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Ed Reed announces local benefit
May/19/07 10:47 AM | Permalink
Former Destrehan High School football standout Ed Reed, now an all-pro safety with the NFL Baltimore Ravens, returned home Friday to announce the first fund-raiser for his charity

Reed has partnered with Valero Energy Corporation to organize the first Ed Reed/Valero St. Charles Golf Classic, which will be held July 2 at Belle Terre Country Club in LaPlace.

Proceeds will go to the Ed Reed Eye of the Hurricane Foundation, which helps needy families in the St. Charles Parish area, as well as in Baltimore.
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Reed levels criticism toward Ravens during Pro Bowl
Feb/13/07 08:16 AM | Permalink
BALTIMORE - Ed Reed typically makes noise with his play on the football field. This time, the former NFL defensive player of the year’s mouth might have gotten him in trouble.

The Baltimore Ravens’ safety created a stir with his comments after last weekend’s NFL Pro Bowl when asked about the potential departure of teammate Adalius Thomas, a linebacker, to free agency.

“You hate to see the Ravens even put him in this kind of predicament,” Reed, who had two interceptions in the Pro Bowl, told Yahoo.com. “That goes to show you how shady and how bad the business is and how bad certain organizations are. I really think he should have been signed a long time ago. It should have never gotten to this point. He has been nothing but loyal to them. Not only the city, but the organization. If he gets away, it’s a terrible decision on their part. It was a terrible decision to even let it get this far.”
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Ed Reed Update
Feb/11/07 12:42 PM | Permalink
Ravens safety Ed Reed tied the Pro Bowl record for interceptions by picking off two terrible throws, and Ravens teammate Adalius Thomas returned Marc Bulger's fumble 70 yards for a confusing score.

(baltimoresun.com)
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Reed's skill bolsters Lewis' leadership
Jan/15/07 02:49 PM | Permalink
OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- In the beginning, it was a "U" thing. Ray Lewis welcomed fellow University of Miami star Ed Reed into the NFL fraternity in 2002 and took the safety under his wing.

The Baltimore Ravens' duo worked out together and had lockers next to each other. Reed wore the same clothes as the linebacker, from T-shirts and shorts to a dress suit at the ESPY Awards.

"Everything, film watching to dressing," Reed said Thursday. "It was a great thing, still is."
Like Lewis, Reed had an immediate impact. He was named the NFL's Defensive Player of the Year in 2004, just as Lewis was in 2000 and 2003.
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Picking On Peyton
Jan/15/07 02:48 PM | Permalink
Ed Reed's performance in the divisional playoff game against the Colts was impressive, but it was his post-game speech that really provided the Ravens with the boost they needed.

Reed stood up in front of a devastated locker room and praised the team for their efforts, reinforcing the fact that they were all a part of a very special season. He also urged them to keep their heads up, because he's confident that they will be right back in the hunt next year.

Todd Heap recalled Reed's comments during the post-game press conference: "One thing that Ed Reed did get up and say after coach spoke to the team is, 'You know what? We have a lot of good guys that did a lot of good things this year [and] we did a lot of good things this year as a team.' Our main focus is to build off of that."
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For Reed, virtue of patience has been his biggest reward
Jan/09/07 07:01 AM | Permalink
The verse, from the Book of Philippians, is written on a scrap of paper and taped to the dressing stall of Ed Reed's locker. It has been a gentle reminder for the Ravens free safety every day that he has gone to work at the team's practice facility in Owings Mills the past five seasons.

To Reed, who recently was named a starter for his third Pro Bowl and yesterday selected All-Pro for the second time, it teaches about the value of patience, a necessary quality to possess in the position he plays for the Ravens. It also is certainly not anything new in the way Reed goes about his life.

Patience was necessary when Reed was a slightly oversized 13-year-old living outside New Orleans and unable to play on a local youth football team because he was a few pounds over the weight limit. He simply waited until the rest of the kids caught up the next year.
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Reed defends his Jurevicius hit
Dec/18/06 12:17 PM | Permalink
Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed defended his helmet-to-helmet hit on Joe Jurevicius that knocked the Browns receiver out of the game with a concussion in the fourth quarter.

No flag was thrown on the play, but it probably will be reviewed by the NFL office this week.

"This is our house and we don't take lightly to it," said Reed. "When you come into our house, if there isn't anything else, there's going to be some hitting out there. It's going to be a physical football game. Cleveland is a physical team, and you have to do that.
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Mickles: Reed does his part to help N.O.
Oct/29/06 10:25 AM | Permalink
Like many other professional athletes from Louisiana, Baltimore Ravens free safety Ed Reed was moved by the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina last summer.

Reed, a former Destrehan High School star, and his Ravens played the last game in the Superdome on Aug. 26, 2005 — just three days before the killer storm left her indelible mark on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.

So Reed, a native of St. Rose, wanted to do something special for his homecoming game today against the New Orleans Saints in the refurbished Superdome. He arranged for teammates to make donations through payroll deduction, with the proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity programs.
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Reed Remembers Katrina
Oct/25/06 08:25 AM | Permalink
On Aug. 26, 2005, safety Ed Reed and the Baltimore Ravens played to a 21-6 preseason victory over the New Orleans Saints in Louisiana. Days later, Hurricane Katrina wreaked its havoc over the entire Gulf Coast.

Sunday's Week 8 matchup between the Ravens and the Saints marks the St. Rose, La. native's return to the Louisiana Superdome.

When describing the stadium, the phrase "shelter of last resort" is often used, stemming from the tremendous damage the storm inflicted on the Superdome. Estimates say that nearly 30,000 residents of New Orleans and surrounding areas took refuge in the building when they were unable to leave the city.
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Ed Reed Update
Oct/20/06 09:12 PM | Permalink
I'm assuming the Ravens will start to buckle down on safety Ed Reed and some of his freelancing in the secondary. It was one of the plays that cost the Ravens Sunday against Carolina when Reed tried to anticipate a short pass to Keyshawn Johnson, and Jake Delhomme went over the top on the long pass to Steve Smith. Reed has gotten burned trying to make plays before, only Will Demps was the one who always looked like he was out of position. This time, it was cornerback Samari Rolle. A number of Ravens defensive players seemed agitated after the game and that might be the key to Reed staying in position. In the Ravens' scheme, especially since they blitz so often, you have to be extremely disciplined, and be where you're supposed to be.

(blogs.baltimoresun.com)
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Ravens' Reed hides, seeks interceptions
Sep/05/06 01:09 AM | Permalink
Ravens safety Ed Reed used to consider it a chess match when going head-to-head with a quarterback.

Now, when he faces the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Chris Simms in the regular-season opener Sunday, it'll be more like hide-and-seek.

Deception has become the most improved part of Reed's game this season, and for good reason. Because quarterbacks threw away from him last season, Reed has concentrated on acting like he's going one way before taking off where the ball is really headed.
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Ravens safety Reed has home covered
Sep/03/06 06:39 PM | Permalink
Maybe up north, things are different.

Maybe in the greater Baltimore area, where he is the Ravens' superstar safety and a genuine celebrity, Ed Reed is a different kind of guy.

Maybe up there his time is over-scheduled and his public appearances have to be approved in advance by somebody with a front-office title. Maybe up there he is told where to go and who he can talk to. Maybe up there he has to pass up a little kid with a purple football and a black pen or a grandmother waiting patiently for him to sign five footballs, one for each one of her grandsons.
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