Maybe you're one of the doubters, one of the talk-show whiners and Internet gloom-and-doomers who watched the Ravens go 9-7 and make it to the divisional round of the NFL playoffs and still think they should blow up this team and start over.
John Harbaugh would strongly disagree with you.
"I really like the makeup of our team," the Ravens coach said Tuesday at The Castle, at his final news conference of the season. "I like the foundation that we have with our football team. I like the kinds of guys we have."
But two of the best - Derrick Mason and Ed Reed - could decide to retire, which would make for a busy offseason for the Ravens. The NFL is likely headed toward a season without a salary cap, and the team will have to decide which of its free agents it's prepared to lose and which ones to pursue. Losing Mason and Reed would leave two big holes - on and off the field. Let's talk about Mason first, because there are times you just scratch your head over this guy.
Mason spoke to the media Monday as the players cleaned out their lockers. In Tuesday's Baltimore Sun, Jamison Hensley called it the veteran wide receiver's "most bizarre interview since joining the Ravens," and I have to second that.
That's because Mason arrived at his locker and without being asked a question immediately launched into a weary soliloquy about calling it quits.
"All right, I'm done," he began. "This is my last season. Seriously, I'm done. I'm done. I'm going to say it again. This is it."
So there you were, listening to that and thinking: Wow, this guy really sounds like he's through with football.
Except a couple of minutes later, he didn't.
That's because he started yammering about how he had never won a Super Bowl and that his decision to retire was "still up in the air" and that he was going to go home and think about it.
Well, I'm glad he cleared that up.
Mason will be an unrestricted free agent. And if you're scoring at home, this would be his second retirement, because he also retired for a few weeks last summer before rejoining the team in training camp.
Maybe he's going for the all-time record for sports retirements, which is held either by Brett Favre, Roger Clemens or Sugar Ray Leonard, depending on what criteria you use.
Harbaugh said he thinks Mason will be back, and so do I. The guy is 36 and he has been in the league 13 years, but he loves football. And he's still the Ravens' best receiver by far.
Sure, they would love to sign or draft a big, strong wide-out with afterburner speed and great hands. But there aren't too many of those available. And given the Ravens' traditional dislike for head cases like Terrell Owens (who's a free agent), they'll do everything in their power to persuade Mason to return.
Reed is also making noise about retiring and says it's "50-50" he'll do so.
(You don't think these guys are competitive? After hearing that "50-50" business from Reed, Mason decided to top him by saying he was "60-40" to hang it up. You can imagine what a pingpong game is like between those two.)
But in Reed's case, he sounds like a guy who's so banged up right now that he needs time to rest and heal before he makes a decision.
Harbaugh said he expects Reed to return, too. But the veteran safety is apparently concerned about a serious hip injury, not to mention the scary nerve problems he has had in his neck and shoulder the past two years.
I'll tell you this: If I played and a doctor told me I could end up in a wheelchair from one more hit, I'd be gone from this game so fast your head would spin.
Maybe the biggest news to come out of Harbaugh on Tuesday was that he's open to having Matt Stover return and kick for the Ravens.
OK, that's not exactly shocking, considering how shaky the Ravens' kicking was in the first part of the season and how well Stover kicked for this team for 13 seasons.
Stover, of course, is now kicking for the Indianapolis Colts, who have something of a big game coming up against the New York Jets this weekend.
Sure, by NFL standards, the 41-year-old Stover is old enough to be somebody's grandfather.
But if the Colts release him in the offseason when Adam Vinatieri becomes healthy again, the Ravens would be crazy not to give him a look.
In fact, if I were Harbaugh, I would personally jump into my car and pick the guy up at the airport.
The Ravens let Stover get away once. They shouldn't make the same mistake twice. Not if he can still kick.
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