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Sims goes to the 49ers

Free-agent offensive tackle Barry Sims has decided to sign with the San Francisco 49ers. A nine-year starter for the Oakland Raiders, Sims had worked out recently for the Ravens, St. Louis Rams and New England Patriots. Sims chose the 49ers...

Sims could be long shot for Ravens

The Ravens are probably behind the San Francisco 49ers and St. Louis Rams in signing free-agent offensive tackle Barry Sims. Unlike the 49ers and Rams, the Ravens are more set on their offensive line, which could push them farther down...

Not your ordinary summer vacation

With the conclusion of the rookie minicamp yesterday, the Ravens won’t return to practice until July 22 for quarterbacks, rookies and injured veterans and July 25 for the remaining veterans. But that doesn’t mean that the players are allowed to...

Injury report

Third-round pick and offensive tackle Oniel Cousins returned to rookie minicamp today after sitting out yesterday with recurring migraines. But seventh-round pick Allen Patrick did not participate today after injuring his left hamstring yesterday. “Allen tweaked his hamstring,” coach John...

Coaches getting involved

I can’t speak to this with 100 percent certainty, but it appears to me that this current crop of coaches is taking more of a hands-on approach with the players than the previous regime. All three days of the rookie...

Ogden and McNair officially retired

The Ravens have officially placed offensive tackle Jonathan Ogden and quarterback Steve McNair on the reserve-retired list. By making the transaction after June 1, the Ravens were able to spread out the salary cap hits over two seasons (2008 and...

Zbikowski-Nakamura competition

I wrote a column this morning on Tom Zbikowski, the Ravens' third-round pick out of Notre Dame, and his attempt to make the team's roster. What I found interesting was the way Ravens defensive coordinator Rex Ryan told Zbikowski he...

Expectations on the rise

The coaches are no joke and are making their expectations known to the rookies at minicamp in Owings Mills today. During one special teams drill, running back Allen Patrick appeared to be hesitating to man a winger spot on the...

The other quarterback

If the Ravens had a rookie and free-agent camp version of Trivial Pursuit, Brad Roach would be the answer to the question, "Who is the other quarterback aside from Joe Flacco in Owings Mills this week?" Roach, a rookie free...

Training camp schedule released

The Ravens released their training camp schedule with two practices -- one at 8:45 a.m. and the other at 3:30 p.m. -- on Tuesday, July 22 to open the almost four-week camp. Rookies, quarterbacks and injured veterans will report to...