http://ebonybird.com A Baltimore Ravens blog Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:18:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When you're watching a Ravens game, or talking some pigskin by the water cooler on Monday, do you ever complain about something in the NFL, or any league?  You think, "if I were commissioner, I would change this, I would change that."  Sports fans always think it about their favorite ... http://ebonybird.com/2009/07/03/commish-for-a-day/ Please follow the Ebony Bird's RSS feed by either putting your email address in the mailing list on the right of the main site page, or by signing up at this link. Terrell Suggs, the Ravens' starting outside linebacker, no matter what side he plays on, was forced to agree to ... http://ebonybird.com/2009/06/27/suggs-update-weekend-links/ So, these next three weeks, I will only be able to get a couple posts up.  Tomorrow and maybe Sunday I can, and then next weekend, also.  This coming week (6/29-7/3), I will be doing some hiking in the White Mountains in New Hampshire.  Then, a day or two back, ... http://ebonybird.com/2009/06/26/hiatus-and-summer-schedule/ Two Ravens have recently launched sites/blogs, and seeing them myself, aren't too shabby.  Some players in the NFL (cough, cough Cowboy's tight end Martellus Bennett) have blog posts that are boring, make no sense and are just a waste of time.  These two are actually OK.  The two players are ... http://ebonybird.com/2009/06/25/two-ravens-launch-sites/ In part 2B of this 3-part projection, I will look at how well I expect certain players to perform this season.  I gave their role in this post, and today I will expand on that and give in my opinion, a ballpark guess of the stats they will put up. ... http://ebonybird.com/2009/06/23/2009-projection-part-2b/ Here are some good links to check out. Footbaltimore, a great new site, has a post about Ray Rice's sophomore season in college and how it could possibly be repeated in the NFL. You also might want to check out Footbaltimore's four breakout players for the 2009 season. Ravens Gab has an encouraging ... http://ebonybird.com/2009/06/22/around-the-blogosphere-622/ Hey, you think of a better title. Jason Phillips, the Ravens' 5th round pick in April's Draft has signed a contract with the team for 3 years, worth $1.34 million. He does have a torn lateral meniscus, but should be ready for training camp.  Also, the team has signed Cedric Peerman, ... http://ebonybird.com/2009/06/21/sundays-stuff/ The "A" part of the second part of this projection is projecting who starts at each position for the '09 Purple Birds.  Many positions are still in flux, and you'll see that it is possible for a platoon role on this team, which is rare for this team in most ... http://ebonybird.com/2009/06/19/2009-projection-part-2a/ Chris Carr is a cornerback signed by the Ravens this offseason, who will not only add depth in the secondary, but will probably be the team's primary kick returner, especially if Yamon Figurs again shows lackluster results after he catches the ball, if he even catches the ball (which was ... http://ebonybird.com/2009/06/14/player-spotlight-chris-carr/ Before starting, this was going to go up last week, but the login feature on WordPress was being spastic all across the network, and no one could post.  Then I forgot to post it. So, this is very premature, but I'm going to do some predictions, just wins and losses based ... http://ebonybird.com/2009/06/11/2009-projection-part-1/