When Ed Reynolds sprinted toward the left sideline and settled under Tyrod Taylor's deep pass for a game-clinching interception in the Eagles' victory Sunday over the Bills, it didn't occur to Reynolds to contemplate the irony of the moment. He, quite literally, could have been anywhere else on Sunday.
He could have been playing for another NFL team, or idling on the practice squad for another NFL team, or doing nothing that had anything to do with any NFL team. The man is a Stanford alumnus, after all. He had options.
Yet the reason that Reynolds was even on the Eagles' roster for Sunday's game, that he has seen so much time at safety over the last two games and has quickly become a valuable part of the Eagles' defense, is something he couldn't do.