Baltimore Ravens running back Ricky Williams has announced his retirement from the NFL via Twitter. The 34 year old Williams had one year remaining on his contract with Baltimore but has decided not to play next season. Williams rushed for 444 yards and two touchdowns in his lone season with the Ravens. Williams famously posed [...]
Ravens hire Jim Caldwell as QB coach
The Baltimore Ravens have hired former Colts head coach Jim Caldwell as the team’s new quarterbacks coach. Caldwell will work closely with Joe Flacco and Tyrod Taylor. Baltimore is no doubt hoping that some of Caldwell’s magic from working with Peyton Manning for a decade will rub off on the pair of young signal callers. [...]
Ravens promote Dean Pees to defensive coordinator, OC Cameron to return
Ravens Coach John Harbaugh had his first press conference since his team’s crushing defeat in the AFC Championship Game. Harbaugh announced that linebackers coach Dean Pees would assume the role of defensive coordinator in place of Chuck Pagano, the newly minted head coach of the Colts. Pees joined the Ravens staff following the 2009 season. [...]
Ravens DC Chuck Pagano named Colts head coach
The Indianapolis Colts have hired Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano to be their new head coach. Pagano spent the past four seasons on the Ravens staff. He was promoted from secondary coach to defensive coordinator following the 2010 season. In Pagano’s lone season as coordinator the 2011 Ravens defense finished third in the NFL [...]
Ravens Ed Reed discloses shoulder injury
The play of Baltimore Ravens All Pro safety Ed Reed has suffered a noticeable decline over the past several weeks. According to comments made by Reed yesterday to ESPN.com the safety has been playing with a shoulder injury for several weeks. Reed’s seemingly half-hearted tackle attempt on the Bengals Bernard Scott lead to a touchdown [...]
Ravens will host Houston Texans in AFC Divisional playoff
The Houston Texans earned the first playoff victory in team history with a 31-10 manhandling of the Cincinnati Bengals. By virtue of the win Houston has secured to Baltimore to face the Ravens in next Sunday’s AFC Divisional round. The Texans will have the chance to redeem a 29-14 regular season loss at Baltimore. Houston [...]
Ravens Suggs named AFC Defensive Player of the Month
Baltimore Ravens linebacker/quote machine Terrell Suggs has been named the AFC’s Defensive Player of the Month. Suggs recorded five sacks and forced four fumbles in Baltimore’s five December games. His forced fumble in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s win over the Bengals led to a Ray Rice touchdown run that all but sealed the AFC [...]
Ravens Ray Rice in the midst of his best season
Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice has been the focal point of his team’s offensive attack since the start of the 2009 season. Rice has rushed for over 1200 yards and exceeded 500 yards receiving in each of the last three seasons. The 2011 season has been Rice’s best to date. The dynamic back set [...]
Teams request permission to interview Ravens DeCosta
Ravens Director of player Personnel Eric DeCosta has long been rumored to be the heir apparent to General Manager Ozzie Newsome. While other front office types like Phil Savage, Shack Harris and George Kokinos have left Baltimore for the opportunity to run the show elsewhere DeCosta has remained. With the firings of multiple NFL General [...]
Ravens sell out divisional playoff game in minutes
The Baltimore Ravens put a few thousands tickets to the January 15th Divisional Playoff game on sale this morning. The tickets sold old in just 14 minutes according to the team website. The game will be Baltimore’s first home playoff game since a bitter loss to the Colts in January 2007. The Ravens are the [...]