in the entire league. I think playing alongside Woodson really helped him(same for Tramon).

And BTW, Collins was seriously screwed over on the NFLs top 100 players list. 96? At the very best, the players rated him the 5th best safety behind Reed, Troy, Rolle, Wilson and Berry. Antrel Rolle ranked ahead of him over 30 spots on the countdown.
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nerdmann
12 years ago

I was surprised to hear Sharper call him "The gambler". I never thought of Collins as a constant risk taker.

Collins has certainly improved significantly since we drafted him. I remember his first few years he had total hands of stone. He couldn't catch a pass to save his life. Now, he is one of the best ballhawks in the entire league. I think playing alongside Woodson really helped him(same for Tramon).

And BTW, Collins was seriously screwed over on the NFLs top 100 players list. 96? At the very best, the players rated him the 5th best safety behind Reed, Troy, Rolle, Wilson and Berry. Antrel Rolle ranked ahead of him over 30 spots on the countdown.

Originally Posted by: Kingkoopa 





Collins was very good as a rookie. But his second hear, he wasn't as effective. Iirc, his dad had cancer or something and it took some of his attention away from football. Nevertheless, Collins has emerged as elite.
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porky88
12 years ago

It's really tough for me to think of a safety that I'd rate above Collins (besides Polamolu and Reed). He's great in coverage, solid in run support, and makes game changing plays.

Originally Posted by: millertime 



Yeah, he's quietly been one of the better safeties in football. Maybe Antoine Bethea ranks with him. Eric Berry is going to be there one day too. Maybe as soon as this year, but I think it is safe to judge Collins as a top five safety in football. For so many years, Adrian Wilson was probably that No. 3 guy, but he took a step back last season, though you can say that about every Arizona Cardinal.
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