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It would reportedly take a "miraculous recovery" for FS Ed Reed (shoulder) to be ready for Baltimore's season opener.

 

Reed is a bit overrated, but the voice of Baltimore's secondary and a three time All Pro, so this helps Carson Palmer's matchup. Special teamer Jim Leonhard will start. Cincy's passing game should kick off with a bang.

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here we go again with rotoworld...oh boy...

 

and i though leonard joined the circus or became a rodeo midget. starting for an NFL team -- damn, balt must be desperate...

 

 

per rotoworld

 

It would reportedly take a "miraculous recovery" for FS Ed Reed (shoulder) to be ready for Baltimore's season opener.

 

Reed is a bit overrated, but the voice of Baltimore's secondary and a three time All Pro, so this helps Carson Palmer's matchup. Special teamer Jim Leonhard will start. Cincy's passing game should kick off with a bang.

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Make that, per the Baltimore Sun:

New Ravens jump right in

Washington, Leonhard might be key to banged-up secondary

 

By Ken Murray

August 27, 2008

 

Jim Leonhard wanted the chance to play in Rex Ryan's defensive system. Fabian Washington wanted the chance to play anywhere other than Oakland.

 

Together, they are starting over in the Ravens' secondary, perhaps just in the nick of time.

 

In a daily battle against attrition this summer, Ryan, the Ravens' defensive coordinator, has yet to put his projected starting secondary on the field because of injuries. With the season opener just 11 days away, Leonhard and Washington could become key figures in any potential makeover.

 

Leonhard spent three seasons with the Buffalo Bills as a solid special teams player and reserve safety who figured to fill the same role here. But when Pro Bowl safety Ed Reed showed up at camp with a shoulder injury, Leonhard's role kept growing.

 

Unless Reed makes a miraculous recovery before Sept.7, it's likely Leonhard will start at free safety.

 

I liked Leonhard's grittiness, and he made some plays while he was here ... but hard work only takes you so far.

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Apparently, according to Madden 09, he had a skin pigment change.

 

To those who haven't seen, he's the #1 FS Free Agent in the game, and he's black.

 

Good for him, though, I liked the guy, hope he does well.

 

He's got the reverse of that Michael Jackson disease. :ph34r:

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per rotoworld

 

It would reportedly take a "miraculous recovery" for FS Ed Reed (shoulder) to be ready for Baltimore's season opener.

 

Reed is a bit overrated, but the voice of Baltimore's secondary and a three time All Pro, so this helps Carson Palmer's matchup. Special teamer Jim Leonhard will start. Cincy's passing game should kick off with a bang.

Leonard was decent in coverage and sometimes got some good picks but the Bills found better talent decent backup and special teamer but not an everyday starter

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Leonhard is probably a stopgap at safety, but is getting a long look at punt catching. Zbikowski and Nakamura have supposedly been good for the Ravens... If either of them gets cut, I'm sure they'd be an improvement over Scott et al.

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