Longtime Ravens executive Eric DeCosta has been promoted to assistant general manager, the team announced Thursday. DeCosta, 41, had been the Ravens’ director of player personnel for three years and has been in the organization since 1996. He has also served as an area scout and as director of college scouting. He works closelyArticle source: [...]
Former Ravens left tackle Jonathan Ogden received the first of what is expected to be a run of Hall of Fame selections on Tuesday, when the National Football Foundation announced that he will join 16 others in the 2012 College Football Hall of Fame induction class. Ogden was one of 14 players namedArticle source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/masnsportsRavens/~3/-WAa5vZ6COI/ogden-to-be-inducted-into-college-football-hall-of-fame.html> [...]
The Ravens announced five rookie free-agent signings Tuesday, highlighted by the acquisition of former Alabama State linebacker Nigel Carr. They also brought in tight ends Matt Balasavage (Temple) and Bruce Figgins (Georgia), cornerback Jordan Mabin (Northwestern) and quarterback Chester Stewart (Temple). To make room for those additions, the Ravens released fullback Jamison Berryhill (Texas), defensive [...]
One of the nice things about the NFL’s new collective bargaining agreement has to be the way the NFL draft salaries are handled. Remember when the first overall pick was paid a boatload of money, leaving the remaining first-rounders to negotiate their salaries based on how much they assumed they were worth? A flawed system, [...]
For six seasons, Derrick Mason left cornerbacks slipping on the turf with his signature comeback routes — cuts that were sharp, surgical, and effective. Now, as he sprints into life after football, Mason may soon swerve back to Baltimore to retire as a member of the Ravens. Mason, the franchise’s all-time leader in career receptions [...]
A few days have gone by to settle in to the news that Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs will be sidelined for much of the 2012 season. Suggs, as most of you know, partially tore his ACL during a conditioning drill in Arizona, yet despite the association of severity that comes with an injury toArticle source: [...]
A few days have gone by to settle in to the news that Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs will be sidelined for much of the 2012 season. Suggs, as most of you know, partially tore his ACL during a conditioning drill in Arizona, yet despite the association of severity that comes with an injury to an [...]
Still looking to add wide receiver depth and a veteran returner, the Ravens met Sunday with former Houston Texan Jacoby Jones. Jones, who caught 31 balls for 512 yards and also served as Houston’s primary punt returner, was released by the Texas last week. He was due to make $3 million next season in the [...]
Last summer, the Ravens’ April draftees had to sit around and wait as the NFL lockout got resolved. Some of the players selected didn’t have a full playbook to go over, and the ones that did had to try and figure out complex NFL schemes without coaches or veteran teammates around to walk them through [...]
I’m back from Vegas safe and sound … and incredibly tired. I came out perfectly even on my gambling for the trip, which in my mind goes down as a win. And now that I’m home, we can get back to business as the Ravens start to get into their offseason and decide how toArticle [...]