Mike Preston
Mike Preston is a sports columnist for The Baltimore Sun, focusing on the Ravens and lacrosse. The Kenwood High and Towson University alum has been writing for The Sun since 1987 and has been a columnist since 2000.
Recent Articles
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Mike Preston's key matchups for Sunday's Ravens-Bengals game
Click on the photos above to see Mike Preston's three key battles that could help decide who wins the Ravens-Bengals game Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium. mike.preston@baltsun.com twitter.com/MikePrestonSun
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Preston: Marvin Lewis will focus on fixing the Bengals, and not as much on who will be the Ravens QB
Ravens coach John Harbaugh is trying to be coy about which quarterback, veteran Joe Flacco (hip injury) or rookie Lamar Jackson, will be his starter Sunday, but Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis probably doesn’t care. He has he is own problems to be worried about. The Bengals have owned Flacco...
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Preston: The Ravens have plenty of problems entering their bye week. There's still time to fix them
NFL teams don’t change their rosters much after the opening game of the season, so the Ravens aren’t expected to have a revolving door of personnel during their bye week. This is the NFL, not Major League Baseball. But three straight losses need to be put in perspective. The defeats came against...
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Preston: Calls for Jackson have begun, but Flacco still gives Ravens their best chance of winning
The question was inevitable. It was going to come as soon as the Ravens had their first serious losing streak of the season, and that moment arrived Sunday soon after they dropped their third straight game, 23-16, to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Is it time for rookie and first-round draft pick Lamar...
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Preston: Firing Ravens coach John Harbaugh at this time would make no sense
By game time Sunday there were news reports that Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti would fire coach John Harbaugh during the bye week if his team lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers and fell another game behind them in the AFC North race. The assumption here is that Bisciotti couldn’t have been happy after...
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Mike Preston's report card after the Ravens' 23-16 loss to the Steelers
Quarterback: Joe Flacco never seemed to gain a rhythm and came up short on passes that could have been big gains and at least two possible touchdowns. Flacco was comfortable throwing in three- to five-step drop-backs but was timid on anything longer and didn’t step into the ball. The Ravens needed...
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Mike Preston's midseason Ravens grades: After a strong start, Joe Flacco's performance has dropped
Very few times has any midseason game meant so much, but the Ravens need to have a sense of urgency when they face the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium. Through the past couple of years, they have teased fans with some big wins, only to turn in unexpected losses. During the past...
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Mike Preston's key matchups for Sunday's Ravens-Steelers game
Click on the photos above to see Mike Preston’s three key battles that could help decide who wins the Ravens-Steelers game Sunday afternoon at M&T Bank Stadium. mike.preston@baltsun.com twitter.com/MikePrestonSun