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Following Baltimore's 20-3 playoff loss to Indianapolis on Saturday, star Ravens safety Ed Reed said he's "50-50" on the possibility of retiring and will give it serious consideration in the offseason.Reed has dealt with painful neck and shoulder injuries in recent seasons, and he missed four games in 2009 with a groin injury.
"At the end of the day it's my decision to play with injuries going forward in my career," Reed told reporters. "We'll see, man. I take good advice from my doctors. It's been great up to this point, fighting through, and I wanted to battle through this year, even with all the injuries I had last year and the injuries I had this year.
It's possible you can chalk some of this up to Reed being overly emotional at the Ravens' season coming to an end. While the injuries have no doubt made his life tougher, Reed is still playing at an extremely high level. In fact, he picked off Peyton Manning twice Saturday, even though the Ravens did not wind up with the ball either time -- on the first, Reed was stripped of possession during a runback with the Colts recovering; on the second, a pass interference call on Baltimore negated the play.
Reed had three interceptions in 12 regular-season games and 50 tackles, his highest total since the 2006 season.
Despite that, Reed insisted that his stellar career may have ended Saturday.
"I've been thinking about it," Reed said. "It kind of hit me on the sideline. It hit me now, because I don't know how much I'll be able to have going forward with this, so it will be a long offseason just thinking about it. It hurts just thinking about it."
"It's 50-50. I've got great doctors that I deal with, so we'll see. I'll re-evaluate things in the next couple days."
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