Wayne still feeling "snake-bitten" by Reed

Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Reggie Wayne just wrapped up his session with the media at the Indiana Farm Bureau Football Center, and he re-told the story of how Ravens free safety Ed Reed killed Wayne's pet snake.

While Wayne was a rookie with the Colts in 2001, he left his nine-foot pet green Burmese python named "Law" with Reed, who was a senior at the University of Miami and Wayne's roommate. One day, according to Wayne, he got a text message from Reed, saying, "Law's dead."

"He killed my snake," Wayne recalled. "He neglected my snake."

Despite that transgression, Wayne and Reed remain tight. Wayne said he and Reed talk about three times a week, spending about 30 minutes on the phone each time talking about life, football and anything else. "It's probably too much time" on the phone with Reed, Wayne said.

Wayne said he and Reed have an arrangement where he will take Reed out to dinner this weekend. (If the Colts travel to Baltimore, dinner is on Reed.) Wayne said he will broach the topic of "Law" during dinner.

"He was supposed to reimburse me with a new one," said Wayne, who was prodded to rehash the story by Indianapolis Star columnist Bob Kravitz. "He hasn't done that yet. Thanks for bringing that up because I'll be sure to bring it up with him this week."

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(baltimoresun.com)