On the eve of the Ravens’ first training camp practice in late July, coach John Harbaugh stood before players, coaches and other team personnel in a packed auditorium at the Under Armour Performance Center and outlined his expectations for the 2017 season. The speech was typical Harbaugh. He emphasized...
Click on the photos above to see the Ravens' final 53-man roster, including comments on each player from Baltimore Sun reporter Jeff Zrebiec.
The Ravens’ 2016 playoff hopes ended on a series of plays dispiritingly familiar to those who’ve followed the team in recent seasons. It was Christmas Day, and they held a three-point lead with 1:18 showing on the clock. That was the good news. The bad news? Across the line of scrimmage stood Pittsburgh...
FIVE THINGS THAT HAVE TO GO RIGHT Establish and stick to a run game: Ravens officials have talked for months about the importance of regaining more balance on offense and establishing a downhill running attack. They went out and hired Greg Roman, who has been successful everywhere he’s been at...
Ray Lewis has been approached many times in recent months and congratulated for his pending induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Lewis warns that nothing is official yet and won’t be for several months. But as someone who is always looking for a greater meaning, the former Ravens linebacker...
For Jeremy Maclin, the year before he signed with the Ravens was painful, disappointing and ultimately, infuriating. First, one of his closest childhood friends, whom he’d fallen out of touch with, died unexpectedly. Then, the former Pro Bowl receiver tore his groin and watched his production plummet....
Terrell Suggs has sweat pouring down his face and the T-shirt that clings to his muscular body is drenched with perspiration. Yet during a 20-second break, his mind flashes back to his first Ravens practice. As he looks out on the field, his thoughts start to drift to 2003 and a smile comes over...
Last year, quarterback Joe Flacco agreed to a contract extension with the Ravens that will keep him under team control through the 2021 season. Last month, his coach, John Harbaugh, whose deal was set to expire after 2018, signed a one-year extension. The stability is significant, of course. Any...
Because of NFL scheduling rotations, the Ravens might not see Joe Flacco again for over two years. The Ravens won’t face the Denver Broncos, where Flacco’s reportedly set to be traded next month, in the regular season this year. It’s not known whether the two teams will meet next year, either....
Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, a polarizing activist figure whom the Ravens considered signing two years ago, and current Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid have settled their collusion cases against the NFL, the league announced Friday. “For the past several months, counsel...
The details were scarce at first. We knew that Ray Rice, one of the most popular and image-conscious players on the Ravens, had been arrested and charged with simple assault after an alleged early-morning exchange of blows with his fiancée at the Revel Casino in Atlantic City. His attorney described...
Ever since it was announced Monday that the Cleveland Browns signed former Kansas City running back Kareem Hunt to a one-year contract, some anger around town has resurfaced about the way former Ravens running back Ray Rice was treated for his domestic violence case nearly five years ago. Baltimore...
It was a good year to be a Ravens running back — that is, if you were playing with Lamar Jackson. The fortunes of the team’s rushing offense seemed to fall and then rise with its quarterbacks, as the much-anticipated Joe Flacco-Alex Collins partnership ceded at midseason to Jackson and Gus Edwards....