Ed Reed plans to play in 2012, but how the Ravens handle his contract situation will ultimately make the decision. "I got some unfinished business," Reed said on 105.7 The Fan's Glenn Younes Show. "I got a lot on my mind I've been thinking about. The truth of the matter is, it's about respect. It's about getting respect and it's a business." Reed confirmed that he tried to renegotiate his contract with the Ravens last year, but "took the back seat" in those negotiations when they didn't go down the way he expected. "My plan when I went to negotiate was always, it's always to help the team. I was not trying to break the bank. Do I deserve a good substantial amount? I mean you look at Peyton [Manning, Broncos quarterback]. Peyton got five [years] for $96 [million]? I know I'm not a quarterback, but at the end of the day ... "They pay certain positions certain ways. I'm different, man." Entering the final year of his reported six-year, $44.4 million contract, Reed is scheduled to make $7.2 million next season. "Honestly, I got to take a look at myself from the outside in," Reed said. "For what I offer on the football field, for what I give on the football field and for what they know they're going to get, it's much more than these young guys out here today and what they're getting. And I'm talking about at any defensive back position right now."