Although Reed said he "loved Buffalo" and described being in Western New York as "a great time," he was frustrated by the circumstances created by staff members whom he declined to name.

"You had people that were just hard-headed, man," Reed said. "Honestly. Just grown men like hard-headed, like don't want to work with you.

"I know I have the abilities to be a head coach or D-coordinator. It's something I wouldn't mind doing. But it's tough being a player and going back and doing something like that, because egos get in the way."

Reed said he thought that having played for Rex Ryan would help him after he joined the Bills, "because they would understand how I was and know that I'm not a player, I'm a coach now. But I was still being treated like a player."

Asked if he didn't like the way Rex Ryan treated him, Reed said, "It was the staff, people on the staff. I'm not saying names. But I love my coach. Rex is always my guy, but it just wasn't right."

Reed said he enjoyed working with the Bills' defensive backs, who approached him for consultation as much as, if not more, than he would approach them.