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Every week, we hope to bring you a quick Q&A with someone who covers the Ravens' opponent that week. On Monday night, the Cincinnati Bengals come to Baltimore, so we're happy to start off the season off by chatting with Joe Reedy, who has covered the Bengals as The Cincinnati Enquirer's Bengals beat reporter since 2009. We discussed Andy Dalton, Ray Rice and 30 years of inconsistency in Cincy.

Heading into the draft, it appears the Ravens, who were AFC North champions in 2011, haven't given much ground to their division rivals. Here's a quick look at what each of those three teams has done.

Productive pass rushers such as Mario Williams of the Houston Texans usually don't become free agents while they are in the prime -- the most recent example was Julius Peppers, who signed with the Chicago Bears two offseasons ago.

Despite missing practice all week, Ravens inside linebacker Ray Lewis is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Bengals.