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    There aren’t many teams with long-term quarterback situations

    Getty Images This year’s unprecedented quarterback carousel could become the new normal. For evidence of the regular upheaval to come, look no farther than the abnormal reality that not many teams have a starting quarterback who almost certainly will still be with the team in four years...
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    Ravens again propose a booth umpire

    Getty Images At a time when the NFL will be considering an expansion of replay review to include roughing the passer, the best solution to clear and obvious blunders comes not from slamming the brakes on the game for a frame-by-frame search for forcible contact with the quarterback’s head (for...
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    Ravens re-sign Justin Ellis

    Getty Images Defensive tackle Justin Ellis won’t become a free agent when the new league year opens later this month. The Ravens announced that they have re-signed Ellis on Friday. It’s a one-year deal for the seven-year veteran. Ellis was drafted by the Raiders in the fourth-round of the...
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    Ravens to propose revolutionary “spot and choose” overtime procedure

    Getty Images The overtime rules are poised for a potential shakeup far more intriguing than a simple reversion to true sudden death. Per multiple sources with knowledge of the situation, the Ravens will be proposing a pair of overtime procedures premised on the concept of “spot and choose.”...
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    Marquise Brown: I’m confident in every receiver Ravens have

    Getty Images Ravens receivers ranked last in the NFL in catches (137) and receiving yards (1,729) as the team was last in passing yards. Willie Snead is entering free agency, and Dez Bryant is not returning. That leaves Marquise Brown, Miles Boykin and Devin Duvernay as the top three returning...
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    Ravens, Lamar Jackson haven’t started negotiating yet

    Getty Images A report from over the weekend indicated that the Ravens and quarterback Lamar Jackson are “far apart” in their negotiations on a second contract for the 2019 MVP. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the two sides aren’t “far apart,” because negotiations haven’t even...
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    Top 100 free agents 2021: Dak Prescott again tops the list

    Getty Images The following are PFT’s top 100 free agents for the start of the 2021 league year. The rankings include prospective unrestricted free agents, as well as released players. The list will be updated as events warrant, with signings, tags and re-signings denoted when announced and/or...
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    Pernell McPhee wants to return to Ravens for 2021

    Getty Images Pernell McPhee is one of several Ravens outside linebackers set to become a free agent on the 17th. But after spending four seasons elsewhere, McPhee wants to stay right where he is. After he was selected in the fifth round of the 2011 draft, McPhee spent the first four years of...
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    Ravens hire Matt Robinson from Maryland

    Getty Images Matt Robinson, who spent the past two seasons coaching at Maryland, has left his alma mater for a job with the Ravens, Jonas Shaffer of the Baltimore Sun reports. The school confirmed the news, per Shaffer. Robinson’s new job with the Ravens is unclear. He served as a quality...
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    ESPN: Matthew Judon’s “personal attacks” on Jamison Hensley were “completely uncalled for”

    USA TODAY Sports Ravens linebacker Matthew Judon reacted to a report that he didn’t appreciate with an over-the-top threat to release photos of the reporter in a strip club. Judon’s agent has declined to comment on the matter. On Thursday afternoon, ESPN issued a statement. “We stand by...
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    Matthew Judon threatens to leak photos of a reporter in a strip club

    Getty Images Most NFL stories have similar content, structure, flow. Some don’t. This is one of them. Via Andrew Bucholtz of AwfulAnnouncing.com, Ravens linebacker Matthew Judon has taken issue with the reporting of Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com. Judon’s ire has manifested itself in a specific...
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    Dez Bryant wants to play two more seasons but not with Ravens

    Getty Images The Ravens weren’t expected to bring back Dez Bryant anyway, but the receiver made clear in a series of tweets Tuesday night, that he has no interest in returning. Bryant, 32, played six games, making six catches for 47 yards and two touchdowns, in his return to football after two...
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    J.K. Dobbins wants to show more of his ability in 2021

    Getty Images J.K. Dobbins was used to being the featured back at Ohio State. He rushed for 1,403 yards as a true freshman at Ohio State in 2017, and ended up with 5,104 yards from scrimmage and 43 total touchdowns in his three years with the program. So it took a little adjusting to the...
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    Ravens promote Craig Ver Steeg to running backs coach

    Getty Images With Ravens running backs coach Matt Weiss leaving for the quarterbacks coach job at Michigan, the Ravens had an opening. They quickly filled it. The Ravens have announced that Craig Ver Steeg will be the team’s new running backs coach. “Craig is a highly-regarded member of our...
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    Deion Sanders wins debut as Jackson State’s head coach

    USA TODAY Sports Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders is 1-0 as a college head coach. Sanders became the head coach of Jackson State University last September and waited until Sunday to make his debut on the sideline because the school postponed their season due to the COVID-19 pandemic...
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    Matt Weiss leaving Ravens staff to be Michigan’s QB coach

    Getty Images The University of Michigan hired defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald off of the Ravens staff last month and Jim Harbaugh has gone back to his brother’s pool of assistants to fill another hole on his staff. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Ravens running backs coach Matt...
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    Robert Griffin III donates meals to Houston, North Texas food banks

    Getty Images Robert Griffin III grew up in Texas and the quarterback is giving back to those struggling for access to food amid the winter storms that have knocked out power and water this week. Griffin’s foundation announced a donation of 10,500 meals to the Houston Food Bank and a donation...
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    The Jared Goff, Carson Wentz contracts become a cautionary tale

    Getty Images In 2015, the Buccaneers and Titans made quarterbacks Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota the first and second overall picks, respectively, in the NFL draft. Both finished their four-year rookie deals, stayed for a fifth season under the team-held options, and exited as free agents...
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    Pierre Desir donates 10,000 meals to the Houston Food Bank

    Getty Images Many people in Houston remain without power and water due to infrastructure failures caused the crippling winter weather that has caused problems throughout the state of Texas and veteran cornerback Pierre Desir is doing his part to help some of them get through troubled times...
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    Rob Ryan: Everything with the Ravens is focused on winning

    Getty Images Rex Ryan’s work as the Ravens’ defensive coordinator earned him a head coaching job with the Jets just over a decade ago. Now his twin brother Rob has joined the Ravens’ staff as the team’s inside linebackers coach. Rob Ryan was out of the league in 2020 after spending the 2019...
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