Ed Reed made a big play to seal the deal on Sunday, but he's running his mouth and it might cost him. |
ESPN.Com-"I think Joe was kind of rattled a little bit by (Houston's) defense," Reed said on SiriusXM NFL Radio on Monday, according to ProFootballTalk. "(The Texans) had a lot of guys in the box on him. And, I mean, they were getting to him. I think a couple times he needed to get rid of the ball. I don't know how much of the play-calling ... but it just didn't look like he had a hold on the offense. ... It was just kind of like (Baltimore's coaches) was telling him to do, throw the ball or get it here, you know, get it to certain guys. And he can't play like that."
Flacco was sacked five times and hurried by Texans defenders more than that in the win. Reed said Tuesday part of the blame for that falls on Baltimore's offensive line.
"[T]he offensive line gotta block better," Reed said, according to ProFootballTalk. "You know, they gotta communicate better, gotta pick up blocks (and) Joe's gotta get the ball out of his hand."
Reed said the Ravens need to do a better job of "using our weapons" and said he thought backup running back Ricky Williams should have had more touches.I'm still seriously perplexed about the reasons to why Ed Reed publicly ripped his quarterback and his offensive line after their 20-13 Divisional Round game against the Texans. You won the game Ed, so what the hell do you think you'll get out of publicly bashing your QB and telling the world that he got rattled by the Texans. Yes, we all watched the game Ed, he was rattled at times and he didn't have a great game. Houston's defense was ranked third in the league, I'm pretty sure they're good at "rattling" the quarterback. And Ed, we'd also like you to make up your mind to whether or not you think it was the offensive lines fault or Flacco's fault, because at first it was his inability to get the ball away, then it was the O-Line needs to give him more time. But anyways, you won the game and while trashing your teammates in front of the media is frowned upon, it simply makes no sense when you win.
I'm never a fan of teammates publicly ripping each other because it should be a completely in-house issue, especially if you have another game coming up. The last thing you want to do is kill your young QB's confidence, particularly if he's already lacking confidence. So Ed, while I think you're a hell of a ball player and have the potential to go down as one of the greatest safeties of all-time, but please for the love of God shut your mouth and go beat the Pats.
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