It all started in the second quarter of last week’s game, on a 10- yard running play around left end by Fred Jackson. Buffalo Bills receiver Josh Reed blocked Gibril Wilson, the Oakland Raiders’ safety. Wilson got off the block to chase Jackson, but Reed caught up with Wilson again and planted him on the ground as the play ended. “I saw [Wilson] wasn’t running full speed, and the play was still going,” Reed said. “So I ran down and got him. It wasn’t illegal. But he took it real, real personal.”
The battle had begun. Reed continued his relentless blocking, and by the time Marshawn Lynch scored on a 3-yard run midway through the fourth quarter, Wilson had endured enough. He hauled off and punched Reed, thereby getting himself kicked out of the game.
Call it just another day at the office for Reed, who has carved out a reputation as one of the better blocking receivers in the NFL.”
He’ll cut block you; he’ll pancake you,” said Bills receivers coach Tyke Tolbert. “He gets a couple knockdowns every game, and that’s hard to do for a wide receiver in the NFL.
He’s one of the most physical blockers that I’ve ever coached.”
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eed enters today’s game against the St. Louis Rams with a team-high 13 receptions on the season. Now in his seventh year, the 5-foot-10, 208-pounder is entrenched in his role as a slot receiver who sees plenty of action on first and second downs because of his ability to play physical in the run game.
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