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Ravens notes: Rookie right tackle Orlando Brown Jr. ready to start if needed
Orlando Brown Jr.’s first start of his NFL career might pit the Ravens’ young right tackle against New Orleans Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan — he of a team-leading five sacks, tied for 10th in the league. But if the organization’s first of two third-round picks in April’s NFL draft is leery...
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'I’ll be pumped up': Gilman grad Cyrus Jones eager for first home game with Ravens
For the first time since his senior year at Gilman, Cyrus Jones will play in his hometown of Baltimore, but this time as a member of the Ravens when they host the New Orleans Saints on Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium at 4:05 p.m. “It’s going to be a great feeling, something I’ve been looking forward...
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Preston: Saints QB Drew Brees has never beaten the Ravens. Here's how former stars say they stopped him.
Former Ravens Pro Bowl cornerback Chris McAlister has played against and with New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees. With the Saints (4-1) playing the Ravens (4-2) on Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium, he offers the Ravens the following advice: “Drew Brees is LeBron James,” said McAlister, who played in...
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Staff picks for Week 7 of the NFL season
Baltimore Sun writers and editors pick every game of the NFL season. Click on the photos above to see predicted winners in Week 7. Jen Badie: 57-33-2 overall, 10-5 last week Edward Lee: 54-36-2 overall, 10-5 last week Mike Preston: 54-36-2 overall, 11-4 last week Peter Schmuck: 57-33-2 overall,...
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Ravens’ Tyus Bowser taking first healthy scratch of NFL career in stride
Tyus Bowser did not get a chance to contribute to the Ravens’ 21-0 shutout at the Tennessee Titans on Sunday because he was deactivated before the game for the first time in his young NFL career. The outside linebacker, who was taken in the second round of the 2017 NFL draft, acknowledged feeling...
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Staff picks for Sunday's Ravens-Saints game at M&T Bank Stadium
The Baltimore Sun's Ravens beat crew predicts who will win Sunday's game against the Saints.
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After 'close-but-no-cigar' seasons, the Ravens' Za'Darius Smith is lighting up quarterbacks
He bounded up to the postgame news conference lectern like a kid approaching the family fridge with a straight-A report card, all smiles and fist pumps. “Let’s get it,” Za’Darius Smith said Sunday, after he’d gotten so much already: three sacks, a forced fumble, a 21-0 win over the Tennessee Titans....
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Ravens rookie cornerback Anthony Averett back at practice Wednesday
Anthony Averett practiced Wednesday on a limited basis, making his first appearance on the field since injuring his hamstring Sept. 20 during a practice, and the rookie cornerback acknowledged feeling frustrated by the first major injury of his career. The absence of Averett, who has sat out the...
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Ravens' Joe Flacco knows batted balls are a problem, and that the solution is kind of silly
Joe Flacco is among the tallest starting quarterbacks in the NFL. The Ravens offensive line has protected him exceptionally well this season on drop-backs. And yet nearly two pass attempts per game are all but dead on arrival. Through six games, Flacco is tied with the Minnesota Vikings’ Kirk Cousins...
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Ravens preparing for Sunday’s game without left guard Alex Lewis
No group of Ravens players welcomed Alex Lewis’ reappearance on the team’s charter flight from Nashville to Baltimore after Sunday’s 21-0 shutout of the Tennessee Titans more warmly than his teammates along the offensive line. The left guard suffered a neck injury in the fourth quarter, was carted...
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Impressing early with Ravens, Willie Snead IV gets chance to show Saints what they're missing
Willie Snead IV works the Ravens’ locker room as adroitly as he does the harrowing combat zone in the middle of an NFL field. Like so many of the things he knows about football, he learned this from his father, who played with Emmitt Smith at the University of Florida. Appreciate what each man...
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Podcast re-examining former Ravens QB Steve McNair's death debuts
The first episode of a Sports Illustrated true-crime narrative podcast re-examining the death of former Tennessee Titans and Ravens quarterback Steve McNair was released Wednesday. McNair was found dead in his downtown Nashville condominium on July 4, 2009, along with his mistress, Jenni Kazemi,...
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Inside the Huddle: The difference between a free safety and a strong safety
Inside the Huddle is a weekly video feature examining and explaining a different position on the football field. This week, we take a look at the safety position. What’s the different between a free safety and a strong safety? In years past, there was a distinct difference between the two positions....
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After career day, Ravens' Za'Darius Smith named AFC Defensive Player of the Week
After leading the Ravens pass rush in a record-breaking win over the Tennessee Titans, outside linebacker Za’Darius Smith was named AFC Defensive Player of the Week for the first time Wednesday. In just 22 snaps, Smith had a career-high three sacks Sunday, the most on a defense that finished with...
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Schmuck: Fasten your purple seat belts. The Ravens' final 10 games could be a wild ride.
The Ravens know they’ll have their defensive hands full when the New Orleans Saints come to town this weekend. Baltimore is the next stop on the Drew Brees Magical History Tour, and the NFL’s top offense is averaging 36 points and 424 yards per game. That will be quite a test, even for the NFL’s...
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The Ravens' pass rush Sunday was fast and furious. So is the Saints' passing attack.
On third-and-13 midway through the second quarter Sunday, Ravens outside linebacker Za’Darius Smith lines up across from Tennessee Titans left guard Quinton Spain. Six Ravens teammates lurk at the line of scrimmage with him. All but two Titans are clustered together in front of them. Ravens coach...
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Ravens are slight home favorites vs. Saints in Week 7 clash
The Ravens are 2½-point favorites over the visiting New Orleans Saints ahead of their Week 7 showdown, according to most Las Vegas betting lines. The matchup between the NFL’s top scoring offense and defense is the Ravens’ fourth straight game with a spread of three or fewer points. They easily...
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Ravens snap count analysis from Sunday's win over the Titans: Cutting the defense's workload
Analyzing the Ravens' snap count from the win over the Titans.
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Preston: Missing in recent seasons, hunger and roster competition drive Ravens in 2018
The Ravens’ 21-0 win against the Tennessee Titans on the road Sunday could define their 2018 season. The Ravens (4-2) had another possible defining game the week before in an upset loss to the Cleveland Browns, so it was important to see how the team rebounded against Tennessee. The Titans are...
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Ravens notes: Alex Lewis ‘looks good’ after suffering neck injury, could play Sunday
After suffering what appeared to be a frightening neck injury in Sunday’s 21-0 victory at the Tennessee Titans, starting left guard Alex Lewis was back in the Ravens’ headquarters in Owings Mills on Monday, and it appears he might have dodged any debilitating effects. “He came back with us last...
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Ravens' John Harbaugh on friendship with Buck Showalter: 'I've learned so much from him'
Over his decade-plus with the Ravens, John Harbaugh has seen his share of coaching turnover. Take offensive coordinator: Marty Mornhinweg is his fifth since Harbaugh was named head coach in 2008. But over the years, Harbaugh has grown close to another pillar of Baltimore sports: former Orioles...
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Ravens confident after Sunday's dominant win, but they know 'it’s never as good as you think'
Sunday’s 21-0 shutout at the Tennessee Titans coupled with Cincinnati’s 28-21 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers means the Ravens are tied with the Bengals for the top spot in the AFC North with 4-2 records. After wrapping up a three-game road trip with two wins, the Ravens can look forward to playing...
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With Drew Brees looking for his 500th TD pass here Sunday, we remember historic sports milestones reached in Baltimore
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees is now the NFL’s all-time leader in passing yards, and he’s likely to join another exclusive club in Baltimore. Brees’ next touchdown pass will be the 500th of his 18-year pro career, joining Peyton Manning, Brett Favre and Tom Brady as the only quarterbacks...
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The Ravens set a franchise record for sacks. Here's how they crowed about it on Twitter.
How does a team in this day and age celebrate a franchise-record 11 sacks? By changing its Twitter handle, of course. Shortly after the game, the Ravens changed their handle to RavenSSSSSSSSSSS with the message, “After 11 sacks today, we had to change up the name.” The Ravens defense stifled Titans...
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Five Things We Learned from the Ravens' 21-0 win over the Tennessee Titans
From the Ravens' faith in Michael Crabtree to their emerging defensive identity under coordinator Don "Wink" Martindale, here are five things we learned from a 21-0 victory over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. This was a pure expression of how the Ravens want to play. This might not go down as...
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Ravens rewind: Looking back at Sunday's 21-0 win over the Titans
Stories, photos, video from the Ravens' game Sunday.
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Moving past a day of drops, veteran wideout Michael Crabtree leaves the Ravens smiling
If a picture’s worth a thousand words, then an emoticon written in eye black is worth at least a few hundred. Which is a good thing for Ravens wide receiver Michael Crabtree, a man of few doubts and fewer monologues. As he took the lectern Sunday night after the Ravens’ 21-0 win over the Tennessee...
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Notes: On third down, Ravens and Titans go in different directions
The Ravens did not take long Sunday to confront their Week 5 third-down woes. Their first play on offense was a 21-yard pass to wide receiver Michael Crabtree. Their fourth was a third-and-10, the down and distance of the Ravens’ final play with the ball in their 12-9 loss to the Cleveland Browns....
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Ravens say guard Alex Lewis is being released from hospital after being carted off field with neck injury
Ravens starting guard Alex Lewis was taken off the field on a stretcher after suffering a neck injury in the fourth quarter Sunday against the Tennessee Titans. The team said Lewis was moving all of his extremities and taken to nearby Vanderbilt University Medical Center for further examination....
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Schmuck: Ravens show they're resilient in win over Titans, but could they really be this good?
The Ravens arrived at Nissan Stadium on Sunday with a chance to turn their season in one direction or the other. They were still stinging from their loss to the Cleveland Browns last week and it couldn’t have made them feel any better to know that the Browns went right back to being the Browns...
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'It’s time to go hunt': Ravens set team record with 11 sacks, one short of NFL mark, in 21-0 rout of Titans
The talk of record breaking began late in the Ravens’ 21-0 win Sunday over the Tennessee Titans with a play that, by that point in the afternoon, must have sounded like a broken record: There was another sack. The Ravens had taken down Marcus Mariota again. This time, for the ninth time. “I think...
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Instant analysis: Ravens defense dominates with 11-sack day in 21-0 win vs. Titans
The Ravens set a franchise record with 11 sacks in a dominant defensive effort, wrapping up a three-game road trip with a 21-0 win at Nissan Stadium. Za’Darius Smith had a team-high three sacks, and seven other players had at least one. Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota finished with fewer completions...
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Ravens-Titans by the numbers
0 — Times the Ttitans had been shut out at home since moving from Houston to Tennessee in 1997 4 — Home games for the Ravens in their next five games 11 — Sacks by the Ravens, breaking the franchise mark of nine tied most recently Nov. 24 vs. the 49ers and one short of the NFL record 12 — First...
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Peter Schmuck's report card after the Ravens' 21-0 win over the Titans
Quarterback: Joe Flacco came out slinging and drove the Ravens 94 yards on their first possession of the game. He was 6-for-8 for 75 yards on that drive and directed a 52-yard touchdown drive the second time the Ravens had the ball, but the third time wasn’t the charm. He threw an interception...
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Ravens gameday portal: Ravens 21, Titans 0: 11 sacks set team record; LG Alex Lewis carted off
Welcome to your Ravens-Titans watching companion. Return here throughout Sunday’s 4:25 p.m. game for real-time recaps and analysis and our reporters’ answers to your questions. Reporters will respond live on Twitter, and we’ll round up their answers here. Have a question now? Ask it using the widget...
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Ravens linebacker Tyus Bowser a healthy scratch vs. Titans
Outside linebacker Tyus Bowser was a healthy scratch for the Ravens’ game Sunday against the Tennessee Titans, the first time the 2017 second-round draft pick was inactive during his Ravens career. Bowser has five tackles and no sacks in five games, and has struggled on special teams. Among Ravens...
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Ravens returner Tim White coming to grips with demotion
In three games this season, Tim White returned nine punts for a Ravens-leading average of 8.3 yards, which was almost a full yard better than undrafted rookie Janarion Grant’s average in the team’s first two games. White’s 22.5-yard average on six kick returns was 5.5 yards shorter than Grant’s...
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How to watch Ravens vs. Titans: Week 6 game time, TV, odds and more
Here’s what you need to know about the Week 6 game between the Ravens (3-2) and Tennessee Titans (3-2). Time: 4:25 p.m. Sunday Venue: Nissan Stadium, Nashville, Tenn. TV: CBS/Ch. 13 (Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon, Steve Tasker) Coverage map: Stream: CBSSports.com Radio: WBAL (1090 AM) and 98 Rock (97.9...
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Ravens gameday: Previewing Sunday's game against the Titans
From facing former defensive coordinator Dean Pees to Mike Preston's key matchups, here's what you need to know when the Ravens play the Titans in Nashville at 4:25 p.m.
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Ravens promote RB Gus Edwards to active roster; RB De'Lance Turner on injured reserve
The Ravens announced Saturday that they’ve added practice squad running back Gus Edwards to their active roster and placed running back De’Lance Turner on injured reserve. Coach John Harbaugh said Friday that Edwards’ promotion was likely, and Turner was later ruled out of Sunday’s game against...