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- Joe Douglas filled out his front office staff with some familiar faces from his tenure with the Ravens.
- “All the tight ends right now, we’re all striving to be complete guys,” said Mark Andrews.
- The NFL’s mostly frozen free-agent market is set to thaw out soon.
- The 2019 NFL schedule came out last week and proved once again that it’s possible for a computer to be a New England Patriots fan. Plus, a look at the Orioles' historic rate of home runs allowed and the Ravens' options in the NFL draft.
- 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.
- In 15 games last season for Oakland, including seven starts, Roberts had 45 catches for 494 yards, both career highs, and two touchdowns.
- 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.
- John Brown's exit leaves the Ravens with just one of their top three receivers from last year set to return.
- He said after the Ravens’ playoff loss to the Los Angeles Chargers that he “would love to be a Raven for life."
- Eric DeCosta has shortened the Ravens' to-do list considerably. He still must answer a handful of questions that could shape the team’s short- and long-term future.
- It was a good year to be a Ravens running back — that is, if you were playing with Lamar Jackson.
- Former NFL running back Tyrone Wheatley will be the Morgan Bears’ fifth head coach in seven years, but said he intends to stabilize the program and return it to relevancy.
- Morgan State on Wednesday announced the hiring of former Michigan star and NFL running back Tyrone Wheatley as its 22nd head football coach.
- Tyrone Wheatley, who had played nine seasons for the New York Giants and Oakland Raiders and had recently coached the running backs for the Jacksonville Jaguars, will be the Bears’ fifth head coach in the last seven years.
- FTF Racing’s Correjon continued his winter hot streak at Laurel Park, earning his third straight win over its main track with a record-setting half-length triumph in Sunday’s featured Super Bowl Starter Handicap.
- David Culley, 63, who also was named the Ravens assistant head coach, spent the past two seasons as the Buffalo Bills’ quarterbacks coach.
- It appears rookie Lamar Jackson is making the right moves during the offseason and will be working with instructors who specialize in developing quarterbacks, Ravens head coach John Harbaugh said Friday.
- Greg Roman’s work as an offensive coordinator in San Francisco and Buffalo offers lessons for what might lie ahead.
- The move, which comes on Eric DeCosta’s first day as Ravens general manager, is expected to solidify John Harbaugh’s future in Baltimore.
- In his two years with the offense, tight ends coach Greg Roman became inseparable from each season’s most obvious success.
- The past year has been a rocky one for the Ravens, but it will be all good if they take care of business against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.
- Leading the AFC North for the first time since Week 6, the Ravens (9-6) can claim the division Sunday for the first time since 2012 with a win at home Sunday in their regular-season finale over the Cleveland Browns (7-7-1) or a loss by the Steelers (8-6-1) to the visiting Cincinnati Bengals (6-9).
- It's the third straight year the Ravens have had at least three players make the all-star roster.
- The Ravens would guarantee themselves an AFC playoff berth with two more victories. But if they lose Saturday night, they might not live to have a shot in Week 17.
- If Johns Hopkins is hoping to achieve another first in program history by advancing to the Stagg Bowl, the Blue Jays will have to get past No. 1 and 13-time national champion Mount Union in Saturday’s NCAA Division III tournament semifinal.
- Ravens running back Kenneth Dixon is hoping to build on last week’s 17 snaps, but understands that Gus Edwards and Ty Montgomery are ahead of him.
- Injured Ravens right tackle James Hurst will be unavailable for Sunday’s game against the Atlanta Falcons but could play in Week 14, coach John Harbaugh said Friday.
- John Harbaugh declined to say whether Joe Flacco has been cleared to practice, offering only that the longtime starter is "progressing very well."
- Our tailgating now is somewhat reserved with more emphasis on the variety and quality of the food versus the consumption of alcohol that we had in our younger days, but that’s fine with me.
- Ravens left tackle Ronnie Stanley and outside linebacker Tim Williams were limited Wednesday, and quarterback Joe Flacco, right tackle James Hurst and strong safety Tony Jefferson were absent.
- In a league that values excellence under center above all else, here’s where Ravens first-round pick Lamar Jackson might fit in.
- The bye week is about self-scouting, and the Ravens could use a few tweaks before the Cincinnati Bengals come to town Nov. 18.
- Coach John Harbaugh said a long, grueling season has taken its toll on the players, who will work out Tuesday before getting the remainder of their bye week off.
- Firing Ravens coach John Harbaugh now wouldn't make any sense and don't expect team owner Steve Bisciotti to do it, columnist Mike Preston writes.
- Former Maryland wide receiver DJ Moore catches five passes for 90 yards and rushes twice for 39 yards for the Carolina Panthers against the Ravens, a team that could have drafted him.
- Ravens first-round pick Lamar Jackson has played less in seven NFL games than he usually did in one start for Louisville. But as he nears the midpoint of his first season, Jackson said he has a good sense of his progress, despite the limited workload.
- In addition to cornerback Marlon Humphrey and right tackle James Hurst missing the game against the Carolina Panthers, left guard Alex Lewis is doubtful.
- The Ravens offensive line, featuring two rookies and a midseason acquisition, did not allow a sack or commit a penalty Sunday against New Orleans.
- The Ravens should produce enough offensive tricks to bounce back with a win against the Titans in an essential road game.
- The Ravens need to find a more balanced offense against the Titans.
- Harbaugh's news conference Monday offered some of his most extensive and interesting comments yet on the state of the team’s grounded rushing attack.
- Losing games they should have won cost the Ravens the past couple of seasons. If they miss the playoffs again in 2018, they'll look back at Sunday's loss in Cleveland as an unforgivable missed opportunity.
- The Ravens are in good position at the first-quarter pole thanks to an offense starting to hit its stride and a defense that's been stingy. But there's room for improvement.
- From Joe Flacco's plethora of targets to the secondary's success without Jimmy Smith, here are five things we learned from the Ravens' 26-14 win in Pittsburgh.
- Ravens wide receiver John Brown has three touchdown catches in his first four games, matching a pace set by Mike Wallace two years ago.
- Through three games, the Ravens' offense has succeeded despite an inefficient running game. Some analysts say that's no big deal in the pass-happy modern game. But Ravens coaches and players say balance remains essential to their offensive philosophy.
- Quarterback Joe Flacco finished 25-for-40 for 277 yards and a touchdown as the Ravens beat the Denver Broncos, 27-14, at M&T Bank Stadium.
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After poor Week 2 performance, Ravens offensive line faces ultimate challenge in Denver's Von Miller
The Ravens offensive line played poorly in a Week 2 loss to Cincinnati and will need to improve quickly with the Denver Broncos and All-Pro linebacker Von Miller coming to town. - Tasked with stopping the NFL's No. 4 ranked offense, the Ravens are looking to re-energize at home and regain some pride in a defense that has traditionally been tough for nearly 20 years.