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Mulitalo feels right at tackle

THE BALTIMORE SUN

Tackle Edwin Mulitalo's adjustment to a position change was not at the forefront of Ravens coach Brian Billick's mind.

"It was non-noticeable, which is good," Billick said. "By that I mean not any huge, glaring errors. He looked very comfortable with it. There were not a lot of free runners."

Mulitalo received his first extensive work at right tackle over the Ravens' four-day veterans camp, which concluded yesterday. Mulitalo started the past two years at left guard, but with the Ravens unable to draft or sign a quality right tackle this off-season, team officials decided to make the switch about a month ago.

"[Yesterday] felt the best out of all four days," Mulitalo said. "It's coming along, but it's coming slow. You can't get a really good feel until you get the pads on. But for four days of camp and my first time playing right tackle, I think I did all right."

Mulitalo played left tackle for two seasons at Arizona before switching to guard as a professional. His return to tackle has not been as smooth as he would have liked.

"My only trouble right now are just the wide rushes," Mulitalo said. "In the league, that is a big responsibility. I feel confident when someone is head-up on me. I feel confident when I have to run-block. The only thing I feel shaky now is the wide rushes. If I can do something now until July 26, I'll be all right."

Offensive line coach Jim Colletto said Mulitalo will get a number of chances against some of the Ravens' top rushers during training camp.

"He did a good job, but evaluating linemen off of these types of things [is] a waste of time, because they don't play the game in helmets and shorts," Colletto said. "The big test for him will be when we get in training camp and we put Adalius Thomas out there and Peter [Boulware], guys that are fast off the edge."

No major injuries

The Ravens finished their veterans camp with no major injuries and expect to have everyone available for the beginning of training camp.

"As I told them, I hope we are ready to get started now," Billick said. "That is all this was about. This was about going through a process so that when we get to training camp, now we can really get started."

All told, the Ravens had four off-season team camps, with two primarily focusing on the passing game. Hitting was not allowed in any of the practices.

"There's not a lot of evaluation going on. I'm not going to cut anybody - or very rarely going to cut anybody - or make any evaluations to positive or to negative based on shorts," Billick said. "That's where you make big mistakes. Hopefully, we've given enough of a base to come in and show us what they got."

Something fishy

Defensive tackle Kelly Gregg won the Ravens annual fishing contest. "It was my last fish of the day, and I looked into the bait bucket and found the biggest piece of bait I could find. I thought big bait, big fish. Wouldn't you know, it happened."

Gregg won a DVD player.

Eye on Hymes

One of the intriguing prospects among the undrafted free agents is receiver Randy Hymes, who was Grambling's offensive player of the year last season as a quarterback.

The transition to receiver has been helped by the fact that Hymes has extraordinarily large hands, which have been measured at 11 inches from the base of his palm to the end of his middle finger. His hands are so big that he can palm a football helmet.

End zone

Ravens free safety Ed Reed missed his second straight practice because of a death in the family. ... Ravens kicker Matt Stover will host a camp June 24-26 for grades 7-12 in Finksburg. For information, call 410-861-3000.

Sun staff writer Jamison Hensley contributed to this article.

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