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And former Ravens star free safety Ed Reed was a crowd favorite during cornerback Lardarius Webb's annual charity softball Sunday with 15,000 tickets sold during the first year it's been held at M&T Bank Stadium with the game at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen previously.

The Ravens devote a considerable amount of resources into scouting small-school draft prospects.

During an hour-plus talk at the NFL owners meetings, Ravens head coach John Harbaugh revealed that Kelechi Osemele will likely play left guard and labeled Rick Wagner the favorite at right tackle.

Between practices Wednesday at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, The Baltimore Sun conducted the following interview with Ravens assistant general manager Eric DeCosta.

With the Ravens sending another large delegation of executives, coaches and scouts to Mobile, Ala., to attend a week of practice beginning Monday, their concentration on the Senior Bowl isn't an aberration.

Ravens coach John Harbaugh talks about the team's rookies getting better in 2014.

Finally, in Sunday's 34-17 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, the Ravens were able to use tight end Dennis Pitta as they originally envisioned before training camp kicked off.

Defensive tackle Arthur Jones and cornerback Asa Jackson were the only Ravens not present during the portion of Friday¿s practice open to the media.

Something unusual happened Sunday involving Ravens kicker Justin Tucker.

Dennis Pitta made his season debut in Sunday's 29-26 win over the Minnesota Vikings and the Ravens tight end played 36 of the team's 85 offensive snaps and had six catches for 48 yards and a touchdown.

Marlon Brown, an undrafted free agent, secured the football, then dragged his feet inbounds at the back of the end zone. After a brief review, officials confirmed it was a touchdown.

Ravens outside linebacker Elvis Dumervil has been ruled out of today's game against the Minnesota Vikings at M&T Bank Stadium after not practicing all week.

No matter where New York Jets rookie quarterback Geno Smith tried to throw the football Sunday, he was rarely able to elude Ravens cornerback Corey Graham.

The Ravens were without the services of Haloti Ngata during Sunday's 23-20 overtime loss to the Chicago Bears. With Ngata sidelined, Terrence Cody got his first start of the 2013 season at nose tackle, played a season-high 35 defensive snaps and made one tackle.

Ravens find running game, but don't have answer for Bears' Julius Peppers

Ravens Pro Bowl nose tackle Haloti Ngata and starting wide receiver Marlon Brown were scratched for today's game against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field due to knee injuries.

Ravens wide receiver Jacoby Jones has now played four games since returning from a knee injury last month, but the veteran wide receiver has yet to overtake rookie Marlon Brown on the depth chart based on their playing time.

It was worth keeping after Tucker delivered the game-winning field goal on a 46-yard kick to seal the Ravens' 20-17 overtime victory Sunday over the Cincinnati Bengals at M&T Bank Stadium.

As the Ravens prepare for Sunday's game against the first-place Cincinnati Bengals at M&T Bank Stadium, Ngata acknowledged Wednesday that he needed to raise his level of play to help stop a slide that has the team on the edge of the playoff picture.

Almost halfway through the season, the Ravens' rookie class has shown incremental signs of progress.

Baltimore Ravens fullback Vonta Leach played a season-low two offensive snaps, inside linebacker Jameel McClain took on a larger role and more playing time observations from Sunday's loss to the Cleveland Browns.

About a week after he hinted at changes, Ravens head coach John Harbaugh cut Marcus Spears and Michael Huff, two of the team's veteran offseason additions.

Looking at which Baltimore Ravens got a lot of playing time and which Ravens rode the pine in the first seven games of the 2013 season. Only five players, including middle linebacker Daryl Smith, have played every snap.

Starting weak-side linebacker Josh Bynes said he¿s recovering well from surgery on his infected finger, and expects to return to the team after the bye and be ready for the Ravens¿ game against the Cleveland Browns on Nov. 3.

After being sidelined for more than 10 months with a spinal cord injury, Ravens weak-side linebacker Jameel McClain returned to the field Sunday. And he didn't just play. McClain started and played a major role in the 19-16 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

One positive development from Sunday's 19-17 loss to the Green Bay Packers was the return of injured wide receiver Jacoby Jones, who returned kickoffs and made an 11-yard touchdown reception. The Ravens limited his usage, though. Jones played just 17 offensive snaps and six snaps on special teams. More on that and other snap count observations.

Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Tandon Doss got the start in Sunday's 26-23 win over the Miami Dolphins and he played a career-high 50 snaps in the victory.

Ravens running back Ray Rice received a heavy workload in Sunday's 23-20 loss to the Buffalo Bills.

Ravens star running back Ray Rice is officially listed as questionable on the injury report with a strained left hip flexor, denoting that there's a 50-percent chance he plays Sunday agains the Buffalo Bills.

Ravens running back Ray Rice practiced for the third consecutive day, an encouraging sign about his status for Sunday's game against the Buffalo Bills.