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Ebony Bird round table: Our favorite Ed Reed moments

By Chris Schisler

NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: Ed Reed #20 of the Baltimore Ravens intercepts a pass by Colin Kaepernick #7 of the San Francisco 49ers in the second quarter during Super Bowl XLVII at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: Ed Reed #20 of the Baltimore Ravens intercepts a pass by Colin Kaepernick #7 of the San Francisco 49ers in the second quarter during Super Bowl XLVII at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) /
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BALTIMORE, MD – SEPTEMBER 17: Former Baltimore Ravens player Ed Reed walks onto the field before the Baltimore Ravens play the Cleveland Browns at M&T Bank Stadium on September 17, 2017 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
BALTIMORE, MD – SEPTEMBER 17: Former Baltimore Ravens player Ed Reed walks onto the field before the Baltimore Ravens play the Cleveland Browns at M&T Bank Stadium on September 17, 2017 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) /

Ian Schultz’s favorite moment

My favorite Ed Reed moment was on December 7th, 2008 as the Ravens were taking on the Washington Redskins in a home night game. The Redskins were 7-5 and the Ravens were 8-4 in Joe Flacco’s rookie season at the time of the game.  There were 20mph winds that night and the wind chill had the temperature at 12 degrees overall.

I thought the main thing I was going to take away from the game was how cold it was until Ed Reed took over the game on the first handful of series of the game. The Redskins were at their own 40 yard line looking to put points on the board before Reed picked off a Jason Campbell pass and returned it to around midfield. Five plays later it was 7-0 Baltimore.

Reed wasn’t done though.  After the teams traded punts, Clinton Portis took a hand-off and went 11 yards to the Redskins 22 before Reed knocked the ball loose, scooped it up and took it to the house giving the Ravens a 14-0 lead less than six minutes into the game. The Redskins challenged but to no avail.  The Bank was rocking like it always was back then and Ed had essentially put the game away early.

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Just for good measure, Ed iced the game late in the 4th quarter with the Ravens leading 24-10 with roughly two minutes to go in the game when picked off Campbell again at midfield. There aren’t many times that a defender comes up with three turnovers in a game but it became common place for Ed to so.

Reed also pitched in four more picks over the last two games of the season giving him seven turnovers forced in a span of four weeks.  He would also pick off two passes in the Ravens playoff opener that year in Miami. This guy was absolutely ridiculous.

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