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If the Ravens want to build on last season’s playoff run, they can look to the Patriots for blueprints.

Each year the NFL becomes even more average and that forces the coaching gap between Bill Belichick and the other coaches to become greater.

Sunday's conference championship games were exciting, competitive and featured some of the league’s best coaches, but poor officiating dominated the conversation. It’s just another Sunday in the NFL.

The blown pass interference call in last night's NFC championship game not only embarrassed the league, it almost certainly sent the wrong team to the Super Bowl. That was entirely preventable.

After five weeks, three fumbles and two demotions to the practice squad, the Ravens are wary of anything else going wrong on punt returns.

The Patriots released Jones, 24, for the second time this season Saturday.

Before the induction ceremony in Canton on Aug. 4, get to know the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2018 with a career breakdown of each inductee.

The Ravens were one of eight teams without a single player in the NFLPA's top 50 for player sales from March 1 to May 31.

The Baltimore Sun staff offers predictions for the NFL season.

All eyes will be on Joe Flacco when training camp begins Thursday.

It would be much easier for the Ravens to fill their wide receiver need in free agency, but don't completely rule out a trade either.

Maybe Bill Belichick and Tom Brady will become bored and get tired of winning. That's the only way other teams will have a chance against the Patriots.

Eric Weddle said he was at fault on Chris Hogan's 79-yard touchdown catch, one of the decisive plays in the Patriots 30-23 victory over the Ravens.

First, the Ravens’ normally-reliable special teams faltered. Then, their supposedly rejuvenated offense started on what would become a litany of mistakes.

There was no mention of Spygate, Deflategate or any other "gate." Nobody challenged the other side's formations or advised them to "study the rule book and

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Terrell Suggs crashed Dak Prescott interview, asks Cowboys QB about Suggs

This is the first edition of the 7-on-7 drill, where I'll present seven lists of seven items to help keep track of the NFL season.

This is the first edition of the 7-on-7 drill, where I'll present seven lists of seven items to help keep track of the NFL season.

The Ravens may not draft Ohio State's Braxton Miller, but their offense badly needs a player with his skill set.

Cam Newton brings an added dimension to the quarterback position. There have been signal-callers — like Steve Young, Fran Tarkenton and Steve McNair — who ran out of necessity, and others, like Seattle's Russell Wilson, who took it further with some designed runs. But Newton is a threat as both a passer and runner, and unlike the others, he just doesn't give a damn who he has to fly over to win the championship.

The Pittsburgh Steelers are on a roll and might embarrass the Ravens Sunday, but the New England Patriots are the team to beat in the AFC.

With dreams of eventually making it to the NFL, Winters Mill graduate Simeon Wright said he's taking it one step at a time. As a non-scholarship player with preferred walk-on status at Towson, there will be a roster spot for him following this season, though he still has to earn it through practice.

Only one Ravens player, Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco, made the NFL Players Association's top-50 list for jersey sales for 2014.

Seattle's formula of pairing a fierce defense with a strong running game is a tried-and-true measure to winning Super Bowls.

When NBC Sports executives began planning their Super Bowl XLIX pregame show before the season even began, Ravens coach John Harbaugh was their top choice as a guest analyst. The Ravens¿ 35-31 AFC divisional round loss to the New England Patriots was NBC¿s, and the Super Bowl viewers¿ gain.

Welcome to the Ravens 10-Pack, where reporter Jon Meoli hits on 10 stats, notes, and thoughts after the New England Patriots ended the Ravens' season with a 35-31 win Saturday.

The New England Patriots didn't even try to run the ball on the Baltimore Ravens; they just kept passing against a patchwork secondary.

A clever bit of trickery from New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, and the strong arm of former college quarterback Julian Edelman, helped end the Ravens' season Saturday night.

As the sixth-seeded Ravens (11-6) square off with the top-seeded New England Patriots (12-4) in an AFC divisional-round playoff game Saturday at Gillette Stadium, here's a checklist of things to keep an eye on:

Baltimore Sun reporter Jeff Zrebiec breaks down the Ravens and Patriots offense, defense and special teams and offers his prediction for the AFC divisional round playoff game.

"He's fighting. He's a fighter," Rashaan Melvin said of James Melvin. "Some days, he's up. Some days, he's down, but he's always fighting. He's definitely proud."

The Ravens have listed left tackle Eugene Monroe as questionable for Saturday's AFC divisional-round playoff game against the New England Patriots.

The Ravens have been consistent at being inconsistent, so nobody knows which team will show up Saturday in New England.

Julian Edelman just needs to be there for the New England Patriots. On the field. Moving the chains. In sync with Tom Brady.

After participating on a limited basis as he works his way back from an ankle injury, Monroe proclaimed that he had made major progress and sounded upbeat about his chances of playing in Saturday night's AFC divisional-round playoff game against the New England Patriots.

As the Ravens prepare to play the Patriots on Saturday night in an AFC divisional round playoff game at Gillette Stadium, Steve Smith told The Baltimore Sun he's happy with how things worked out.

The enthusiastic presence of University of Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh wearing a Ravens jacket on the sideline Saturday at Heinz Field coincided with a playoff win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.

I am predicting that when we evaluate the Baltimore Ravens' 2014 draft after this season, the name with the most upside will be none other than former River Hill star Mike Campanaro. If used properly, Campanaro could become a big time receiver like Wes Welker and Julian Edelman. He has the moves and he hangs onto the ball. He has always been considered to be too small, but at Wake Forest, he set the school's all-time receiving record with 229 catches and would have added to that number if not

The Ravens have now agreed to terms on a contract with the five-time Pro Bowl wide receiver, according to league sources.

The Ravens have now agreed to terms on a contract with the five-time Pro Bowl wide receiver, according to league sources.

After monitoring the Smith and Carolina Panthers fallout from afar, the Ravens finally had their first opportunity to make their pitch to the five-time Pro Bowl receiver after he was released following 13 NFL seasons with the Panthers.

Jacoby Jones was in the middle of his free agent visit with the New York Giants Wednesday when he had an epiphany and decided to return to the Ravens.

The deal for Jacoby Jones, a proven deep threat and one of the game's fastest returners, has a maximum value of $14 million if he hits all his incentive clauses, sources said.

About 30 minutes after the market opened at 4 p.m., the Ravens fulfilled their top free-agent priority agreeing to terms with left tackle Eugene Monroe on a five-year, $37.5 million deal, according to a league source.

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

New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman is going to hit the free agency market after declining a three-year offer to remain with the AFC East franchise, according to a source.