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Baltimore Ravens host the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles in preseason at M&T Bank Stadium.
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After year of growth and acquisitions, Ravens’ already impressive defense could be league’s best
After a year of internal growth and external acquisitions, the NFL’s most inimitable defense could also be the NFL’s most intimidating.
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Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson faces a simple question after his season for the ages: What’s next?
At this time last year, the Ravens quarterback did not have to look far or listen long to find critics who doubted his chances as an NFL passer. But what’s the next frontier for an athlete who’s now the subject of near-universal acclaim?
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Ravens training camp: Saturday August 22 | PHOTOS
The Baltimore Ravens run drills during training camp on August 22 at the Under Armour Performance Center in Owings Mills.
Grades for every Ravens draft class
The Ravens' first 19 draft classes earned high marks more often than not.
It’s too early to grade the Ravens’ 20th NFL draft — the players selected in 2015 have not appeared in a regular-season game — but the franchise’s first 19 draft classes earned high marks more often than not.
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Once a team without a name, Ravens enter 20th season as one of NFL's steadiest franchises
Heading into their 20th season, the Ravens have become one of the NFL's most steady franchises. They have won two Super Bowl championships, have had just three head coaches and have made the playoffs in six of the past seven years under coach John Harbaugh. So much certainty these days is a far cry from 1996, when the team didn't have colors, a permanent stadium, or even a nickname
For Ravens Hall of Famer Jonathan Ogden, 'it just all came together in 2000'
As the Ravens approached the start of their 20th season, Hall of Fame left tackle Jonathan Ogden spoke with The Baltimore Sun about the team's origins, his career and his expectations for 2015.
With the NFL regular season finally underway, here's a look at the reasons why the Ravens might not qualify for the postseason this year.
Former Ravens remember their good times in Baltimore
Ravens players from the franchise's first 19 seasons reminisce about their good times in Baltimore.
Ravens players from the franchise's first 19 seasons reminisce about their good times in Baltimore.
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With same offensive line and starting back, Ravens ready to run
Even as the NFL shades every year closer toward offensive coordinator Marc Trestman's traditional aerial attack becoming the league norm, the Ravens will use the return of one of the game's best offensive lines and running back Justin Forsett to try and replicate the sucess of the ground game from 2014.
With Week 1 of the NFL season about to be underway, here's a look at why the Ravens might be among the AFC's playoff teams at season's end.
Ravens history, season-by-season
As they begin their 20th season in the NFL, the Ravens have become one of the NFL's steadiest franchises since moving from Cleveland in 1996. Here's a year-by-year look at how they got to where they are.
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Steve Bisciotti changed it all for the Ravens in 2000
The Ravens have added some eventual Hall of Fame players like Rod Woodson and Shannon Sharpe over their 20-year history in Baltimore, but their most important free agent acquisition arrived on March 27, 2000. That was the day the NFL announced Steve Bisciotti had purchased a 49 percent stake in the franchise.
The Ravens' 2015 schedule includes five road games in the season's first seven weeks (four on the West Coast), yet another trip to Miami to play the Dolphins and a date with the NFC champion Seattle Seahawks in December. And don't forget about the usual six-game schedule against perhaps the best division in football, the AFC North. You get the picture: the 20th season in franchise history will be challenging in more ways than one.
Pictures of Ravens cornerback Jimmy Smith.
Pictures of Ravens linebacker C.J. Mosley.
Pictures of Ravens nose tackle Brandon Williams.
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