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Some sports name three stars of the game after the game. I'll do that one better: I'm going to name them before the Ravens even play. These will be the three stars of the game when the Ravens travel to the site of their Super Bowl XLVII win in New Orleans to face the Saints on Monday Night Football.

They had more salary cap space than usual and a host of needs, but the Ravens stuck to the free-agent plan that had served them well in the past.

Check in here throughout the afternoon and evening to get the latest news from what's happening around the NFL and how it affects the Ravens.

Baltimore Ravens remain patient with Eugene Monroe deal and as a result, come out with a good deal.

When free agency starts this afternoon, the Ravens will have the most financial flexibility they've had since coach John Harbaugh was hired six years ago. The Ravens are carrying $21.987 million in salary cap space, according to NFL Players Association figures. Only 12 other NFL teams have more room under the league limit of $133 million.

The NFL's annual free-agency spending spree officially gets underway Tuesday, with the Ravens in a slightly different position than in the recent past.

Buffalo Bills rookie middle linebacker Kiko Alonso was one of the biggest reasons why the Ravens offense had so many problems during Sunday's 23-20 loss.

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.

The Baltimore Ravens haven't been clicking on deep balls this season, but Joe Flacco and the offense will get an opportunity to get their deep passing attack going Sunday against the banged-up Buffalo Bills.

In this week's Blogger on Blogger post, Matt Vensel exchanged emails with Brian Galliford, who blogs about the Buffalo Bills for Buffalo Rumblings. The Baltimore Ravens travel to Buffalo to play the Bills this weekend.

Each week, Baltimore Sun reporters Aaron Wilson and Matt Vensel will look back at the Ravens' previous game and that of their next opponent.