Fanspeak: Baltimore Ravens

The Super Bowl Champion Baltimore Ravens open the preseason tonight, as they travel to take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Under then-first-year head coach Greg Schiano, the Bucs finished 7-9 in 2012. Kick Off at Raymond James Stadium is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. The Ravens are coming off the franchise’s second Super Bowl win, as … More »

Today, the Ravens announced the signing of former Giants, Vikings and Patriots tight end, Visanthe Shiancoe, to help ease the burden of losing Dennis Pitta for the 2013 season. According to the Baltimore Sun, Shiancoe signed a one-year standard deal for the veteran minimum of $940,000 Losing Pitta in late July is certainly better than … More »

John Feinstein, an award-winning columnist and one of the nations most successful and prolific sports authors and now host of the John Feinstein Show on CBS Sports Radio, spent the entire 2004 season with the Baltimore Ravens. Feinstein, who has authored over two dozen fantastic books, was granted unprecedented access into the daily happenings of … More »

The defending Super Bowl Champion Ravens took the field today at their training facility in Owings Mills, MD,  with a substantially different look than they had when they walked off the Superdome turf in February, following their win over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII. On defense, through either free agency or retirement, … More »

Yesterday, news came out that the Baltimore Ravens couldn’t reach an agreement to restructure fullback Vonta Leach’s contract.  Due to this, they were either going to trade him or release him the following day (today).  Now, the Ravens have made their move, and have released Leach. Also yesterday, Leach tweeted “Thank ravens organization for a great … More »

Yesterday, the Baltimore Ravens sign free agent linebacker Daryl Smith (already discussed here).  Since then though, some more details about Smith’s contract and some other general information has become known. First off, is Smith’s contract.  It was known yesterday that the deal was for one year, but what wasn’t known was the monetary value of the … More »

BY ALAN ZLOTORZYNSKI: Even while attending to Presidential affairs, the Baltimore Ravens still managed to complete some business today. According to Ryan Mink on the Ravens team site, the team bolstered their inside linebacker corps by adding former Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker, Daryl Smith. As a nine-year veteran in Jacksonville, Smith departs the Jags as their all-time … More »

In the Ravens’ first roster move in awhile, they have signed wide receiver Marcus Rivers. Last season, Rivers spent some time with the Green Bay Packers after being undrafted out of the University of Buffalo.  However, he didn’t make the Packers final roster and wasn’t on any NFL roster during the regular season. At 6’3″, … More »

One of the perks of winning the Super Bowl is to take a visit to the White House and meet the current president of the United States.  It is not just reserved for football though, as all champions of major US sports get to take a visit. Since the Ravens just won Super Bowl XLVII, … More »

By Alan Zlotorzynski: Here we go Baltimore football fans, the “Elite 8 Greatest Games” in Ravens franchise history has arrived, well at least the next four in the series anyway. When last I left you we were getting down to some of the playoff battles that have stuck in our minds throughout the years. Here … More »