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Thread: Ed Reed needs to go
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12-18-2012, 11:49 PM #14Regular 1st Stringer
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When I get some time I'm going to check out the all22 on reed.
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12-19-2012, 12:19 AM #16
Re: Ed Reed needs to go
I would not count Mr. Reed out just yet!!
"Grab those pusillanimous sons-a-bitches by the nose and kick 'em in the balls.." General George S. Patton
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12-19-2012, 01:46 AM #17Rookie Poster
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Re: Ed Reed needs to go
Ed Reed is still one of the elite safeties in the league. I guarantee you that every quarterback in the league would be very relieved if Ed Reed retired.
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Re: Ed Reed needs to go
you guys are crazy. Pollard and Reed best tandem in NFL. Problem is Dline push, lack of LB's, and hurt corners. Safety is not the issue. The center of the Raven dline has no push and rarely if ever collapses the pocket, you used to not be able to run on the Ravens, then they would take the run away from you and make you 1 demensional. That cant do that now. Talent is lacking in several spots, Safety is not one of them.
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12-19-2012, 02:41 AM #19Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: Ed Reed needs to go
As I posted elsewhere, Ed Reed is being Ed Reed, but doesn't have the athleticism that Ed Reed needs to be Ed Reed. He undercuts balls looking for the interception, but when he gambles, he isn't nearly as successful as he has been in the past. He's lost a few steps, and unfortunately, you can see definite instances where it's cost the team.
Take Decker's TD for instance in the Bronco's game. Decker had 2 steps on Cary thanks to biting on Play Action. Once Decker made the catch, there was no way Cary would have gotten him. However, the person who should have gotten him was Ed Reed, who instead had undercut the route and was completely out of place. That's just once instance, and I'm sure there have been others.
I love Ed Reed, and I love watching him play, but he's clearly lost a step or two, and his tackling has been incredibly subpar (understandable due to the injury). However, by the same token, I don't really think that there's a better alternative on the team at all. Maybe there is, but I'm not 100% sure.
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12-19-2012, 03:29 AM #20
Re: Ed Reed needs to go
If hurdling Ed Reed were an Olympic sport it'd be called the Modern Cant-tack-alon.
Gold Medal - Knowshon Moreno
Silver Medal - Brent Celek
Bronze Medal - LeSean McCoy
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12-19-2012, 03:57 AM #21
Re: Ed Reed needs to go
With that shoulder/neck, Ed should just retire, or if he really wants a shot at a ring, then he should go to a team that can win now and ride the bench as a backup.
But Ed's got too much drive and too much pride to do either.
He;ll probably get the Ray Lewis treatment from our FO: go test the free agency market and when you see there's no interest in a 35 year old safety with a chronic injury, then he'll come back to the Ravens, if they still want him, for a 2 year deal at a cap friendly, reasonable price.
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12-19-2012, 08:45 AM #22Legendary RSR Poster
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I agree he doesn't "need" to go. Even hurt, he's still someone other teams have to game plan for.
But I cannot see this FO giving in to his contract demands. He's good, but I'm getting the sense he's burned a bridge or two with his antics so I'm not so sure the team wants him back.
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12-19-2012, 11:36 AM #23iggyman555 Guest
Re: Ed Reed needs to go
vinny cerrato is saying on the fan that that td to decker was cary's fault...on that play ed had the underneath and cary was supposed to get deep...cary admitted it on 'one winning drive'
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12-19-2012, 11:43 AM #24
Re: Ed Reed needs to go
Festivus
His definitions and arguments were so clear in his own mind that he was unable to understand how any reasonable person could honestly differ with him.
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