31 Aug
A local columnist compared Ravens’ saftey Ed Reed to a would-be Baltimore Orioles-great, Glen Davis in a blog post this morning. And while you would hope that the neck and shoulder nerve problems that have sidelined Reed for the entire preseason are not serious enough to end his career, you have to wonder in the [...]
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31 Aug
There were some surprises in the Ravens final round of cuts, but the most surprising were on the defensive side of the ball, and several preseason standouts at cornerback and linebacker were released yesterday.
Among the surprises were linebacker and special teams standout Gary Stills and cornerback Ronnie Prude, who both made plays in the Ravens [...]
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28 Aug
We join the action with 9:58 in the second quarter, and Casey Bramlet at quarterback?
Casey who?
Bramlet, a 2004 seventh-round draft pick of the Cincinatti Bengals has touchdown in Baltimore, after a potentially season-ending injury to Kyle Boller left quarterbacking duties to rookie Joe Flacco and Troy Smith, who will miss the game due to tonsilitis.
Bramlet [...]
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27 Aug
Marques Douglas is back in B-More.
Signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a four-year, $10 million deal earlier this summer, the former Howard Bison was scooped up by the Ravens for a 2009 draft pick and a conditional pick in 2010. Douglas was signed by the Ravens in 2001 as a free agent, and played [...]
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27 Aug
There is a strong possibility that maligned Ravens quarterback Kyle Boller will be out for the season with a shoulder injury. Boller injured the shoulder in the second preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings, as has not played since.
Boller has a one-year deal with the Ravens, and should he be out for the season, it [...]
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26 Aug
What began this summer as a hope and a prayer for Ravens fans, may turn into a harsh reality. With Troy Smith nursing some kind of wicked illness, and Kyle Boller nursing a sore shoulder, Joe Flacco will likely get the start this Thursday against the Atlanta Falcons.
And there’s a distinct possibility that Flacco may [...]
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26 Aug
Apparently, pretty good according to a new BetUS.com listing of NFL players most likely to run afoul of the law. Ray Lewis is pretty low under names like Chris Henry, Pacman Jones and Tank Johnson.
This is pretty weird, because save for that one nasty incident, Lewis hasn’t been in trouble. Of any kind. Maybe people [...]
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26 Aug
If you ever wanted to know about the trials and tribulations of training camp facial hair growth, then allow the Baltimore Ravens to take you on an emotional journey through this growing phenomenon.
You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll cringe in disgust. But you will also come away a better person for your experience of this video.
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26 Aug
The Baltimore Ravens made their first round of cuts today, dismissing local product and R&B star Darnerien McCants and tight end Aaron Walker. McCants, who had been out of the league for two seasons prior to camp, caught one pass for 30 yards in the first game of the preseason. Both McCants and Walker were [...]
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25 Aug
…maybe the whole problem would just go away. The Birds lost their second straight preseason game on Saturday night, and not coincidentally, it was the second straight game that family commitments have blocked me from conducting the locally-famous Ravens live chat.
But I apparently didn’t miss much. The St. Louis Rams looked effective against the Ravens [...]
Posted in Gameday, Ravens by: Jarrett
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