Ravens 36, Eagles 7: Grading the Ravens

Joe Flacco's base salary for the 2009 season increased from $385,000 to $1.5 million because of escalators. The first-year starting quarterback...

Quarterback: B- Joe Flacco had trouble finding open receivers and hitting targets against a zone defense, but he still kpet his cool and controlled the game. He made only one major mistake, which certainly hurt, but otherwise he was fine. His completion percentage was down, but many of his incomplete attempts were hitting receivers in the [...]

FantasyFootball.com is reporting that the Ravens are going to take a long look at WR Darrius Hayward-Bey, starting with a workout on the 23rd. Here is the tidbit: The Ravens are expected to have QB Joe Flacco throw passes to WR Darrius Heyward-Bey on March 23. The Ravens have the No. 26 pick, so it’s [...]

Ravens FB Lorenzo Neal, 16-year veteran, on his rookie QB:"Here's who Joe Flacco is. Our defense is like the most popular dude in school a?" a senior, the homecoming king. Flacco is like the beautiful sophomore girl he keeps bringing to all the dances, and now she's his prom date. Everybody ...

I wish that I could promise that every minute of the Ravens preseason game against the New England Patriots will be covered via live blog. Unfortunately, a commitment will possibly hinder me from being around for kickoff. With that being said, please feel free to hang out in the Fan-Sided Forums and check back every so often. We will be rocking and rolling sometime in the first quarter...

Ravens Dominate Texans 41-13 A Joe Flacco made great progress as a QB today. With his favorite target going down early he was forced to find other options in the passing game, which lead to Todd Heap finally looking like his old self. Joe stretched the defense with multiple deep throws, one resulting is a TD to [...]

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Every day this week, we will look past Round 1 of the upcoming NFL Draft and focus on some other prospects. The Chicago Bears could still go after a quarterback even if they re-sign Rex Grossman, so could a small-school signal-caller like Delaware's Joe Flacco be the next QB of the future?

--Bill Parcells has a guaranteed $9M out in his Dolphins deal, assuming Huizenga sells his share next month. This gives Redskins Park a collective boner.--The Patriots miss the playoffs at 11-5. The Ravens should have stopped the Patriots 16-0 run late last year on MNF. The Dolphins narrowly missed 0-16 last year. The Cam Cameron-led Dolphins only beat the Ravens. The Ravens just...

A 1pm press conference has been scheduled for today to announce the retirement of Baltimore Ravens quarterback, Steve McNair. Earlier this year, new Ravens Head Coach, Jon Harbaugh, announced that McNair would enter training camp as the starter. Now what?With just quarterbacks Kyle Boller and Troy Smith on the roster, it seems likely that Baltimore will be scouting for a new signal...

Not the kind of thing you want to hear if you are Ravens' rookie quarterback Joe Flacco. Another Raven, rookie quarterback Joe Flacco, was getting a different kind of attention last weekend. The 6-6, 235-pound Flacco was mistaken Saturday night for record-breaking swimmer and Baltimore native, Michael

You knew it was going to happen, as it does almost every year. Kyle Boller will be the starting quarterback for the Ravens this Thursday against the New England Patriots. And you know what? That actually might be the best move. Troy Smith's struggles have been well-documented this season, as have the solid performances of Joe Flacco and Boller. The ideal concept is for Boller, who...

AOL's Ryan Wilson today posted an article with the title, "It looks like Joe Flacco will be the Ravens starter at some point in '08," and he proceeds to offer no evidence that I could see other than the fact that Flacco took most of his mini-camp snaps from the shotgun formation. There might be other evidence hiding in there somewhere. I only read the post once. And even that was...

Now that the Ravens have their number one pick, Joe Flacco, in camp, the team is looking to make sure they get all their rookies in for the start of training camp.? They took another solid step in doing that Friday, as the team inked fourth-round draft pick WR Marcus Smith to a three-year deal.? Smith, out of New Mexico, was the 106th pick overall.? Starting 25 of 49 games, he totaled...

Every week, I highlight a few players to start and a few players to sit at each position. I'm a firm believer in starting your studs, so I won't tell you about how Drew Brees or LaDainian Tomlinson has a tough matchup - just go ahead and start them. I'll focus on the borderline guys - players you'll only start under the right circumstances. It's important to note that depending on...