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    Monday’s PFTOT will carry you through your lunch break

    Getty Images If you’re in the only time zone that really matters (and I realize that every time I’m outside of it), it’s lunch time. You need something to pass the time while opening up the lunch pail. Here’s something you can do: Watch Monday’s PFTOT. The tail on the PFT Live donkey...
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    John Harbaugh stands up for Baltimore and its people

    Over the weekend, the City of Baltimore landed in the crosshairs of the Tweeter-in-Chief, with President Donald Trump targeting Representative Elijah Cummings and his district as a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess” and a place where “[n]o human being would want to live.” On Monday...
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    Joe Callahan lands with the Ravens

    Getty Images Joe Houlihan is back. The former Packers backup quarterback, whose actual name is Joe Callahan, is back in the NFL, with a spot on the depth chart in Baltimore during the recovery of Robert Griffin III from a broken thumb. Mike Garafolo of the NFL reports that Callahan will...
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    Ravens will work out Josh Johnson

    Getty Images The Ravens have only Lamar Jackson and Trace McSorley at quarterback. So they will need another arm . . . and quickly. With Robert Griffin III out four to eight weeks with a hairline fracture in his right thumb, according to ESPN, the Ravens are searching for another arm. To that...
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    Robert Griffin III suits up for practice despite broken thumb

    Ravens quarterback Robert Griffin III practiced on Sunday, broken thumb be damned. Via Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com, Griffin suited up for practice, the morning after suffering a fractured thumb. He also caught some passes with his uninjured left hand. Putting on the pads and a helmet is...
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    Robert Griffin III suffers thumb injury

    The Ravens may be without their primary backup quarterback, at least for a little while. Robert Griffin III banged his hand against a helmet during a practice at M&T Bank Stadium on Saturday. Via Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com, Griffin said that he injured his thumb. He declined to comment on the...
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    Robert Griffin should return in time for season opener despite fracture

    An X-ray revealed a “small fracture” in Robert Griffin III‘s right thumb, Jamison Hensley of ESPN reports. Griffin will miss some time, giving sixth-round pick Trace McSorley more reps, but Griffin is expected back in time for the season opener, per Hensley. “Everything you have been through...
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    Ravens clear three from NFI list after they pass conditioning test

    Getty Images Some guys just need a little extra time to get ready for camp. For three Ravens players, one day seem to be enough. According to Jeff Zrebiec of TheAthletic.com, the three Ravens who were placed on the non-football injury list yesterday are back on the practice field today...
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    Orlando Brown Jr., Shane Ray don’t practice after failing conditioning test

    Getty Images The Ravens pulled defensive tackle Michael Pierce off the field during minicamp because he wasn’t in good enough physical condition to get through the session, but a slimmer Pierce was on the field for Thursday’s first practice of training camp and made it through the workout...
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    Earl Thomas doesn’t regret giving Pete Carroll the finger

    Getty Images Ravens safety Earl Thomas doesn’t like Pete Carroll. That became abundantly clear when Thomas directed his middle finger at the Seahawks coach while leaving the field on a cart last September. “I don’t regret my decision,” Thomas told Josina Anderson of ESPN. “If my teammates felt...
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    Dolphins, Colts worked out Matt Elam

    Getty Images Former NFL first-round pick Matt Elam recently took part in one of the eight combine-style showcases that the XFL held ahead of next year’s inaugural season, but he isn’t limiting his bid for a return to the field to the upstart league. Ben Volin of the Boston Globe reports that...
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    Cowboys remain world’s most valuable sports franchise, valued at $5 billion

    Getty Images The Cowboys haven’t reached the NFC Championship Game since winning their last Super Bowl in 1995. Yet, they remain America’s Team and the World’s Team for that matter. Nine of the 50 highest-rated sports TV broadcasts in 2018 were regular-season games featuring the Cowboys...
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    Michael Pierce, Daylon Mack, Jaylon Ferguson removed from NFI

    Getty Images Marquise Brown isn’t ready to practice yet, but three other Ravens players have passed physicals. Thus, the team removed defensive tackle Michael Pierce, defensive tackle Daylon Mack and outside linebacker Jaylon Ferguson from the non-football injury list. That means all three are...
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    Ravens place Alex Lewis on PUP

    Getty Images The Ravens placed left guard Alex Lewis on the physically unable to perform list, Jamison Hensley of ESPN reports. Lewis underwent shoulder surgery in January and did not participate in the offseason program while rehabbing. Jermaine Eluemunor has filled in with first team during...
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    NFL gradually has softened its hard-line approach to player discipline

    Getty Images A wise man has said, “Once is an accident, twice is a trend. Four, five, or six times is a clear indication of a strategic shift in overall policy.” (I may have added the last part.) It has become more and more clear and obvious over the past year or so that the NFL, reeling from...
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    Ravens place Michael Pierce on non-football injury list

    Getty Images The Ravens pulled defensive tackle Michael Pierce off the field during the mandatory minicamp because of his conditioning. Now, the team has placed him on the non-football injury list to start training camp, Field Yates of ESPN reports. Pierce blamed himself for mismanaging his...
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    Marquise Brown among Ravens rookies on non-football injury list

    Getty Images The Ravens’ first-round draft pick isn’t ready to go just yet. Rookie wide receiver Marquise Brown has been placed on the Ravens’ on the non-football injury list to start camp. Brown had Lisfranc surgery in February (Brown actually did suffer the foot injury playing football, but...
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    Joe Flacco: John Elway is the man in Denver, but hopefully I have a place

    John Elway is “the man” in Denver, and every quarterback who has come since him, aside from maybe Peyton Manning, has played in his shadow. Joe Flacco grew up watching Elway win two Super Bowls for the Broncos, including a Super Bowl MVP performance. Flacco has a Super Bowl ring and Super Bowl...
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    Ravens sign third-round pick Miles Boykin

    Getty Images The Ravens made sure they won’t have any unsigned draft picks to deal with as training camp gets underway. Rookies reported to camp in Baltimore on Wednesday and the team announced that third-round pick Miles Boykin has signed a four-year deal with the team. Boykin was the final...
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    NFL, NFLPA: We had “productive, constructive and beneficial” CBA talks

    Getty Images The NFL and NFLPA gathered for their fourth set of talks about a new Collective Bargaining Agreement on Wednesday and the schedule called for the meetings to last for three days. There was a change in plans, however, and the two sides wrapped things up after several hours of...
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