Ravens' Reed Has Contemplated Retirement

Edward Lee of the Baltimore Sun reports that Baltimore Ravens five-time Pro Bowl safety Ed Reed admits that he's thought of hanging up his cleats.

"Just to hit on Mason, I feel him," the five-time Pro Bowl free safety said after today's morning practice. "He had two surgeries and just with going through other things emotion-wise, it’s hard. I’ve been contemplating sitting out for the last two years and hanging up the cleats and stuff. When you start to think about those things, you start to put things in perspective. You start looking for other things to do outside of football."

If he were to retire today, I wondering if people would consider Ed Reed a Hall of Fame safety.

Below are career stats for a pair of safeties, each of whom has won a Defensive Player of the Year Award :

Player	Years	INT	Yards	TD	Sacks	Pro Bowls	All-Pro
A	8	43	1144	5	5	5	4
B	7	32	538	3	8	5	3

Player A is Ed Reed.
Player B is Kenny Easley.

Can the 44 HOF voters wake the hell up and send #45 to Canton already!