Ed Reed aims for return in week 7

44Thrilla · Sep 6, 2010

"Man, regardless of those six weeks, once they're up, they're up," Reed told Glenn Younes of Siirus XM's Mad Dog Radio on Sunday night. "I don't think I can hold myself back that long. I don't think they're going to be able to hold me back that long. But if I feel good come second week, third week, hopefully I can see if they can reduce that PUP from six [weeks] to four like they did for some other people. Hopefully that can happen, but I doubt it, you know? I'm going to go up and continue to work the way I've been working, when I get back to Baltimore continue to work the way I've been working and try to get myself ready for the long haul of the season."

(We're not aware of the six-week reserve/PUP period ever being reduced for anyone, and we've always assumed that the rules in this regard as pretty firm. Reed seems to realize that.)

Reed also acknowledges that he could have joined the active roster for Week One, but that he wouldn't have been back to 100 percent for several weeks.

"I probably could have went out there and kinda maneuvered my way around for a couple of weeks until I really got myself back together but I didn't know if that was going to be fourth, fifth week or whatnot," Reed said. "And it wasn't gonna do any justice to the team after they put in all that hard work this offseason and training camp for that one guy who we probably needed on the roster that was probably 110 percent and could have gave us a special teams play or maybe even a defensive play here or there. . . . You know, I talked with the organization and they felt the same way, you know, that it was really up to me but they wanted to make sure we were all on the same page. And trying to get longevity out of a career versus playing the first couple of games, maybe even eight or ten games and something happens. God forbid something happens when I come back, but if something happened after eight games and we're still trying to win the Super Bowl come December and January, what am I to help then, you know?"
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