According to Aaron Wilson of the Baltimore Sun, free agent safety Ed Reed has left the Houston Texans’ facility with a contract. Both sides plan on continuing negotiations, but nothing is expected to get done quickly.
Negotiations will continue over the weekend, per a source, but no deal is regarded as imminent.
One source said that Reed’s agent, David Dunn, is shopping the Texans’ offer around the NFL. It was expected to be a two-year contract similar to newly-minted Denver Broncos wide receiver Wes Welker’s two-year, $12 million pact. At this point, though, nothing’s done or close to done.
Reed has other “obligations” to attend to this weekend, according to a source and is expected to return to his offseason home in Atlanta.
The Texans have made an impressive, aggressive push to try to land the former NFL Defensive Player of the Year, but it hasn’t resulted in a fast deal to this point.
I get the feeling that Reed won’t be back in Baltimore. I don’t think they’ll be able to match o
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March 15, 2013
