The Ravens continued to express strong optimism that safety Ed Reed will not retire. Reed said he was "50-50" on whether he would return to the Ravens next season because of on-going injuries. "I believe Ed?s going to play next year," coach John Harbaugh said at the "State of the Ravens" press conference Wednesday. "If he doesn?t, we?ll have to have a plan in place to move on. There?s no better leader, no better football player, no better guy on our team than Ed Reed. We need him back. He?s a huge part of our puzzle."