Fred Reid Released

[Hank Wood]

www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=389014

WINNIPEG -- The Winnipeg Blue Bombers released running back Fred Reid on Monday.Reid spent five seasons with Winnipeg, running for 4,505 yards and 22 touchdowns. He led the CFL in rushing in 2010 but suffered a season-ending knee injury late last season.

Second-year player Chris Garrett stepped into the starting lineup after Reid was injured and ran for 576 yards on 92 carries (6.2-yard average) with four TDs.

"We'd like to thank Fred for his contributions to the Winnipeg Football Club over the past five years," GM Joe Mack said in a statement. "As always in this business, these types of decisions are hard ones to make however for a variety of reasons, we feel comfortable going in a different direction at this time and are confident this move is in the best interest of the football club.

"Fred handled this like a true professional and that goes to show what kind of a person he truly is. We wish him well in his future endeavours."

Amazing, but if you look around the league, the RB studs from a couple years ago are all looking for work.

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5 years! wow, that went by super fast!

[Jetsfan47]

Not really surprised, he had a serious knee injury and the way Garrett performed in replacement of Reid, I wish him the best were ever he goes

[jval07]

RB's lifespan is the shortest of all positions in the NFL. And in the CFL it's even shorter.

[chemicalxv]

It was absolutely painful to watch him run the ball this year. Either he hit his own linemen all the time or tried to dance around the hole too much. Practically never hit the hole with power, just embarrassing. The one time I specifically remember him doing so was against Montreal. And he scored a huge TD run.

[Snoopy]

shocked that we didn't try to trade him

[selanne405]

Feb 27, 2012 21:21:23 GMT -6 Snoopy said:

shocked that we didn't try to trade him

I'm sure we did but no one was interested.

He had a few solid years but he was inconsistent at times.I remember a few years back when Barrin SImpson joined the riders prior to the LBD classic Reid got all cocky and said he was gonna run all over Simpson and Simpson pretty much kicked his ass all over the place.

[chemicalxv]

Feb 27, 2012 21:21:23 GMT -6 Snoopy said:

shocked that we didn't try to trade him

No one trades for a running back, especially in a league where it's one of the least important positions on offense.

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He had a difficult time cracking 50 yards per game last season. Garrett and Volny will do just fine.