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If Antonio Brown's go-ahead touchdown catch Sunday night triggered some bone-deep, Ravens-related PTSD, we here at The Baltimore Sun can explain. - As much as the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers pride themselves on stingy defenses, physical play and AFC North titles, they do differ on how to develop wide receivers.
- Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley knows all about quarterback Ben Roethlisberger making something out of nothing.
- The statuses of Ravens Pro Bowl nose tackle Haloti Ngata and starting tight end Dennis Pitta remains undetermined for Sunday's game against the New York Jets. However, Pitta is regarded as unlikely to play.
- The Ravens are pretty healthy heading into Sunday's game against the New York Jets but Haloti Ngata's status remains a question mark.
- The Jets are a team built to play with a lead, so it's not surprising that their game against the Bills turned into a total Dumpster fire when they fell behind by 20 points in the first half.
- According to a Yahoo Sports report, former Ravens middle linebacker Ray Lewis is among a group of 16 current and former NFL players who are suing BB&T Bank for nearly $60 million in alleged investment losses.
- 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.
- Each week, Baltimore Sun reporters Aaron Wilson and Matt Vensel will look back at the Ravens' previous game and that of their next opponent.
- Jim Caldwell tried establishing the Ravens' ground game without much success; it had 31 carries for 75 yards and one touchdown with Ray Rice sidelined with a hip injury.
- Before joining Maryland, freshman cornerback-returner Will Likely III, from Glades Central High School, was part of that unusual fraternity that has produced such NFL players as running back Fred Taylor and receivers Anquan Boldin, Santonio Holmes, Jessie Hester and Reidel Anthony.
- On Sunday, pretty much everyone in Baltimore will be rooting for the Ravens. Likewise in San Francisco with the 49ers. But the rest of the nation's football fans? They will just be rooting for another entertaining game. Each of the last five Super Bowls went down to the wire, and a couple of them could be considered among the greatest Super Bowls of all time. In anticipation of another good one Sunday in New Orleans, Matt Vensel has compiled his list of the seven most entertaining Super Bowls in NFL history.
- Veteran delivers big hits, including one that set up Ray Rice's memorable fourth-and-29 conversion vs. Chargers
- Jets sign wide receiver
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- Here's a look at how the upcoming NFL season might unfold.
- New York is now official swept up in "Timsanity."
- Lardarius Webb continues to grow into a corner, and Cary Williams is proving he can start in the NFL
- As great as the Ravens' defense was Sunday night — and it was magnificent — it was the resourcefulness of quarterback Joe Flacco on third down that helped Baltimore land critical early blows in the bare-knuckle fight against the New York Jets.
- Santonio Holmes has been a 'Raven killer' dating back to his days in Pittsburgh
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- Ravens to keep an eye on Jets' tight end Dustin Keller, who leads the team in receiving
- The Ravens need to establish the run to beat the Jets, and they can't turn the ball over
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- Count Rex Ryan as being one of those surprised by the Ravens¿ offensive performance against the Rams. ... Ben Grubbs, Matt Birk and Cory Redding returned to practice on Thursday. With a bye week coming up after the Jets game, Grubbs might be held out on Sunday. ... Terrell Suggs revealed on Wednesday that he is getting some reps on offense. ... Andy MacPhail and Buck Showalter met with Orioles owner Peter Angelos for several hours on Thursday, but any resolution that might have resulted was not disclosed. ... The season-ending win over Boston was the most watched Wednesday night game on ESPN since 1998.
- Former Raven had six catches last week as he continues adapting to Jets
- Torrey Smith torched the Rams in Week 3, catching five passes for 152 yards and three touchdowns. Now he is burning up the waiver wire, and you can be sure that someone will claim him in your fantasy league.
- Let's jump in the time machine and flash back in time to the early 2000s when Tom Cruise wasn't a known crazy person, "Freedom Fries" were an innovation in redneck culinary circles and men under the age of 40 wearing visors in public was considered to be socially acceptable. Thanks to Al Gore's Internet invention, fantasy football was starting to blow up -- and we were advised to select running backs with our first 13 or so picks.
- There is nothing flashy about a fist to the face -- especially when you're on the wrong side of the fist -- but that's the type of mentality the Ravens want to bring back on offense this season. That's why their two notable moves in free agency so far have been re-signing bulldozing right guard Marshal Yanda and inking All-Pro fullback Vonta Leach to a three-year, $11 million deal (making him the NFL¿s highest-paid fullback).
