Archive for July, 2010

The title pretty much explains it. The player ratings were released for the Ravens for the new Madden 11 video game, and several players get some very well-deserved respect from the nerds at EA Sports. With 8 players having overall ratings of 90 or above, the video game version of the Purple Birds looks pretty stellar. UPDATE: I have no idea why, but as much as I try, the positions are kind of slurring together, without much space in between each position. I’m trying to fix it, but it’s not really working. Hopefully it doesn’t make the post too confusing. [...]

Because there’s nothing better to talk about in real life, let’s talk about numbers assigned to video-game interpretations of NFL stars. It’s fun stuff, really. Madden Season is upon us. Ratings are being released, with two teams each day having their numbers spilled on ESPN for three weeks. The releases started last week in the video games section of ESPN.com with the AFC East and AFC West, and have advanced to the AFC North this week. Click “Continue Reading” to see more about this year’s ratings, plus the top 10 players rated by position and a look ahead to the [...]

Justin Silberman is the newest member of the EbonyBird.com writing staff, and he will be contributing op-ed pieces for the blog. This is his first post: At one point in his career Marc Bulger, now 33 years old, was once considered an elite quarterback in the National Football League, but that time has passed. The Baltimore Ravens, who agreed to terms with Marc Bulger 2 weeks ago, will pay him $3.8 million dollars for one season of wearing the purple and black. The Ravens, who have lacked a bonafide back up quarterback in the Joe Flacco era finally got their [...]

Hello. A lot of stuff is starting to happen here at EbonyBird.com, and one example of such stuff is bringing in a new writer. With Tripp on a hiatus for the summer, and Casey being busy as he always is, a new writer will bring some fresh ideas and opinions to the blog in a relatively slow time of the year content-wise. Here’s a little intro to the newest member of the EbonyBird.com staff. Justin Silberman is an extremely opinionated Ravens fan who will be contributing op-ed pieces to the blog on a regular basis. Justin will be attending Kent [...]