Organized Team Activities (OTAs) start Tuesday for the Ravens, the next step in preparation for the 2013 season. Thus far, the players have participated in very limited “football school” sessions. Now OTAs will turn things up a notch. While OTAs are still voluntary, they often draw more veteran ...
Michael McAdoo hasn’t played in a competitive football game in more than three years. The pass rusher out of North Carolina has spent his first two NFL seasons on injured reserve and was suspended during his final season in college. Now he’s trying to work his way back from a torn Achilles tendon ...
Jimmy Smith ’s Time To Show Something Jimmy Smith ended the 2012 season with two critical plays in the Ravens’ final defensive stand to seal Super Bowl XLVII. The two pass breakups on wide receiver Michael Crabtree capped a challenging season for Smith, who battled injuries for the second year in ...
Caleb Hanie knows he has his work cut out for him. Hanie signed with the Ravens last month, and since then the sixth-year quarterback has been a consistent participant in the voluntary offseason program working to learn the playbook and establish himself in the offense. “I approach it like I ...
Best AFC North QB? Flacco vs. Big Ben When Joe Flacco first entered the league in 2008, there was little doubt as to who was the superior quarterback in the division: Ben Roethlisberger. Roethlisberger was already the youngest Super Bowl-winning quarterback in NFL history, and added a second ring ...
Ravens In Good Position To Trade For WR General Manager Ozzie Newsome said the Ravens could use another veteran wide receiver and he is playing the field to find one. But some say the receiver free agent market isn’t looking very fruitful right now. So how about a trade? With the Ravens in a ...
Tandon Doss knows he has a big opportunity in front of him this offseason. Veteran receiver Anquan Boldin is now gone, creating a hole in the offense that one of the young receivers on the roster could step up and fill. Doss will be in competition with players like Jacoby Jones , David Reed , ...
Strength and Conditioning Coach Bob Rogucki Opening statement: “Our [offseason workout] program just started. We’re into the second week. We divide it down into upper- and lower-body days. Our Monday and Wednesday day will consist of our upper-body lift. We have, what we call, the bench-press day, ...
Cost To Trade Up For OT Johnson. Worth It? After the Ravens made Joe Flacco the richest quarterback in NFL history, his blindside protector from the Super Bowl, Bryant McKinnie , gave the team a little advice: “They bought a Maserati, so they better pay for insurance ." It looks like the Ravens ...
Pernell McPhee sat down for lunch Monday just after a workout at the Under Armour Performance Center. The third-year defensive lineman has been one of the regulars at the team’s facility during the recent weeks of the quiet offseason, as he’s driven to make this year different than the ...