Ed Reed is expected to be a lock for the Pro Football Hall of Fame next year at this time, but the Baltimore Ravens safety will have to break a long drought to do so.
Reed would become the first pure safety in 33 years to get voted into the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. The last one to reach on the first ballot was Ken Houston in 1986.
It would be fitting for Reed to be the one to break the trend. As Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome said in 2003, Reed made safety a glamour position again.