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Found September 30, 2012 on Ravens Football Machine: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: John Harbaugh,  Anquan Boldin,  Jameel McClain
TEAMS: Baltimore Ravens,  Philadelphia Eagles,  New England Patriots,  Kansas City Chiefs,  New Orleans Saints
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The Ravens hit the quarter-pole of the regular 2012 season after a brutal stretch of 4 games in 17 days, and are sitting at 3-1..."I am really proud of our coaches and our players for what they accomplished in the last 18 days," Head Coach John Harbaugh said Friday.The Ravens pulled off victories over division rivals Cincinnati and Cleveland, and the defending AFC champion New England Patriots. Their one loss came to the Philadelphia Eagles by one point in a hostile road environment.WR Anquan Boldin has emerged as the go-to possesion receiver for the Ravens when things get tough...Garrett Downing of the Ravens PR staff gets to go inside the locker room, and he wrote a nice piece about how veteran guard Marshal Yanda had coined the phrase "Embrace the Grind" way back in training camp when the players first realized how condensed a schedule they faced for September.Yanda reportedly challenged his teammates with that attitude after a practice in the mid-summer heat....
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