best defensive safety of all time?
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some girl I dated for about 3 weeks.  she defended every move i made.  nobody ever got into the red zone and scored.
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Lambert was the key to the STEELERS defense of the '70s. One of the toughest,meanest and roughest players there was! A true Hall of Famer! My all time favorite!
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Hands down HERMAN EDWARDS!\n\n\nFor more on the NFL.....http://factipedia.com/sportsblogs/
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Delhome. Because Pittisburgh's defense is too good for Plummer to handle
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Defensively I have to give the nod  to a current player: Ivan Rodriguez.  But offensively Johnny Bench was the best.  For combined talents Yogi was outstanding and IRod is up there.
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defence- Real Madrid- Roberto Carlos, Cannavaro, Sergio Ramos\nmidfield- Barcelona- Ronaldinho, Deco, Messi\nattack- Real Madrid- Van Nistelrooy, Raul, Ronaldo, Reyes, Robinho
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Troy Polamalu #43 \nplays safety\nCollege: Southern California
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YES they both will. To be a free safety means being the smartest player on defense, you need to know everyone's assignment and your own, never make a mistake, and make recievers scared of going deep by laying a hit anytime they try to come at you. To get faster, do some calf raises, maybe 200 or 300 a day, you'll be sore as hell but in two weeks you will have rocks for calves, then power squats for thigh and hamstring strength. But the most important thing, is stretching and fluids. Stretch like anytime you are not doing something. Constantly. And drink water and gatorade like a machine. You will be fast. So fast, that they will tell stories of your legendary speed. Go forth now, and run, run like the wind!
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Defensive End\nA player position on defense.
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Urlacher is the best on defense and on the team but the best offense player is WR bernard Berrian.  I would say Grossman but he has been really bad the last couple starts.
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Currently, Vinatieri is the best ... percentages don't always win games (right Vanderjagt!).\n\nI would have to say that either Morten Andersen or Ray Guy should be considered the best of all time.  For these guys to miss a FG would be like watching Jerry rice drop a lob pass from Joe Montana.  Guy and Andersen made kicking almost an artform in the NFL.
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I would say Mario, a good RB is hard to get but a GREAT DE is much much harder to get your hands on. Super Mario will definetly be a great addition to a team that needs defensive talent. Bush is definetly talented, but sometimes you wonder, especially in that LenDale White and him almost shared the carries last year, and you can be as fast as you want but if you are not durable it wont help.
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Antonio Gates. He's powerful and has great hands and not to mention he cn block for the best running back in the game\n\nthe besttight end to be is vernon davis. he's a larger more powerful and much quicker version of antonio gates. his only bad thing is he can't block for his life\n\nanother sleeper to be superstar is lenard pope who was drafted in the 3rd round by the cardinals. watch him to bloom with matt lineard throwing to him and larry fitzgerald and mr.boldin on both sides
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If you mean all time, I would have to say Barry Sanders.  In 1988, his junior year at Oklahoma State, he had 3250 total yardage with 2850 coming on the ground.  He had an astounding 44 TD's that season and won the Heisman before coming out of school to play for the Detroit Lions.\n\nWhile he only had 1 season as a starter, he was a backup to Buffalo Bills great Thurman Thomas his 1st two years at Okie St.\n\nIf you ever get a chance to watch his games on ESPN Classic, do it because he is clearly the best player on the field that entire season.
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Cudicini Vs VanderSaar i Go with Van der Sar...he has an outstanding abilities in saving long passes and penalties\n\nTerryVs Ferdinand Terry is better ..Ferdinand was the best defender the past few years..But now since Terry is the captain of England..has more opportunity to do..He is for sure better\n\nColeVs Evra..Joe cole is technically better than Evra..but since Joe cole is most of the time on the bench..i pick Evra\n\nBallack Vs Carrick..Well in the future..i think that carrick will be remembereed as a good player only Ballack will be remembered as legend..It is surprising why people dont talk much about Ballack after all what he had done for Germany in 2002 he was the main reason they reached the finals!!\n\n Gary Neville Vs Boulharouz :well..to tell the truth i never heard of Boulharouz before..or may be i heard the name but i never saw him play to his potential..so i pick Gary Neville\n\nVidic Vs Carvalho...I pick Carvalho..because he is the best defender in Chelsea..\n\nLampard Vs Scholes:I love both players..and they are both one The main reasons their clubs are going into success\n\nEssien Vs Ronaldo :Based on current performance..CristianO Ronaldo is better ..and one of my favourites in Manchester united ..he is more accurate on his shooting on goal..and more of a mature player i believe\n\nAttack Rooney Vs Shevchenko ..shevchenko WAS a good player for the past few years..But now Rooney is better..He has explosive sprint and tremendous shoots...he is one of the main reasons Manchester united is so successful\n\nDrogba Vs Saha i believe Saha is more of a mature player because Drogba seems to dive sometimes and i am not astonished by his styles and talents\n\nthere you go..i hope i helped you
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Stats wise, your free safety will have more interceptions and your strong safety will have more tackles.  When a safety blitz is called, it is almost always with a team’s strong safety.  Meanwhile, a defensive call will allow a free safety the option to "cheat" now and then.  When a free safety "cheats" he will shade toward a particular receiver based on his particular subjective read of the quarterback, or the direct play call by the the defensive coordinator.  The reason for these distinctions was clearly stated in above answers.  The safety position is a versatile yet supplementary position.  Since a safety can do "anything" on defense, from pass coverage, to run stopping, to blitzing the quarterback, to QB spying...there is no way that a single player with a given skill set can do all of these things.  Thus coaches draw a distinction and will ask one player to perform only a limited role.  Thus, on way to limit these roles is through an upfront distinction of "strong" safety with a limited role of run-stopping and blitzing, and a "free" safety who is "free" to roam around the secondary "spying" the QB or aiding in pass defense.  Hope this helps!
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Ah, I would probably say Bill Russell for the best defensive player, but all I really know about him is from what I've read about him. I've read that he's an incredible shot-blocker who would block a shot in a way that he'd tip the ball to himself or a teammate, instead of blocking shots into the stands. \nI've read in Big Men Who Shook the NBA by Mark Heisler that someone wanted to find some totals of Bill Russell's blocks. In an era where blocks weren't tallied, it was pretty difficult. But, he was able to find someone who was recording Wilt Chamberlain's stats, and on one occasion Wilt had blocked about 25 shots. And Bill was the best at it, at the time, so you can imagine how many blocks he'd get. Also, the fact that Bill won 11 championships in 13 seasons is pretty amazing.\n\nHere're some stats I've from http://www.hoophall.com/index.htm:\n\nCollege Playing Highlights:  \n-Four-year letter winner under Hall of Fame coach Phil Woolpert\n-All-America (1956)\n-Led San Francisco to back-to-back NCAA championships (1955, 1956)\n-Along with Hall of Fame teammate K.C. Jones, led USF to 55 straight wins and two straight undefeated seasons\n-USA Player of the Year (1956)\n-Scored 1,636 points (20.7 ppg) and grabbed 1,606 rebounds (20.3 rpg) in 79 games\n-Two-time All-Conference, State, District and American\n-NCAA Most Outstanding Player (1955)\n-Member, gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic Team (1956) \n\nPro Playing Highlights:  \n-Won an amazing 11 NBA championships with Boston Celtics in 13 seasons (1957, 1959-66, 1968-69)\n-NBA Most Valuable Player (1958, 1961-63, 1965)\n-All-NBA First Team (1959, 1963, 1965)\n-All-NBA Second Team (1958, 1960-62, 1964, 1966-68)\n-NBA All-Defensive First Team (1969)\n-Twelve-time NBA All-Star (1958-69)\n-MVP All-Star Game (1963) after 19 points and 24 rebounds\n-Holds the NBA single-game record for most rebounds in a half (32) vs. Philadelphia on Nov. 16, 1957\n-Celtics's all-time leading rebounder (21,620, 22.5 rpg) in 963 games; second best in history\n-Holds career playoff record for most rebounds (4,104, 24.9 rpg) in 165 games\n-Holds NBA Finals record for highest rebound per game average (29.5 rpg, 1959) and by a rookie (22.9 rpg, 1957)\n-Holds NBA Finals single-game record for most free throws attempted in one half (15, April 11, 1961) vs. St. Louis; most rebounds (40, March 29, 1960 vs. St. Louis and April 18, 1962 vs. Los Angeles); most rebounds by a rookie (32, April 13, 1967 vs. St. Louis); and most rebounds in a quarter (19, April 18, 1962 vs. Los Angeles)\n-Grabbed a career-high 51 rebounds vs. Syracuse (Feb. 5, 1960), making him one of two players ever (Wilt Chamberlain) to grab more than 50 boards in a game\n-Had seven games with 40 or more rebounds\n-Led the NBA in rebounding in first three seasons (19.6, 22.7, 23.0) and five times overall\n-Led the NBA in minutes played (1959, 42.5 mpg) and in 1965 (44.5 mpg)\n-Scored 14,522 points (15.1 ppg) in his career and averaged 16.2 ppg in 165 playoff games\n-Declared Greatest Player in the History of the NBA by the Professional Basketball Writers Association of America (1980)\n-NBA 25th Anniversary All-Time Team (1970)\n-NBA 35th Anniversary All-Time Team (1980)\n-NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team (1996)\n-Celtics retired his jersey number 6\n-Named "Sportsman of the Year" by Sports Illustrated (1968)