AFC North

My twelve must-follows for Ravens fans on Twitter

2013-05-21 13:00:00

I am a big believer that you can tell a lot about a person based on whom they choose to follow on Twitter. My Twitter feed is a blur of football players, NFL analysts, beat reporters, and other sports personalities (plus the occasional swimsuit model),...

Tough decisions down the road for Ravens

2013-05-20 04:54:00

As the reigning Super Bowl champions, the Ravens had an extremely eventful offseason where they overhauled their roster and dealt with a tight salary-cap situation by making a series of tough decisions. That included trading veteran wide receiver Anquan...

Ravens to have NFL's huskiest front seven in 2013?

2013-05-17 12:00:00

At 1,992 pounds, the projected front seven of the Baltimore defense will weigh just under a ton, which is about the same as a tiny smart car, a large walrus or the Johnny Unitas statue outside M&T Bank Stadium. It could also be the heaviest front...

Debate continues over which QB is better -- Joe Flacco or Ben Roethlisberger

2013-05-09 09:01:00

On Wednesday, Baltimore Sun blogger and reporter Matt Vensel wrote about how it is now a close call when debating which quarterback is the AFC North's best: the Ravens' Joe Flacco or the Pittsburgh Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger. To accompany the post, we...

Flacco vs. Roethlisberger is finally worth debating

2013-05-08 12:24:00

I clicked onto the Ravens website this morning and saw “Flacco vs. Big Ben” splashed across my screen. With the NFL draft now behind us and not much going on in the next couple of months, it looks like we are now in the compare-and-...

Four Ravens -- three current and one former -- make Pro Football Focus' list of the NFL's top 101 players

2013-05-06 07:50:00

The NFL Network has started to slowly reveal its list of the top 100 players of the 2012 season. But knowing how little thought some players give while filling out their ballots, I have a hard time taking that list seriously. The list that interested me...

Ravens 2013 schedule: Instant analysis

2013-04-18 17:36:00

The NFL released the schedule for the 2013 season and the Ravens open up on the road at 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 5 against the Denver Broncos. Here are a few thoughts from the staff at The Baltimore Sun on the challenges facing the Ravens. � Matt Vensel,...

Thoughts on three possible Ravens position swaps

2013-04-17 11:30:00

Each spring, as a courtesy to local media and the team’s curious fan base, the Ravens hold a pre-draft press conference in which they publicly claim to like pretty much every single NFL prospect they are asked about. (A fictional example: “...

Connecticut linebacker Sio Moore has visited Ravens, Steelers, several others

2013-04-12 11:32:00

Connecticut linebacker Sio Moore has visited the Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers, according to sources with knowledge of the situation. In addition to the Super Bowl champions and their AFC North rival, Moore has also visited the Dallas Cowboys, St....

Ravens select safety Matt Elam in the first round of 2013 NFL draft

2013-04-25 20:49:00

General manager Ozzie Newsome said last week that there were so many good safeties in the draft that there would be one who the Ravens could take in all seven rounds. However, the Ravens showed on the first night of the 2013 NFL draft just how much...

It's clich� but true, Matt Elam 'plays like a Raven'

2013-04-25 21:50:00

I usually roll my eyes when I hear someone say that a player "plays like a Raven." But in the case of Florida safety Matt Elam, the team’s first-round pick, I can’t help but nod my head. It sounds as if the Ravens agree. “I started...

AFC North draft blog: Browns draft Barkevious Mingo, Steelers get Jarvis Jones, Bengals go with Tyler Eifert

2013-04-25 20:08:00

The Cleveland Browns have added another pass rusher�to operate in tandem with outside linebacker Paul Kruger and defensive end Jabaal Sheard, drafting LSU hybrid outside linebacker-defensive end Barkevious Mingo. Drafted sixth overall,�the junior�is one...

Met these Bengals fans, Tom and Matt, at Famous Door (they're cheering for their AFC North brethren the Ravens). These guys go to the Super Bowl every year. 16 years and counting.

2013-02-03 14:27:00

title and with their playoff position pretty much set, the Ravens rested their starters in Week 17. Flacco played just 16 snaps in the game and Pierce handled the rushing load. Still, the Ravens had a chance to beat the Bengals late in the game.

2012-12-31 00:00:00

After losing three straight games, the Ravens got back on track offensively.

2012-12-24 00:00:00