Ed Reed

**The Excellector** · 12-03-2019, 03:45 PM

Originally Posted by xiao_ke

Originally Posted by jaydee414

That’s a hell of a list of S to whittle down to 6.
I’m old enough to have Yale Lary, Emlen Tunnell & Willie Wood football cards, and remember them all except Christianson, though I know him by name & rep.

If they're only picking six. Tunnell has to be on there. Belichick is not going to let this list be made without him on it. He's a pioneer of the position. Krause has to be in. Lott has to be in. Reed will be in. That's four.

**The Excellector** · 12-05-2019, 02:23 AM

I think Ken Houston will be the fifth.

**PTORaven** · 12-05-2019, 02:50 PM

don't know if y'all have seen this since it's from his Miami days, but to me this is the most "Ed Reed" play of all time. Yes, I'm using his name as an adjective.

Miami is up on Boston College 12-7 near the end of the game, but Boston College is in the red zone. A pass is tipped and caught by Miami player Matt Walters. Ed Reed comes up and STRIPS THE BALL FROM HIS OWN TEAMMATE and returns it for a TD to put the game away for good. Who in their right minds strips the ball from their own teammate?! That's insane. That was Ed Reed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_ZQkJKw4NA

**Flacco's_Haircut** · 12-05-2019, 03:26 PM

Always loved this story: https://www.businessinsider.com/beli...ception-2019-2

My favorite and most exciting player I've ever seen. Even towards the end of his career you knew when a QB threw deep over the middle that Reed was just as likely to be there picking it off as the receiver was to catch it when the camera panned over.

**cvilleRaven** · 12-05-2019, 03:32 PM

Originally Posted by Flacco's_Haircut

Always loved this story: https://www.businessinsider.com/beli...ception-2019-2

My favorite and most exciting player I've ever seen. Even towards the end of his career you knew when a QB threw deep over the middle that Reed was just as likely to be there picking it off as the receiver was to catch it when the camera panned over.

Undeniable proof that whenever we as fans thought "Where the hell did he come from?!?" that QBs were thinking the exact same thing.

**Ravensforce83** · 12-05-2019, 04:45 PM

I always say this whenever Ed is brought up because it is so important to who he is but like another poster mentioned the man was unreal with the time and attention he gave the fans, especially at training camp in Westminster. The guy wouldn't just come over and sign autographs he would interact joke around and have a genuinely great time with the fans. Says a lot about Ed as a person. After the first training camp I went to everytime i returned it was mostly to see Ed in this capacity. Sure other player signed and interacted with fans but Ed was on another level.

Lamar personality wise in that regard reminds me of Ed