McKinnie Further Explains Why He Didn’t Practice There’s no reason to read too deeply into Bryant McKinnie being held from full team minicamp practice last week for conditioning reasons, Head Coach John Harbaugh explained last Thursday. McKinnie told radio listeners essentially the same thing Friday. “Sometimes it can be worded different and interpreted differently by people,” McKinnie told WNST host Glenn Clark. The 32-year-old veteran explained that the Ravens would like to see him play at about 345 pounds – which is close to his college size. He appears to be well on his way. McKinnie revealed that he left minicamp at 354 pounds, so he only has nine more to lose before training camp begins in late-July. He told our own Ryan Mink in May that he weighed 365, so he’s lost about 11 pounds in six weeks. And the reason he didn’t practice with the team last week? “They just told me when I had the meeting, just for precautionary [reasons], not to go out there and get injured during minicamp and just do the running and the lifting and stuff,” McKinnie said. “So I was just in there, lifting and running for the whole two and half hours. “…And then at the same time still getting the conditioning and everything together. We’re just trying to work to get there without anything slipping up or going wrong.” http://blogs.baltimoreravens.com/2012/06/18/late-for-work-618-bryant-mckinnie-further-explains-why-he-didnt-practice/ A little more on MT McKinney