Archives for October 22, 2010

‘Celebrity look-a-like interpretations of some of the Buffalo Bills players.’

‘Ravens Blogger comments on the Bills in a Game Preview Vlog of this Sunday’s Matchup…’

‘A sore left ankle forced Williams to miss his second straight practice Friday. Coach Chan Gailey says he’ll likely wait until game time Sunday to determine whether Williams will play vs. the Ravens (4-2).’

‘"One thing I’d say about Cordaro, the game doesn’t seem to be too big for him," Gailey said. "He goes out there and handles his business. It doesn’t matter what the situation is or who he’s lined up against."’

‘"When the Bills passed up on me, I was like, ‘OK, hopefully I’ll just get drafted,’" Ngata said on his conference call with Buffalo media. "I thought the Bills would draft me and they didn’t, so I just kind of looked down the line to see who else wanted me and fortunately Baltimore came and picked me up."’

‘”It’s going pretty good,” Wang said Thursday. “It was a challenge at first because everything was moving so quick it was a little hard to follow. But once everything started to slow down it got better for me and I started to feel more comfortable. I was a tight end before moving to tackle, so I’m used to switching positions. Playing guard is just another thing I have to do.”‘

‘The blackout policy goes back to 1951. The Los Angeles Rams showed all their games on local television in 1949 and saw a sharp decrease in attendance from the previous year. NFL Commissioner Bert Bell took action, and two years later the league passed a bylaw preventing the broadcast of a team’s home games.’

‘The paths those players have taken since then are telling. Ngata, who has missed just three games in his career, earned his first Pro Bowl invitation last season, and he’s already surpassed his previous career high with four sacks this year. Whitner started 42 games in his first three seasons, but injuries have allowed him to make just 13 starts in the past two years. Oher has made 22 consecutive starts – the last six at left tackle protecting quarterback Joe Flacco. Maybin, an Ellicott City native and Mount Hebron graduate, has yet to collect a sack in 19 career games.’

‘”Baltimore is home to me,” said Maybin, who began playing football at age 5 in Pee Wee leagues. “It’s great being downtown. I can pretty much walk everywhere.”‘

Cam Cameron says play-calling is aggressive, not conservative (Baltimore Sun)

Ravens aim to improve kickoff return game (Baltimore Sun)

Cover-2 defense has done a number on Ravens’ offense (Baltimore Sun)

Ravens’ Ngata, Oher could have been Bills (Baltimore Sun)

Aaron Maybin’s home field advantage (Baltimore Sun)

Hey Jamison (Baltimore Sun)

Three things that need to go right for Ravens vs. Bills (Baltimore Sun)

Three things that can go wrong for Ravens vs. Bills (Baltimore Sun)

Baltimore Sun staff picks: Ravens-Bills (Baltimore Sun)

Cameron defends 4th-quarter approach (Carroll County Times)

Return game struggling (Carroll County Times)

Press Conference Transcript – Practice 10/21 (BaltimoreRavens.com)