Ravens FS Ed Reed, playing despite the disappearance of his brother two days earlier, broke into tears on Sunday after receiving a game ball in the locker room following a 30-7 playoff win at Kansas City. "My, brother he loved football," Reed said, via CBS TV, to his huddled teammates, "But he'd want to beat Pittsburgh." The Ravens' win clinched a berth for them in the divisional playoffs against the Steelers next weekend but the much of the focus after the game was on Reed and his family, with his brother, Brian Reed, still considered missing. Police in Louisiana were pursuing Brian Reed, 29, on Friday when they saw him jump into the Mississippi River and he has not been located since. Reed credited his teammates -- whom he called his "second family" -- with helping him stay focused, but he added it wasn't hard to be prepared to play on Sunday. "There's a bigger picture to life than what we have going on," Reed said. "This is just a child's game we play ... it's not tough to focus on this." Reed, who said he was focused on the Ravens' trip to play in Pittsburgh on Saturday, said he was heartened to know that his mother and father are being strong. "Football," he said, "that's the least of my worries." Source: USA Today
As much as I hope he's distracted next week, I wish him the best of luck. It's gotta be tough to be going through what he's going through. He'll be in Pittsburgh and he'll be beastly as usual...
Hopefully his family will get the closure they so need. I can't imagine losing a brother or son and not knowing for sure where they are or what's happened.
aw, how sweet.......... This is just like something from the Hallmark channel ........... 'God bless you Ed and your criminal brother ......... hang in there and hope your brother is alive so he can continue to break the law and be a menace to society' .............
