Ed Reed will return for another season.

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I haven't been impressed with Ed Reed in the last two years (including this one). He just has extremely little impact on games. He's such a boom or bust type of guy; either he makes a huge play or he does nothing. I'd MUCH rather have someone like Jarius Byrd in FA (I'm assuming the Bills tag him) because he's the flatout superior player.
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I could see us being a player in his sweepstakes
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BaltimoreTerp · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 9:37 pm Post subject:

Hypothetically speaking of course, but I'm not entirely sure a team like New England would be a good fit for Reed if he did leave Baltimore. Obviously the prospect of pairing him with Belichick will get people excited, and a player as cerebral as him has a chance to succeed anywhere. But watching the Patriots these past several years, they continue to fall short in the playoffs when they run into teams that simply outphysical them. They need to move away from being a pure finesse team and I'm not sure signing a guy with a neck condition that prevents him from ever tackling properly is going to help them get away from their fundamental softness. Reed works in Baltimore at this stage in his career because the team as a whole is excessively physical and can thus can compensate for a player of Reed's condition. In New England he would serve as more of an avatar for the defense's weaknesses.

After watching Anquan Boldin literally toss Patriot secondary players around like ragdolls for the decisive scores in the AFC Title game, I'm not really all that convinced that adding a player like Ed Reed gets New England that much closer to unlocking the weaknesses that prevent them from going all the way. I want Ed Reed back as a Raven next year if it's at all possible as I've already said, and I would certainly hate seeing him in a Pats uniform, but trying to look at it objectively, I'm not sure if it's the best fit.
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