No longer talking retirement, Ed Reed enjoying healthier offseason

Two years ago in training camp, Ravens safety Ed Reed struggled with a nerve impingement in his neck.  Hip surgery last offseason kept him on the sidelines for months, including the first six weeks of the year.

Now 32, Reed quickly put away the retirement talk this year and is feeling healthy again.

“Stuff could come up, but right now, I feel good,” Reed told Jamison Hensley of the Baltimore Sun. “If we had to play right now, I could go for it.”
Instead, Reed is healthy enough to talk about organizing workouts with his teammates.

“If it got later in the offseason, we would do something to come together as a team,” Reed said. “We know that just coming together as a team, guys seeing each other, it makes a big difference. We need that offseason camaraderie of just seeing guys, knowing that they’re putting in work.”

The Ravens are well suited to survive the lockout because of their veteran-laden roster and coaching staff stability.  Having Reed healthy going into a season for the first time in years would be another big plus.

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(profootballtalk.com)