Ravens safety Ed Reed says he could have avoided the reserve/physically unable to perform list, which will force him to miss the first six weeks of the season. "I probably could have went out there and kind of maneuvered my way around for a couple of weeks until I really got myself back together, but I didn't know if that was going to be fourth, fifth week or whatnot," Reed said. "It wasn't gonna do any justice to the team after they put in all that hard work this offseason and training camp for that one guy who we probably needed on the roster that was probably 110 percent and could have gave us a special teams play or maybe even a defensive play here or there." Reed said he discussed the PUP list option with team officials, and appeared to be in line with their thinking. "You know, I talked with the organization and they felt the same way, you know, that it was really up to me but they wanted to make sure we were all on the same page. And trying to get longevity out of a career versus playing the first couple of games, maybe even eight or ten games and something happens. God forbid something happens when I come back, but if something happened after eight games and we're still trying to win the Super Bowl come December and January, what am I to help then, you know?"