D.J. Reed had a very emotional day on Sunday. The cornerback revealed Sunday before his first game with the Jets, he got text messages that his father died.
Reed played the game in his father’s honor, and he even recorded an interception late in the game. After that play ended, Reed ran to midfield, got on his knees and looked to the sky.
“My dad passed away literally right before this game,” Reed told CBS New York’s Otis Livingston. “I was emotional. … That pick was for my dad. It wasn’t celebrating the scoreboard, that was much deeper than football.