In 2006, the Ravens fielded a team suited perfectly for the NFL postseason.  Baltimore had a smothering defense, impeccable special teams, a solid running game, and an experienced quarterback who could both manage the game and make plays. In...

I'm sorry, Ravens' fans.  So, very, very sorry. You were good boys and girls this year, just as you have been for each of the years since 1996. You buy all of the tickets at your beautiful stadium. You fill the bars that host player radio sho...

December is the month of countdowns.  The countdown of the number of days until Christmas. The countdown of the top 100 songs of the year. The countdown to the ball dropping in Times Square. And the Ravens' countdown, which goes like this:&...

Most of the 43 million turkeys consumed on Thanksgiving Day in the United States were baked or roasted. Some of the holiday birds were deep-fried. But the Thanksgiving Night meal served yesterday by the Baltimore Ravens in their 16-6 victory over t...

I suppose the NFL has decided that Baltimore is all grown up. No more kids' table for Ravens Nation. And, for a change, we don't have to pack our side dish in the car. We're hosting Thanksgiving.  The NFL said so. Yes, the same National Foot...

This Friday, "J.Edgar", the biopic concerning late Federal Bureau of Investigation Director J. Edgar Hoover will be released nationwide. But the Ravens beat that premiere with a biopic of their own last Sunday night, which was also release...

Talk about a bad trip. The Ravens' travels to Jacksonville resembled a bad family road trip, with dad yelling, mom stewing silently, and big brother hitting you for "crossing the imaginary line" in the backseat. Ouch. For those who manag...

I hope my parents in Heaven aren't reading this, because they raised me better than to speak ill of the dead. But this is personal. Al Davis, who died on Saturday at age 82, took many forms in his football life.  He was a coach, a team owner, ...

For you talk-show callers and bloggers who complain that Cam Cameron's offense is too conservative, please do the Ravens a favor.  Stop.  Immediately. Because Cameron is obviously listening to you, and it is having dangerous consequences ...

In football, big plays lead to big expectations.  After the Ravens' 37-7 shellacking of the of the Rams in St. Louis last Sunday, the expectations for the Ravens' 2011 season burst through the roof of the Edward Jones Dome, sailed over the Gatew...