JR Reed, Philadelphia Eagle (take 3)

[ice grillin you]

so pat mccoy can get cut for a cripple but he cant be deactivated to get their third round pick in a game

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

so pat mccoy can get cut for a cripple but he cant be deactivated to get their third round pick in a game

Actually, I think McCoy and Hunt were both deactivated last week.

[PhillyandBCEagles]

Technically he was on the roster while out with his fence-jumping injury and wasn't actually cut, so this is only take 3

[Philly Crew]

Bummer.  Can't Kevin Curtis return kicks?  I thought he did some of that with the Rams.  You know, since 5 can't get him the ball anyway, might as well use him on special teams.

[Magical_Retard]

isnt damon moore available?

[PhillyPhreak54]

I really hope this guy makes the team.

Dawkins, Mikell, Demps and Reed. Two FS and two SS. Get rid of Paschal and Considine.

Reed and his leg and a half is better than Considine. He can play, he can hit and he is good on STs

J.R. Reed's battling spirit

By Tim Panaccio

Inquirer Staff Writer
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The ruckus began after the kickoff. Safety J.R. Reed and linebacker Andy Studebaker were in a tug-of-war on the ground long after the whistle blew, jostling for position with neither willing to concede a blade of grass.

"We were just out there having fun," Reed said. "He's blocking me. We went to the ground. It's football. It happens. Off the field we're friends. On the field, it's a competition."

Competitiveness defines J.R. Reed. It's a spirit that has allowed the 26-year-old defensive back to beat the odds, remaining in football despite limited movement in his left foot because of the condition known as drop foot.

He might be a step slower than he was coming out of South Florida in 2004, but watching him work on coverage and special teams shows that he still gets to the ball, still hits. Defensive coordinator Jimmy Johnson has been impressed.

"I am extremely surprised because of the fact that I know the injury he had," Johnson said. "Sometimes you see him out there, he looks like he is walking at 90 percent, and all of a sudden, he's in the game and playing at 100 percent. Great for J.R."

During the 2005 off-season, Reed was chasing his dog, tried to hurdle a fence, and ended up tearing the peroneal nerve in his left foot. A person with drop foot cannot lift the foot, and Reed has little or no feeling on the side of his left leg as well. Neither condition bodes well for an athlete.

"The doctors told me I would never play again," he said. "I kind of invented a brace. It took me two years to get used to it, but now I just play football. I was determined to play. It came down to hard work and believing in yourself when no one else did."

Reed and John Sowyer, who makes prosthetic devices, have made more than 100 design changes, resulting in the current brace, which goes under the left foot and up and around the ankle, enabling Reed to make cuts on the field.

"Eventually, when I'm done [playing], I'm going to [patent] it," Reed said.

He's hoping that won't be for a while. Aside from Jerome McDougle, few Eagles have battled as much adversity as Reed to make a go of it in the NFL.

"Last year, I was cut five times," he said. "I finally landed back here, which is a good place, but it's been a roller coaster."

Reed missed 2005 because of the injury, then tried a comeback in 2006 and latched on in St. Louis, where he played six games. He was in Giants camp for a while last summer, then was claimed off waivers by the Eagles, for whom he played 15 games.

The Eagles like his work on special teams as both the off-return guy and lead blocker going through the wedge on kickoffs. "J.R. is a core guy for us," said special teams coach Rory Segrest.

The Eagles have numbers at safety, in starters Brian Dawkins and Quintin Mikell, plus Sean Considine, Quintin Demps, and Marcus Paschal.

"I'm trying to compete for a position," Reed said. "I made some mental errors here and there, but everybody does. You try to improve from there. I want to start. I know we've got a whole bunch of safeties. But I want to start sometime. I started three last year; never know what could happen.

"I feel comfortable here. It's a very complicated defense, but that's what I like about it. You've got to be able to think a little bit. You have to have smart safeties. . . . I think I can still play in this game."

That's something a lot of folks didn't think just a few years ago.

[rjs246]

farging JR Reed and his farging drop foot. I don't know why, but thinking about him always makes me so mad. Dude comes out and provides a spark to the special teams as a rookie. Everyone is excited. Then he fargs himself up and now has nerve damage and can't feel his foot. So what does the team do now that he's a cripple and has no legit chance at being a difference maker? Sign him again. The JR Reed cycle of 'success' just reminds me of all the things I hate about rooting for this team. Unfulfilled promise, bad luck, ridiculous signings of injured players, apparent loyalty to sub-par athletes while tossing exceptional athletes out the door...

[mussa]

JR Reed the next Reno Mahe?

[ice grillin you]

jr reed the current reno mahe

[Zanshin]

I don't really like him as a returner...but he's looked servicable as a backup S.  I don't have any major feelings about him one way or another, really.  Other than getting hurt in one of the most ridiculous ways I can remember, he hasn't done much to annoy me....punt returns excluded, of course.

[Seabiscuit36]

he's fine as a ST'er and really looks pretty decent at S.  It does suck to think that after his rookie year, he had the skills to start, and eventually take over for Dawk. 

[Magical_Retard]

so what if he has one leg and the team is already short of real good safeties outside of a aging dawkins?

the scheme is whats important!

[PhillyPhreak54]

http://philadelphiaeagles.com/news/Story.asp?story_id=16109

Good read and his wife is pretty good looking.

[4and26]

That is a really good read - don't ever give up on your dreams!

[MDS]

chris mcpherson sucks dave spadaros cock and likes it