New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was fined $10,000 by the NFL for making contact on a slide with Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed late in the first half of the AFC Championship Game.
During the final minutes of the first half, Brady ran for a scramble and slide to the ground to end the run. The star quarterback had one leg raised a few feet off the ground and it made contact with Reed, who emerged from the play with no injury.
Since the play, Reed has acknowledged that Brady had reached out to apologize for the act.
"I told him -- you know, we talked," Reed told WJZ-FM in Baltimore. "We talked actually not too long ago; we talked on the phone. He actually reached out to me, texted me. I tried to text him back, but the message exploded after 12 seconds, so I had to call him ... and he just apologized and what not. But I told him, 'You know, it's good, man.'"
Reed said at the time of the incident he did not say anything to Brady.
"For the most part, I didn't say anything to him when he said something to me at the game. ... He was going, 'You want to play like that, let's go,'" Reed said. "But no, Brady's a great competitor and I love going against him and I know where his heart is at for this game. It was all good."
Reed added he had the upmost respect for Brady.
"I know he's a great player," he said. "I respect Brady and his game for all it stands for, and I know he's not a dirty player. And emotions get going in the game."
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