ESPN.com · Mar 8, 2019
Ed Reed redux? Earl Thomas, Tyrann Mathieu fit Ravens' needs
OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- One of the Baltimore Ravens' top priorities is to replace Eric Weddle.
The Ravens, though, may land a free-agent safety who sparks memories of another Pro Bowl safety from their past.
In the year when Ed Reed will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Earl Thomas and Tyrann Mathieu are the available safeties who best fit what Baltimore needs in the secondary. Thomas has drawn comparisons to Reed throughout his career because of his great range, and Mathieu has been linked to the 2004 NFL defensive player of the year because of his nose for the ball (they also share the same hometown of New Orleans).
