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By Derek Arnold  If I told you that Todd Heap caught a 65-yard touchdown pass, what would you immediately imagine? Most likely a 2003 vintage Brian Billick “jump ball” type play where Heap simply out leaps about four defenders in the end zone and comes down with the score, right? Certainly,…

By Derek Arnold  Maybe former Baltimore radio personality Anita “Sports Chick” Marks was right all along about the whole “Ravens need a big-name WR thing.” Excuse me while I rinse the vomit from my mouth While I’d still maintain that the addition of just one player cannot take an offense instantly…

  By Derek Arnold  Just like they always seem to do, the Denver Broncos rolled in and promptly rolled over at M&T Bank Stadium yesterday afternoon. Their defense put together an impressive goalline stand on the Ravens’ opening drive, stopping the Ravens on 2nd, 3rd, and 4th at 1 on what…

By Derek Arnold  When the Denver Broncos roll into M&T Bank Stadium on Sunday, history will not be on their side. Denver is 0-4 all time in B’More, the last loss being the 30-7 shellacking the Ravens put on them last season. Again the Broncos come into town with an apparent…

By Derek Arnold  On Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium, the Ravens honored the 2000 Super Bowl team with a “homecoming” of sorts. Maybe they should have let those guys play a bit. Even though most of them haven’t stepped foot on a field in nearly a decade, they certainly couldn’t have…

By Derek Arnold  Damn Bengals.  They seem to have perfected this whole “beat the Ravens by only kicking field goals” thing.  In an effort to avoid wrapping my laptop’s power cord around my neck, or just throwing the whole thing through the television, let’s first take a look at the positives…

By Derek Arnold  Next up in the “teams whose head coach owes their job to Ray Lewis” are the Cincinnati Bengals. Now we just need the Jacksonville Jaguars (Jack Del Rio) and the 2005-2008 San Francisco 49ers (Mike Nolan) to complete the “#52’s head coach’s tree.” Marvin Lewis’ team is still…

By Mike “Coast” So, we are back from the Ravens road trip and if you would have told me on Friday that the Bills were going to go to M&T Bank Stadium and take the Ravens to overtime and absolutely light up the Ravens top 5 defense, I would have…

    2010 Record: 10-6 Draft Position: 26 2010 Season Recap: Click Here Offseason Needs: Click Here Free Agents/Team Transactions: Click Here Draft Grades: Click Here Key Offseason Moves: None Ravens Blogger: Derek Arnold   2010 Posts:  Ravens/Texans Recap, Ravens/Buccaneers Recap, Ravens-Bucs Preview, Ravens-Panthers Preview, Ravens-Falcons Preview, Ravens/Bills Recap, Ravens-Pats Recap, Ravens/Patriots Preview, Ravens-Broncos Recap, Ravens-Broncos Preview, Ravens/Steelers Recap, Ravens/Steelers, Ravens-Browns Recap, Cleveland Browns at Baltimore Ravens, Ravens/Bengals Recap, Ravens/Bengals…

  Cornerback  Virginia 6-1 198 Draft Board Overall Cornerback Rank: #5 Draft Board Overall Prospect Rank: #22 Rating: 84 (late 1st)  40 time: 4.37 4/16/11: Dowling finally finished a workout! He didn’t just finish. He lit it up. After running a 4.40 at The Combine, despite pulling a hammy, he ran…