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August 20, 2012
The Ravens have made it a mission to lock up their players long term this offseason. They did it with Lardarius Webb and Ray Rice. Now they’ve tried to do it with cornerback Cary Williams.
However, Williams turned down the Ravens’ three-year, $15 million offer according to The Baltimore Sun.
Williams is risking giving up some money and gambling on himself. The cornerback is a...
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August 20, 2012
The Baltimore Ravens have a number of key fantasy players including Torrey Smith and Anquan Boldin but here is a look at each skill position and what to expect out of them during Fantasy Football 2012. Quarterback: From watching the first two preseason games and hearing the coaching staff talk it looks as though Joe Flacco [...]
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August 20, 2012
For yet another season, Razzball will be interviewing local NFL beat writers for some in-depth actual football knowledge to sway some insight in our fantasy football knowledge. Keep your eye out for an interview for every NFL team through the summer and check out each one on the “2012 Fantasy Football Team Previews” link. This installment comes courtesy of Brian Malan from...
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August 20, 2012
With 27 seconds remaining in the AFC Championship Game on Jan. 22, the Baltimore Ravens were a finishing play in the end zone away from going to the Super Bowl in their beloved city of Indianapolis. Until then-Ravens wide receiver Lee Evans was stripped at the last minute by New England Patriots backup cornerback Sterling Moore.
The lack of concentration displayed by Evans haunted...
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August 21, 2012
I'm still not sold on the "sugar huddle" concept for the Ravens ---at least not to open up a game. My biggest problem with it is when it does not result in a sustained drive. The consequence is your defensive unit gets overworked --- since it is immediately thrown back out on the field. You may think you're going to gas your opponent, when in reality you may...
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August 22, 2012
(Eds: Updates. With AP Photos.) Torrey Smith's days of anonymity are over. When the second-year Baltimore Ravens receiver ventures into public, he's recognized just about everywhere he goes.
During his three years as a standout receiver at the University of Maryland, Smith was just another face in the crowd. Now, after finishing the 2011 NFL season with 50 catches for 841...
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August 21, 2012
The Baltimore Sun reports that Ravens second round draft pick Courtney Upshaw is losing ground in the battle for starting outside linebacker job. The position was vacated by the injury to Terrell Suggs, who tore his Achilles back in April. Coach John Harbaugh stated earlier that as the preseason progressed, second-year linebacker Albert McClellan seems to be catching up to Upshaw...
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August 21, 2012
Ravens veteran offensive guard Bobbie Williams' surgically repaired right ankle hasn't been bothering him much this week. Although Williams has experienced swelling throughout training camp and was granted a few days off by coach John Harbaugh last week, the 35-year-old lineman has managed to start both preseason games. The starting left guard said the swelling is caused...
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August 21, 2012
Paul Rudd and Ray Lewis have teamed up to bring us a great set of promos for the new Madden 13 video game that comes out next Tuesday, August 28th.In the promos, the pair are portrayed as childhood friends that take their Madden playing very seriously. Rudd goes as far as to say that it is like a marriage and that he wouldn't dare play Madden with anyone else. Not even online...
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August 22, 2012
What do Eric Dickerson, Jamal Lewis and Chris Johnson have in common, besides rushing for 2,000 yards in a single season?They all did it at the age of 24.The 1984 season opened on Sept. 2 – Dickerson’s 24th birthday – and Dickerson and the Los Angeles Rams opened their season the following night, on Monday Night Football.In just his second full season in the league, Dickerson...
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August 20, 2012
Baltimore Ravens cornerback Cary Williams has turned out a contract extension from the club, according to Aaron Wilson of the Baltimore Sun. Williams, per the report, was offered $15 million over three years, but apparently believes if he plays well this season, he could command even more with unrestricted free agency on the horizon in 2013. "My philosophy on doing that was...
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August 21, 2012
The NFL kicker is under a different kind of pressure than any other player in the NFL. For an intense moment, all attention, and sometimes the weight of a game, is on this one man. When it comes down to it, what any team wants most from a kicker is the ability to finish under pressure. Sure, teams would love to carry a kicker that can nail 60-yard field goals, but if he doesn'...
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