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14 total full pads practices, that is once per week for "most of the season" If that is all they did, then complaining about once a week is ridiculous, and since that would leave 3 weeks of games with no pads allowed in the practice. So yes, Flowers is a wilter, along with any other player complains about practice, Allen Iversons.... I'm all about recovery time for the players, takes 3-4 days after an NFL game, 5 for some older vets. But the best way to get the rust off it sometimes to use a hammer... Not that I want to defend Harbs

Found this using the Google Note that NFL regulations restrict full-pad practices to 14 in the regular season, meaning some claims about "always" wearing pads may refer to maximum allowable use of padded sessions rather than every single practice. Other Teams/Approaches: In contrast, some teams use few or no padded practices during the regular season. For example, the Patriots did not practice in full pads after the regular season began in 2025, according to a Facebook post by New England Patriots Nation.

He only has a point if other teams, ones who win in the playoff and go on to win the Super Bowl, have softer practices. We just do not know the answer to that right now.

Cry me a river, I guess it is good they didn't play during the 60's, 70's, or even 80's. Ravens wide receiver Zay Flowers says he’s looking forward to a different approach to practices with new head coach Jesse Minter, who won’t break the team down the way Flowers says John Harbaugh did. Flowers said on the 4th and South podcast that Harbaugh put the Ravens through contact practices as often as NFL rules allow, and that by the end of the season players were exhausted from the wear and tear on their bodies. Full pads all the time,” Flowers said. “However many practices in pads you can get, every single one. We’re doing one-on-ones in Week 17. Week 17, we’re doing one-on-ones, everybody out there, we’re tired, we’re still going.” Asked how the players manage that workload, Flowers answered, “We don’t.” “That’s why we had a lot of injuries,” Flowers continued. “Because of how we practiced, how we went. The load was heavy.” Flowers said that in his first conversation with Minter, who was a Ravens assistant before Flowers was drafted, he asked for reassurance that the team would be more cognizant of taking care of players’ bodies. “Yeah, I talked to the new coach,” Flowers said. “He worked with Harbaugh in 2017, so he knows how it was, how we worked with Harbaugh. So he says, ‘You’re going to get your work, but it’s going to be a little easier on your body. You’re going to be fresher for the game.’ That was the first talk I had with him: How’s practice going to look?” Ravens players will be glad to hear Flowers’ comments. Giants players may be in for a rude awakening. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/zay-flowers-john-harbaugh-made-ravens-practice-too-hard-jesse-minter-wont

Completely ridiculous

We have a winner! The easiest way for a team to raise revenue without raising ticket prices, which they have or will, is to sell merchandise. How do you sell more? Change the uniform and the lemmings will follow right off of the cliff.

Much ado about nothing me thinks https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/ravens-unveil-new-uniforms

From his presser, I would gather that they trade down in the 1st... First round, there’s definitely a drop off probably midway through the round in terms of talent,” DeCosta said. DeCosta said the overall talent level this year is “a little less than last year.”

They have Jones who played at guard last year once he got healthy, did really well. Blaylock is a mauler, who I think would fit well with Simpson and Jones on either side. The only real question I have is, can they salvage Vorhees? He was a rock star coming out of college before the injury, and while he played subpar last year, it is my belief that the coaching had a lot to do with his poor play.

Yeah, in this draft, the best center is almost the best of the worst. It depends on how they feel about Blaylock

I like Boston, but would rather they take Elijah Sarrat, wr Indian, great, tough posession receiver, perfect in the slot to work off of Flowers on the outside and the tightends. Excellent after the catch, fearless. Hemby is a real nice pick in the 5th, earlier would be a strethch. Mike Washington would be a better choice maybe, 6'-1, 225 with 4.33 speed. Needs some work on his hands, but he would be ideal to replace Mitchell and possibly be Henry's replacement

Others dont have agents, Smith is one, he seems to have little trouble negotiating his contracts. But clearly Lamar struggles with the negotiation part.

That's where having an agent comes in handy

As the article stated, we don't know if either of those 3 year deals had no trade clauses.Seems to me, smart on Lamar to want that provision, who wouldn't want to choose where they are traded? Maybe he did want a 5 year deal, which would mean he did want to be hear, contrary to what many have said. We just don't know why he turned down 2-3 year deals, fully guaranteed.

Yes, comitted

The initial ruling in the collusion grievance filed by the NFL Players Association on behalf of Lamar Jackson, Russell Wilson, and Kyler Murray shed new light on the negotiations between Jackson and the Ravens that preceded his five-year deal in 2023. The appeal ruling adds a key fresh detail, too. In two different portions of page 14 of the decision, the three-person panel writes that the Ravens twice offered three-year, fully-guaranteed contracts to Jackson. Jackson declined both of them. The ruling mentions none of the other key terms, like annual compensation. It’s also not mentioned whether the three-year contracts included a no-tag clause, which would have set the stage for unrestricted free agency in March 2026. Although the Deshaun Watson contract that apparently sparked Jackson’s desire to have a fully-guaranteed contract of his own covered five years, a three-year fully-guaranteed deal gets the player all of his money along with a shorter path to another deal or free agency. Jackson eventually signed a five-year deal with two years and part of a third fully guaranteed at signing. The rest of the third year became fully guaranteed early in the second year, and a large chunk of the fourth year ($29 million of $52 million) became fully guaranteed early in the fourth year. The fifth year has no guarantees. But fully guaranteed is fully guaranteed. The fact that the Ravens offered Jackson a pair of three-year fully-guaranteed contracts (which is what Kirk Cousins got from the Vikings in 2018) defied the NFL’s effort as of March 2022 to persuade the teams to collude in not providing fully-guaranteed deals. This year, plenty of the contracts signed in unrestricted free agency cover only three years. That’s better for players than having non-guaranteed back-end years, because once the full guarantees end the contracts become one-way arrangements — if the player is underperforming, the contract gets ripped up by the team; if the player is overperforming, the player is at the mercy of the team in an effort to get a raise. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/collusion-appeal-ruling-says-ravens-offered-lamar-jackson-two-fully-guaranteed-contracts

We will agree to disagree l, as we have in the past. Injuries, I believe, slowed him down last year. His hesitation to run, for ? reason, also slowed him down. It is my opinion that he has not run full speed since the season before. I think this year, with a healthier body and a better view of how he needs to play, he will be back to lightening

I respect this dude's opinion, but I think he got his noggin scrambled a few times. I do agree, to stop Lamar or slow him down, five man rush, 4 at first then the 5th on a delay if Lamar holds the ball. However, Lamar's arm strength is just as good as Josh's, he too can make any throw on the field as fsr as distance and pep on the ball. He and Josh are about even when it comes to turnovers, and to be perfectly honest, the 5 man rush, 0 blitz was tried for years, and when the Ravens had a plan for it under Monken, Lamar won an MVP for beating it. It worked last year because of the terrible line play and the fact that Lamar was hurt most of the year. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/charles-omenihu-league-has-figured-out-lamar-jackson-hasnt-figured-out-josh-allen

An "up date" of sorts on Mads “I can’t speak in terms of exact attendance,” Ravens Strength & Conditioning Coach Scott Elliott said on Wednesday. “But I will tell you that (Madubuike) is working his tail off. As I’m sure you’ve seen online, he is in great shape … with (Madubuike) throughout the last year, it’s been constant communication, and I’m just excited to see where it goes.” That Elliott said all that with a huge smile plastered on his face shouldn’t be left out — and seems to favor Ravens getting back 1 of the NFL’s best interior defensive linemen. https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/baltimore-ravens/intriguing-injury-update-nnamdi-madubuike/

I laughed so hard when I saw they signed him. Only a 1 year deal, but jeepers

Just a tease, https://youtu.be/hiRZUrJtErY?si=jmZvWNvryi_Zhfxl

While I'm tired of Psu players clapping out, I would not hate that pick

Lamar was there at early camps, nice

His best average in college was 45 yards, but that could be because of short fields. His longs are impressive, each year, 4 out of five years over 60 yards, 62-65, 58, 63, one season over 70, 76 yards. I'm sure just a camp leg, but we shall see.

The Ravens filled a literal hole in their roster today, adding a punter to their special teams room. After Jordan Stout departed for New York in free agency alongside three teammates and their former head coach, Baltimore didn’t have a punter under contract. There will likely be further additions to serve as competition, but per Aaron Wilson of KPRC 2, Luke Elzinga will be signed as the first new specialist to come in for a chance at succeeding Stout. Elzinga went undrafted out of Oklahoma last year. He did receive some scouting interest, participating in the Shrine Bowl and receiving an invitation to Titans rookie minicamp, but it looks like things have been quiet for him since then. Elzinga began his collegiate career at Central Michigan, redshirting a year before earning All-MAC honors in each of his next three seasons with the Chippewas. Elzinga entered the transfer portal with two years of eligibility remaining and opted to walk on for the Sooners. Over the first half of his first season in Norman, Elzinga was used in tandem with another punter, taking short-field duties requiring accuracy to pin returners deep without touchbacks. By the second half of the season, he had assumed all punting and holding duties, and he ended the year with only two touchbacks. After a fifth season of collegiate play, he declared for the draft. Elzinga seems like a promising candidate to compete for the Ravens’ (currently unopposed) job. He has a big leg, ending every season but one with a longest punt measuring over 62 yards, including a 76-yarder in his first game as a Chippewa, and impressive distance control, logging only 14 touchbacks in five years. As an added bonus, Elzinga has some experience throwing the football at both collegiate stops, completing all four of his only pass attempts for 86 yards. Former Ravens long-time punter Sam Koch famously maintained a perfect completion percentage, going seven-for-seven, up until the final year of career. https://www.profootballrumors.com/2026/04/ravens-add-punter-to-roster