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Reed has strong grasp of opposing offenses

By Michael Smith
ESPN.com

Friday, November 26, 2004

BALTIMORE -- Safeties are the "quarterbacks" of the secondary. Ed Reed is the position's Peyton Manning. "If he were 10 pounds heavier and doing some of this," Ravens secondary coach Dennis Thurman said of the 5-foot-11, 200-pound Reed, "you'd be looking at the next Ronnie Lott." It's difficult to imagine any player -- except maybe Manning -- having a better season than the Ravens' Pro Bowl safety, the league co-leader with six interceptions and a popular choice for its defensive player of the ...

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