Ed Reed News

The top story for the Houston Texans over the last 48 hours has been the history of Ed Reed 's hip injury.

May 10, 2013; Houston, Texans, USA; Houston Texans linebacker Sam Montgomery works out at Methodist Training Facility at Reliant Stadium .

In last month's draft, the Texans addressed their linebacker needs by taking two players who will play outside linebacker in Trevardo Williams and Sam Montgomery.

When the Texans drafted South Carolina safety D.J. Swearinger, their hope was to groom a replacement behind Danieal Manning and Ed Reed.

Coming off their Super Bowl win, the Ravens lost so many of their top players. Future hall of fame linebacker Ray Lewis retired, fellow future hall of famer Ed Reed left for the Texans and they traded key wide receiver Anquan Boldin to the 49ers .

In an eight part series, I will take a look at the opponents that the Ravens will face in the 2013 season.

As he approaches his 35th birthday this fall, Houston Texans safety Ed Reed will be playing on a new team and coming off a recent hip surgery.

Texans rookies were welcomed to the Lone Star State on Friday by a thunderstorm that kept their first day on the job confined cozily within the practice bubble.

South Who is one highly drafted or highly paid player from each AFC South team who needs to show something during the remainder of the offseason? Houston Texans : I can't find a highly paid or highly drafted player who could be in jeopardy.

Last week, John McClain of the Houston Chronicle reported that Houston Texans safety Ed Reed underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn labrum in his hip.

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I get sick and tired of every draftnik in the world handing out grades that they know are worthless.

The Houston Texans needed to find a leader in their defensive backfield which prompted them to go out and sign safety Ed Reed to be that anchor.

Houston Texans ' middle linebacker Brian Cushing was injured October 8th in week five of the 2012 NFL season against the New York Jets .

The Cincinnati Bengals have been quietly good for each of the last two seasons, making the playoffs each year before falling to the Houston Texans in the Wild Card round.

Last week, one of the biggest stories from the Houston Texans involved one of the team's newest members in Ed Reed and how the safety recently had hip surgery-which is the last thing they want to hear at this point in the offseason.

The Texans' brass doesn't anticipate Ed Reed missing any game time due to his hip injury.

One of the media rules of the offseason: Every surgery is reported to be "minor" and every injured player reportedly will be ready for the start of training camp.

Reed, who signed a three-year, $15 million contract with the Texans, will miss OTAs later this month as well as OTAs and a three-day minicamp in June.

Peter Schrager is the Senior NFL Writer for FOXSports.com and the national sports correspondent for FOX News Channel's "FOX Report Weekend." He's the co-author of Victor Cruz's New York Times' best-selling memoir " Out of the Blue " and lives in New York.