Ed Reed is 41 years old. He was . He's . And he's . But he thinks he'd still be playing football today if he never left the for the after the 2012 season. During , Reed opened up about the end of his profe sional football career. Not only did Reed reveal that he thinks he could still be playing for the Ravens if he'd never left Baltimore, but he also ripped the team he joined for the first half
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Terrell Burgess Jersey remember he said you can't let the prisoners run the prison. He was the guy to say that. I saw that before. I saw that when I was there. ... "The 'Houston way', so to say, that they called it. It's not the city, it's the organization at the time. And they had that old school mentality. You had coaches talking reckle s to guys. I'm like, 'As a grown man, how do you let that happen?' Plus, as a coach, you're not going to get everything out of that man that you want because you're talking to him reckle s. I was surrounded by a bunch of guys just coming to work. It was a job. It wasn't football anymore, and for me
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Bryce Perkins Jersey Kubiak The Texans wound up posting a 2-14 record, which spawned the beginning of O'Brien's reign. After getting released, Reed landed with and also played in seven games for them. He sat out the 2014 season andas one of the greatest safeties to have ever played the game. But he thinks he'd still be playing today if he'd never left Baltimore. "If I'd have stayed in Baltimore I'd still be playing today," Reed said. "I know so. ... Because I had everything going the right way. I had my doctor, training, everything."
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