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Trent Dilfer evaluates the ceiling of Joe Flacco

Former Ravens quarterback and current ESPN NFL analyst Trent Dilfer recently evaluated the ceilings of the league's top passers under the age of 27 and ranked them based on their potential to become "elite." You might be surprised by which players --...

Tags: Torrey Smith, ESPN (tv network), Joe Flacco, David Reed, Anquan Boldin

Five Things We Learned in the Ravens' 34-17 win over the Jets

1. If you have issues with your offensive line, or your quarterback likes to hang in there against the pass rush, the Ravens defense will eat you alive. With the Ravens sporting a 3-1 record going into the bye week, there is a lot to be impressed with...

Tags: Johnny Unitas, Jimmy Smith (football), Haloti Ngata, Todd Heap, Ricky Williams

Fantasy Fodder: Five players you better hang on to

Desperation might be setting in inside your fantasy locker room if your squad is 1-3 or 0-4 at the quarter pole, especially if you’re in a cutthroat league where only four or six teams make it into the playoffs. We have enough data to see that...

Tags: Cleveland Browns, ESPN (tv network), Julio Jones, Chris Johnson (football, running back), Tennessee Titans

NFL power rankings: Who is ahead of the Ravens?

A month into the 2011 season, the 3-1 Ravens have established themselves as one of the early favorites to play in the Super Bowl in February. They manhandled the two teams that played in last season’s AFC championship -- the Pittsburgh Steelers...

Tags: Cleveland Browns, Andrew Luck, Tennessee Titans, St. Louis Rams, Seattle Seahawks

Ravens look to continue trend of roughing up young quarterbacks

When Jacksonville Jaguars rookie quarterback Blaine Gabbert stands under center Monday, he'll be confronting one of the NFL's elite defenses and a trend that suggests that he's in for an extremely long night. One of the defining traits of the Ravens'...

Tags: Jacksonville Jaguars, Cleveland Browns, Haloti Ngata, Dennis Dixon, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers

Fantasy Fodder: My 2011 all-disappointment team

Last week, we looked at the biggest surprises of the 2011 fantasy football campaign. This time around, we will hand out dishonors to the disappointing (non-injured) players who have torpedoed our seasons so far. Try not to cuss too much in the comments...

Tags: Jacksonville Jaguars, Marcedes Lewis, Tennessee Titans, St. Louis Rams, Carolina Panthers

Fantasy Fodder season preview: Ranking fantasy quarterbacks

I'm pleased to announce that I will be bringing back my weekly fantasy football column this fall. Why am I so pleased? Because it gives me an excuse to tinker with my fantasy football teams when I'm on the clock. I’m scaling back to four or five...

Tags: Donovan McNabb, ESPN (tv network), Tom Brady, Matt Schaub, St. Louis Rams

Game 11: Ravens show endurance in 17-10 win over Buccaneers

Survival proved to be a pressure-filled prelude to the Ravens' most eagerly awaited game of the season. After the Pittsburgh Steelers' overtime win in Buffalo, the Ravens needed to scratch out a 17-10 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before a once-...

Tags: Athletes, Sean Jones, Todd Heap, Kellen Winslow, Anquan Boldin

Media roundup: Who's picking the Ravens?

Baltimore Sun reporter

Here are national media predictions for Sunday's Ravens- Buccaneers matchup: • SI.com's Peter King is picking the Ravens in a close one. Ravens 24, Buccaneers 20: Funny thing about the Bucs: Fans and teams still look at them as a win on the...

Tags: Showtime (tv network), ESPN (tv network), Joe Flacco, National Football League, Football

Area athletes have big weekend in tennis, track and soccer

Schiano preparing Bucs to play in heat

Tags: Rennie Curran, Kam Chancellor, Cleveland Browns, Connor Barth, Disney's Wide World of Sports

Bucs made decision to move on without Winslow

Tags: Connor Barth, James Lee, St. Louis Rams, Luke Stocker, Eric Wright