In one of Week 5’s best games, it will be “The Hoody” vs. “Hoody Jr” as Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels leads his young team against his old boss Bill Belichick and the Patriots
Week 5 of the 2009 NFL Season is upon us and around the league many trends are starting to form. The most [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Baltimore Ravens’
October 10, 2009
2009 NFL Season – Week 5 Preview
October 6, 2009
The NFL should stop trying to protect Patriots QB Tom Brady
Ravens defenders including Big DT Haloti Ngata were rightfully perturbed over some “iffy” roughing the passer calls that benefited Pats’ QB Tom Brady
Let’s think way back to Week 1 of the 2008 NFL Season. Kansas City Chiefs safety Benard Pollard lunged at “Captain America” Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and knocked the NFL’s biggest prize out [...]
August 5, 2009
2009 NFL Training Camp Questions – AFC North
Baltimore Ravens
After a breakout rookie season where he won two road playoff games, will quarterback Joe Flacco be more than a “Game Manager” in 2009?
How will the loss of defensive coordinator Rex Ryan, LB Bart Scott, S Jim Leonhard and others to the New York Jets affect the team?
How much is left in the tank [...]
July 14, 2009
Ravens WR Derrick Mason Retires
After a 12-year NFL career, Baltimore Ravens receiver Derrick Mason announced his retirement on the Web site JOCKlife.com, saying he’d “seen it all and done it all.” Maybe it was the news of his good friend Steve McNair passing away or Mason’s ailing shoulder — had shoulder surgery this offseason and was expected to miss [...]
July 2, 2009
Ravens LB Suggs Getting Closer to a Long-Term Deal
A recent story in the Baltimore Sun reported that Ravens Pro Bowl linebacker Terrell Suggs said he is nearing a long-term deal with the team. “We are close to an agreement. We just have a few little things to work out,” Suggs told the paper. “I don’t want to go into great detail, but it’s [...]
January 18, 2009
2008 Conference Championships Round: Ravens at Steelers
AFC Championship Game Preview
Baltimore Ravens (13-5) at Pittsburgh Steelers (14-4), Sunday, Jan. 18th, 6:30 p.m. ET (CBS)
Broadcast Team: Jim Nantz and Phil Simms
Next up for the Steelers in their NFL record tying 14th AFC Championship game is their hated AFC North rival the Baltimore Ravens. For the 13th time since 1990 when the NFL went [...]
January 18, 2009
2008 NFL Playoffs: Conference Championships Round
(Philadelphia, Pa) — The Conference Championships of the 89th NFL Season, titled “Believe In Now”, are upon us and for the final four teams (Steelers, Ravens, Eagles, and Cardinals) it is now or never in order to achieve their goal of playing in Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, FL. The 2008 NFL Season has truly [...]
January 14, 2009
2008 NFL Playoffs – Divisional Round Review
(Philadelphia, Pa) — The second leg of the long treacherous road to Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa is in the books and this year’s divisional playoff games delivered high drama along with continuing the trend that the 2008 NFL Season has indeed been one wacky season. The 2008 Divisional round’s theme may have been “Let’s [...]
January 10, 2009
2008 NFL Playoffs Divisional Round Preview: Ravens at Titans
Baltimore Ravens (12-5) at Tennessee Titans (13-3), Sat 4:30 p.m. (CBS)
Broadcast Team: Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf
If you like defense and teams playing hardnosed football this is the game for you. The Ravens nicknamed “Organized Chaos” finished the season ranked 2nd in the NFL with an average of 261.1 yards allowed and the Titans are [...]
January 7, 2009
2008 NFL Playoffs – Wildcard Round Review
(Philadelphia, Pa) — The 2008 NFL Playoffs Wildcard round is in the books and Thank Goodness unlike it’s poor little brother, BCS College Football, NFL postseason games are decided on the field and not paper. On a weekend where all four wildcard road teams were considered to be favorites by Vegas, the action on the [...]
January 3, 2009
2008 NFL Playoffs: Ravens at Dolphins
Baltimore Ravens (11-5) at Miami Dolphins (11-5), 1 p.m., CBS
Broadcasting Team: Jim Nantz and Phil Simms
Two of the NFL’s biggest surprise teams will be looking for “Respect” as they square off in a very interesting AFC wildcard match-up. When the season started if you had told me the Dolphins (1-15 in 2007) and Ravens (3-13 [...]
May 30, 2008
FredEx Works Out for the Ravens
(Philadelphia, Pa) — I don’t know if you heard, but there was a sighting of free agent receiver Freddie “FredEx” Mitchell in Baltimore yesterday. Apparently after not playing in the NFL since 2004 and failed tryouts with the Chiefs and Cowboys, Ravens head coach John Harbaugh, who is FredEx’s buddy from their days in Philly, [...]
