Eric Reid deserves a long-term contract

[PantherOnTheProwl1523]

Reid really hasn't had an impressive game yet so it is to early to sign him long term.

[SCO96]

1 hour ago, AggieLean said:

If he’ll have us, and the GM & Tepper want him back, I’d hope he’d stick with us. 

He’s young and a leader. I believe he can be the leader of the secondary. Donte Jackson already respects him, and looks up to him greatly. Pair him with a ball hawk FS, and we’ll see great things from our secondary. I love how he has others on that field fear him coming. 

You hit the nail on the head with that statement  In today’s pass happy game you need a rangey safety who can make plays (create pass break ups and INTs). Unfortunately, these guys don’t grow on trees. Historically, our FO hasn’t placed a lot of emphasis on drafting safeties in the early rounds of the draft. Imagine if we had a Harrison Barnes or Earl Thomas type player paired with Reid on the backend.

 

[rodeo]

put Reid on this 2015 team and he would be a force to be reckoned with. he's doing pretty well now but if he wasn't having to clean up for missed tackles and had freedom of movement he would be beastly

[AggieLean]

Gauldean ain’t it. That’s all I gotta say on that.

 

Anyways, there’s ways of combing old school with the new. Eric is an old school player. Bring a ball hawk in here to pair with him, and we in business. We’ve finally lucked into a good safety, that can be here for awhile. I hope Tepper doesn’t let a few fans who dislike Reid for his beliefs, and don’t really care about the team as much as they say, keep him from signing him long term.

Donte, Bradberry, Cockrell, Reid, and rookie FS. Pair that with a rebuilt DL, and were set to go

[MHS831]

54 minutes ago, Definitely Not Trolling said:

Reid can't cover my grandma

But she runs crisp routes and a 4.34 40.

[MHS831]

there are some good S in this year's draft---unfortunately, I have been looking into it already

[MHS831]

47 minutes ago, Car123 said:

He hasn't been burned as much as the other dbs.

Reid was burned early before he knew the defense well.  People forget he is still learning the system.

[Seltzer]

Reid is a definite upgrade over Searcy 

Him, Bradberry, and a younger safety, and a serviceable nickle CB  paired together along with a semblance of a pass rush could be quite good 

I for one hope we can resign him to a fair deal. He hasn't been perfect but he has improved as the season has progressed and he is more comfortable in the defense.

Would save us some draft capital that we are going to need for improving both lines

[Manther]

Uhh, no.   I don't recall him with a ton of pass breakups or interceptions.  We keep getting burned deep.  No, I'd say adding Reid as safety was not the silver bullet so many predicted.  I'm not saying he's bad, just not impressed.

[DeAngelo Beason]

He's an average player, which is a hell of a lot better than what we've been putting out there the past couple years.

[Shocker]

I’d like 2 new safeties myself.

[Varking]

Can we afford him next season? 

[SetfreexX]

Reid needs to stay, I dunno what some of you are seeing. When is the last time you saw Adams do anything...

I'd like to see Reid as the veteran presence, with Gaulden, and FA depth brought in to round out the group, the only way for young guys to get better is to play, and the only way that happens here is with a cut / injury. 

We have been terrible at developing depth, name ONE young defender you're excited about not named Donte' Jackson, and you'd have to wonder if they'd have played him over Cockrell if he hadn't broken his ankle.

To me the coaching vision, and mindset has to come into the modern era, a team full of vets in this new pace of play NFL isn't going to be able to sustain, you need people that know the game correct, but you also need guys that can play sideline to sideline on defense, and right now at least two of our defenders (TD & Adams) are getting worse, and worse at that. 

I loved TD's game, but he can't play the same game anymore, what's the last play you recall him making that had impact, same for Adams? I feel like Luke is being asked to cover too much of the responsibility, The others at the 2nd and 3rd level of the defense don't show up consistently enough, as a whole it's sad to see as a fan. 

[Sam Mills Fan]

To anyone saying we shouldn't re-sign him because he hasn't been perfect, can you name a better safety than him that we've had since freaking Mike Minter retired 100 years ago?