Todd Heap

Getting the right player in the draft is a labor of love for NFL teams

2013-04-21 15:08:00

Though the flicker of collegiate game tape isn't exactly candlelight, it can sometimes be love at first sight for a scout sitting in a dark film room, pining over pro prospects. Daniel Jeremiah, a former NFL scout who worked four years in the Ravens...

Ravens hope to follow historical trend and find value with 32nd selection

2013-04-20 17:25:00

Three months after winning their first Super Bowl in 1983, the Washington Redskins received another reward. With the 28th and final selection in the first round of the 1983 NFL draft, and one pick after the Miami Dolphins grabbed a strong-armed...

Ravens players aren't worried about heavy turnover on roster

2013-03-23 19:46:00

Torrey Smith has heard it before. About three months after the wide receiver was drafted, the Ravens released three popular and productive offensive players, and Smith remembers the talk that the team was headed for some struggles. "They had cut...

Why is Baltimore standing by while the Ravens turn into the Florida Marlins of football?

2013-03-20 07:04:00

What is wrong with this town? I know there are tons of people out there in Baltimore who are as angry at what just happened to our Super Bowl team as I am, but where is their voice? The word "fan" is short for "fanatic." Where are the fanatics who...

Ravens defense looking like a younger, quieter, less expensive group

2013-03-13 17:37:00

The Ravens' surprising decision Wednesday to cut Bernard Pollard, the hard-hitting and tough-talking safety who led the Super Bowl champions in tackles last season, opens up just $1 million of salary-cap room. So at least on the surface, the move...

A few thoughts on yesterday's Anquan Boldin trade

2013-03-12 09:14:00

The Ravens made a tough business decision Monday, dealing veteran wide receiver and playoff hero Anquan Boldin to the San Francisco 49ers for a sixth-round pick in April’s draft after Boldin wouldn’t accept a pay cut. Judging by all of the...

Ravens should find a way to keep Ed Reed in Baltimore

2013-03-10 19:13:00

Try to imagine the Ravens defense next season without Ray Lewis. Now try to imagine it without Ed Reed, too. No, I can't do it, either. One thing's for sure: the Ravens are at a delicate point in their long relationship with the moody free safety with...

Flacco says being NFL's highest paid player was never the goal

2013-03-04 19:11:00

Joe Flacco had just put his signature ona six-year contract that could pay him as much as $120.6 million and the NFL’s newly-minted highest paid player had big plans to celebrate. “I'm going to drive home tonight and just go out to dinner...

Notebook: 'This is not it. I'm not done,' Ed Reed says of future

2013-02-03 22:27:00

Ravens veteran free safety Ed Reed has never embraced a conventional approach. So the Louisiana native wasn't keen on the idea of retiring after a Super Bowl victory in front of his family and friends. Following the Ravens' 34-31 victory over the...

Tight ends coach Wade Harman happy to be back in Super Bowl with Ravens

2013-01-31 15:33:00

There are few remaining links on the roster and the coaching staff from the Ravens' Super Bowl XXXV championship squad. On the football field, of course, there's star inside linebacker Ray Lewis. He's the last player from the 2000 roster still on...

Harford's 'Godfather' of Ravens fanatics 'is in the house!'

2013-01-31 15:35:00

Harford County's Matt "Fan Man" Andrews is no stranger to the Super Bowl. The Forest Hill resident and "Godfather" of Baltimore Ravens super fans won two tickets to the team's first Super Bowl appearance in 2001 in Tampa, Fla., live on TV with Carson...

Harford Ravens fans seize 'once-in-a-lifetime' opportunity, head to Super Bowl

2013-01-29 15:22:03

For most Ravens fans from Harford County heading to New Orleans, this weekend's trip is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Not for Ron Pieper – he's headed to his seventh Super Bowl, so he should be able to give some pointers to the other...

for Anquan Boldin before the 2010 season and gave him a four-year, $28 million contract, the Ravens thought they had landed a true No. 1 wide receiver. Two-plus seasons later, have the Ravens gotten what they paid for? Well, it depends on who you ask and how they choose to measure such a thing.

2012-12-09 00:00:00

. His third-quarter touchdown grab was a beauty; Flacco's 10-yard touchdown pass was in the air for three seconds before Pitta outleaped a Bengals defender to bring it in.

2012-09-10 00:00:00

, and he's eventually going to get a big contract extension. That's the right move. But in year five, it's time for him to make The Leap. That doesn't mean putting up video game numbers, but it does mean he needs to play great football most of the time, not just some of the time.

2012-02-02 06:02:29