BALTIMORE – For all they had accomplished in 2010, the Baltimore Ravens went into Sunday’s showdown with the defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints as a team widely defined by its shortcomings. Halfback Ray Rice(notes), to the chagrin of fantasy players with high draft picks everywhere, hadn’t enjoyed the breakout season many had predicted, something largely attributed to lackluster line play. Defensively, Ray Lewis(notes) and friends had experienced some conspicuous breakdowns, narrowly surviving a Monday night meltdown in Houston in the team’s most recent outing. Rice had his most productive outing of the season against the Saints. (Mitch Stringer/US Presswire) To much of the outside world, it looked as though Baltimore had hit a wall. http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=ApdfUkIqPomVixQPvCdF1F1DubYF?slug=ms-morningrush122010