The Facts: The veteran place-kicker signed a $7.5 million, five-year contract Thursday that includes a $1.5 million signing bonus to stay with the team. The deal was agreed to earlier this week.

Diehards Line:Reed enjoyed a comeback season in 2004 by making 28 of 33 field-goal attempts, plus all four attempts during the playoffs. He converted his final 21 attempts, including postseason play. Since joining the Steelers, Reed is 68-of-84 (80.95 percent) during the regular season and 7-of-9 in postseason play.