... The smothering defense, the happy-go-disciplined approach to the game. The youthfulness of playing football.

Time and coaching acumen have all caught up to the Baltimore Ravens, and one of its best defenders sits on the sideline with a difficult decision that has just one possible solution.

Ed Reed should retire.

One more interception return for a touchdown, one more game-saving pass deflection, one more emotionally-stirring appearance will not make his Hall of Fame entrance. His bust is all but bronzed, his play all but burned into the styles of so many safeties in today’s game.

So the cost, literally of life and limb, seems not to be worth it. Not for Pittsburgh, not for the playoffs. What else is there to prove...

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