Idiot Ed Reed just cost the Ravens the game

[charlie and algernon]

Colts are up 17-15 with 30 seconds left and they punt the ball away to the Ravens. Ed Reed decides instead of catching it and taking a knee so the team can try for a field goal, he trys running it back and then throwing it away where it's recovered by the colts. Game over. FUCK!

[JonLP24]

1. Ah but he has an interception and a forced fumble

He is a big reason why the Ravens were in it.

[Arkana]

2. The Colts are beatable. That is all.

Whoever beats them has to be almost flawless, but it is doable.

[charlie and algernon]

3. Ravens coulda shoulda woulda beat them

had they been able to finish off their drives. That one missed field goal now really stings.

[Arkana]

4. If even ONE of those FGs had been a TD we wouldn't be having this

conversation.

[charlie and algernon]

5. you win 1,000,000 internets

I want the Ravens team that opened the season, that could actually score touchdowns. I don't know when we decided to trade down for the old Raven's offense, but I missed that particular conference call.

[trotsky]

12. It's interesting, both rookie QBs who exploded into the league last year...

Flacco and "Matty Ice", are both struggling this year. Sophomore slump? Teams now have a year of tape to look for weaknesses?

[BlooInBloo]

6. I blame the ravens qb for that AWFUL intereption.

[DaveinMD]

7. he may have made a bad play

but I'd kill to have Ed Reed play for my team.

[Bluzmann57]

8. Ed Reed, Al Harris, Charles Woodson

and Nick Collins. Dream Defensive backfield. From my point of view anyway.

[DaveinMD]

9. I think Ed Reed

is currently the best defensive player in football.

[JonLP24]

10. Probably the best Safety

IMO

In the game he had an interception and a forced fumble at the 1 yard line in Ravens territory(I mean 1 yard away from a Colts TD).

The Ravens only had 17 seconds and no timeouts so I can't fault him for trying to make a play.

[DaveinMD]

11. best safety I've ever seen

and that includes Ronnie Lott.

[Awsi Dooger]

13. Ed Reed never goes down with the ball

That's been true for several years. If he's running it back and senses he can't score, he'll lateral it regardless of whether a teammate is available. Often it's a wild fling over the shoulder or two inches off the ground. More often than not I've seen it backfire. As soon as he fielded that punt I was 100% certain he would get rid of the ball rather than go down tamely. It dates back to his senior year at Miami when a Canes defensive lineman intercepted a pass from Boston College in the final minute and merely needed to fall down to end the game, yet Reed decided to yank it away from him and run 90+ yards for a TD.