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...
With his 34th birthday fast approaching and 163 NFL starts behind him, Joe Flacco has faced almost every dip, rise and curve professional football can throw at a man. For more than a decade, he’s held the job thousands of athletes pursue and few ever attain — unquestioned leader of an NFL offense....
Four days after the Kansas City Chiefs secured a playoff spot with their win over the Ravens, the Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday became the second AFC team to clinch — with their win over the Chiefs. Because life is far from fair, the hypercompetitive AFC West will send one of those teams on...
Ravens defensive coordinator Don “Wink” Martindale did not want to talk about fourth-and-9. “I think that he made a great play,” Martindale said Thursday of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, whose game-saving, fourth-quarter, across-his-body completion to Tyreek Hill on Sunday spurred...
Ravens safety Tony Jefferson practiced for a second straight day Friday, and coach John Harbaugh said that if it were up to him, Jefferson would play Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. “I thought he did well,” Harbaugh said. “We’ll have to see what the trainers say, but I thought he did well.”...
There is no archival footage of the first time Orlando Brown Jr. really put a defender on his fanny, which is a shame. Brown’s retelling of the pancake block lends the play an apocryphal quality. Even he cops to being fuzzy on the specifics of just how far downfield he bulldozed this poor eighth-grader...