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- Lamar Jackson's performance Thursday, during the last of three mandatory minicamp practices, was a heartening end to a month of up-and-down play.
- The soft-spoken Onwuasor will not have to talk like Steve Smith Sr. to command the defense from the middle of the field.
- Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti answered questions from season-ticket holders during a conference call Wednesday evening.
- Defensive tackle Gerald McCoy reportedly plans to visit Baltimore on Tuesday and hear out the free-agent pitch from team officials.
- Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has a very tough act to follow after leading the team to the AFC North title in just his first half-season.
- This is an offseason of change for Lamar Jackson and the Ravens offense he will now lead.
- The Ravens should have an improved offense as they seek their second straight AFC North title, but how will they fare on the other side of the ball?
- The two are different in many ways, but they do share a key to success: Holzhauer has missed on only 3% of his responses. Jackson is focused on his accuracy.
- After a chaotic few months, have the Ravens improved since last year? To get a sense for the big picture, start on a smaller scale.
- Peter Schmuck's light-hearted predictions for the Kentucky Derby, Orioles and Ravens notes and few other items.
- As the Ravens set out during this weekend’s NFL draft to give Jackson weapons, their methodology on offense became clear over six rounds and eight selections: They were not just trying to build the team around Jackson. They were trying to build something like a track team for him, too.
- It was hard to find anyone who thought that Oklahoma wide receiver Marquise Brown was a bad pick for the Ravens.
- The Ravens' 2019 schedule starts off relatively easy. Then it gets difficult, and fast.
- The Ravens will play in three prime-time games and face five teams that advanced to the playoffs last season.
- The NFL will release the upcoming season schedule at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
- The 34-year-old Marshal Yanda had not said publicly whether he intended to return for his 13th season before agreeing to an extension with the Ravens on Thursday.
- Mike Tomlin and John Harbaugh have been in this game for a long time, and they know how to win, but more importantly, how to survive.
- The Browns appear to have loaded up for the 2019 season with their own dream team, but if there is one franchise that could turn this into a nightmare, it’s Cleveland.
- Robert Griffin III, whom the Ravens signed to a one-year deal last season, backed up rookie Lamar Jackson after starter Joe Flacco hurt his hip in Week 9.
- Ravens officials bid farewell Wednesday to longtime quarterback Joe Flacco and linebackers C.J. Mosley and Terrell Suggs.
- Earl Thomas signed a four-year deal with the Ravens worth a reported $55 million, another expensive but impressive piece in the team’s defensive backfield.
- In less than 18 hours spanning Monday night and Tuesday afternoon, three Ravens linebackers who underpinned their defensive success proved unwilling or unable to be retained.
- The four-time All-Pro agreed to a five-year, $85 million deal with the New York Jets on Tuesday morning, according to multiple media reports.
- Former Ravens safety Eric Weddle didn’t take long to find his way back home.
- There was a wave of purple optimism throughout the stadium in the team’s final regular season win against Cleveland and sellout crowd for the wild-card game against the Chargers.
- By designating inside linebacker C.J. Mosley with the franchise tag, the Ravens would have committed about $15.4 million to the former first-round draft pick for the 2019 season.
- The Ravens need a top wide receiver and pass rusher, but an offensive lineman and running back are worth watching, too.
- The Ravens had the sixth-most expensive average ticket price in the NFL last season, according to Statista.
- Here's why the Ravens can enjoy some much-coveted financial flexibility ahead of an important offseason.
- Now that he's reportedly headed to the Denver Broncos in a trade, here's a look at Joe Flacco's five most memorable games as Ravens quarterback.
- The Ravens have reportedly agreed in principle to trade longtime starting quarterback Joe Flacco to the Denver Broncos, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
- The Ravens' odds to win the next Super Bowl are the 11th-best.
- “I think sometimes people would think that maybe I’d be embarrassed that I started off as an intern now that I’m a GM, that I want to forget that,” Eric DeCosta said. “To be honest with you, I cherish that."
- “I certainly hope that C.J. is back," Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta said. "I believe in my heart that he will be."
- Here’s what you need to know about the four Ravens in Sunday’s Pro Bowl.
- "There's always going to be change, there's always going to be renewal, and we'll be a different team than we were last year," coach John Harbaugh said Friday.
- Mosley is an unrestricted free agent and one of the top defensive players available.
- Under Harbaugh’s previous contract, he was set to become a highly coveted coaching free agent after the 2019 season.
- The Ravens signed John Harbaugh to a new a four-year contract Thursday, but I wonder if there is a buyout clause for one or two of the final years.
- Ravens coach John Harbaugh became the subject of possible trade speculation as his team made a playoff push before reportedly nearing a contract extension Saturday.
- The last time the Ravens made a statement about head coach John Harbaugh’s contract status was Dec. 21, the night before the team played the Los Angeles Chargers in California.
- Over the next three-plus month, the Ravens have a lot to do. Some priorities, though, are a little more important than others.
- Eric DeCosta will take over as Ravens general manager Friday, a long-expected promotion for Ozzie Newsome’s heir apparent that marks a new era for the team’s front office.
- In his two years with the offense, tight ends coach Greg Roman became inseparable from each season’s most obvious success.
- “Knowing the business side of this league, it can be like the Wild West out there come March, and free agency and the draft,” Justin Tucker said.
- A rookie quarterback gets a tough lesson in the uncertainties of football and its fans.
- At the last postgame news conference of the Ravens’ season, the first player to offer a postmortem was Lamar Jackson.
- Fans packed M&T Bank Stadium on Sunday for the Ravens' first home playoff game since January 2013.
- The Ravens could move cornerback Brandon Carr from his usual outside spot to the inside position or use a rotation of Anthony Levine Sr. and Maurice Canady to replace the loss of Tavon Young.
- When the Ravens clinched their first playoff berth in four years, the game ball went to an understated 62-year-old who's about to leave his job of 23 years. That man, Ozzie Newsome, is widely admired as the chief architect of the organization.