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Baltimore Ravens pro bowl safety Ed Reed commented about his quarterback this week being ‘rattled’ by the Texans defense Sunday afternoon.  Reed commented on SiriusXM NFL Radio Monday that “Joe was kind of rattled a little by (Houston’s) defense.”  He said that, “(The Texans) had a lot of guys in the box on him.  And, I mean, they were getting to him.” Reed continued saying that he wasn’t sure how much of it was play-calling and how much was Flacco but said that “it just didn’t look like he had a hold on the offense”.  Flacco and the Ravens offense certainly didn’t impress Sunday during their 20-13 win over the Houston Texans in the divisional round of the AFC playoffs.  Houston’s defense accumulated five sacks as the Ravens offense totaled just 227 yards. The Patriots defense did a good job of pressuring Tebow Saturday night during their 45-10 victory over the Broncos forcing the second year quarterback into several mistakes.  That was after learning how much Tebow can hurt a d...
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