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The scene played out at places beyond Paul Brown Stadium, where the Ravens sacked Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton five times and were credited with hitting him three other times. In Jacksonville, the Jaguars sacked Houston Texans quarterbacks Tom Savage and rookie Deshaun Watson 10 total... View the full article

For the immediate future, Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco will be under full observation. If he goes to buy pizza, a drone will be circling overhead. Video cameras will be secretly attached to his car, and an undercover agent must follow him wherever he goes. There appears to be more to his back... View the full article

A day after injuries to running back Danny Woodhead and outside linebacker ZaâDarius Smith, Ravens coach John Harbaugh did not shed much light on their availability for Sundayâs home opener against the Cleveland Browns. Woodhead grabbed his left hamstring while coming out of a break on the offenseâs... View the full article

The Ravens launched the teamâs exclusive programming â including âRavens Reportâ and âRavens Wiredâ â on a new platform: Apple TV. The club announced Monday that it is one of the first NFL teams to launch an app on Apple TV, the set-top box that streams video. The free app was launched in partnership... View the full article

1) The Ravens began their song of 2017 on an ideal note. The Ravens went to Cincinnati, the bane of their AFC North existence, and made the Bengals tap out long before the clock hit zero. If you saw that coming, youâre a wiser sage than I. The day began with two overarching questions: 1) Is Joe... View the full article

Marlon Humphrey did not show up in the stat sheet from the Ravensâ 20-0 rout of the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, but that might have been a reflection of the rookie cornerbackâs solid debut. In nine snaps on defense, Humphrey did not record a tackle or a pass breakup, suggesting that the 16th... View the full article

The drive started on the Ravensâ 12-yard line and ended on the Cincinnati Bengalsâ 7. In between, the Ravens ran 17 plays, gained 81 yards, benefited from three Bengals penalties and killed 9:38 off the clock. Justin Tuckerâs 25-yard field goal sailed through the uprights to end the drive, and... View the full article

The Ravensâ blueprint for success in 2017 was on display Sunday. It wasnât pretty, but it was effective. If you prefer cuteness go check out the Kansas City Chiefs. If you want the long ball, then the Oakland Raiders might be a better option. As for the Ravens, they need to run the ball and play... View the full article

On the Ravensâ first defensive drive, outside linebacker ZaâDarius Smith had already registered a sack, matching his total from last year, and forced another quarterback hurry. On the Ravensâ first offensive drive, running back Danny Woodhead caught three passes for 33 yards and had one carry for... View the full article

On the Ravensâ first defensive drive, outside linebacker ZaâDarius Smith had already registered a sack, matching his total from last year, and forced another quarterback hurry. On the Ravensâ first offensive drive, running back Danny Woodhead caught three passes for 33 yards and had one carry for... View the full article

The preparation for one of the more dominant defensive performances in team history started in late July. At the time, the Ravens were over seven weeks away from their regular-season opener here and they had four preseason opponents ahead of them. But the Ravens started watching film of the Cincinnati... View the full article

Key numbers from the Ravensâ 20-0 win over the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 1: 0: Completed passes by Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco in the second half (thatâs a good thing). 11: Penalties on the Ravens for 85 yards, including two holding calls on new center Ryan Jensen and another against him that... View the full article

Peter Schmuck, columnist: I guess the takeaway here is that Joe Flacco should just report to the Ravens facility next year on Sept. 1. Practice and preseason obviously is overrated. Hard to decide what the next best news of the day was â the defense living up the hype (and then some) or the renaissance... View the full article

The game plan didnât call for pretty. Thatâs rarely how the Ravens have won games anyway. But there was nothing prettier for the Ravens than to look up in the seating area at Paul Brown Stadium, where they hadnât won in six years, and see rows upon rows of empty seats early in the fourth quarter.... View the full article

On the first offensive drive of the season, veteran running back Danny Woodhead showed why the Ravens targeted him in free agency. He also showed why the signing came with some risk. Woodhead, who has been limited by knee injuries in two of the past three seasons, hurt his left hamstring and was... View the full article

Defensive end Chris Wormley and outside linebacker Tim Williams, the Ravensâ rookie third-round picks, and defensive end Bronson Kaufusi, a third-round pick in 2016, will have to wait at least another week to make their NFL regular-season debuts. All three players were left inactive for the Ravensâ... View the full article

Brandon Williams had a good offseason. He got paid (a $54 million contract extension), got married (to his college sweetheart, Alyssa) and got away (to summer vacations in Greece and England). Also, he got news. That was good, too: The NFL, once upon a time known as the No Fun League, had relaxed... View the full article

Ray Lewis has been approached many times in recent months and congratulated for his pending induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Lewis warns that nothing is official yet and wonât be for several months. But as someone who is always looking for a greater meaning, the former Ravens linebacker... View the full article

Two Aug. 28 trades involving long snappers might not have created much of a stir in the greater NFL landscape. But the moves that sent Jon Dorenbos from the Philadelphia Eagles to the New Orleans Saints and rookie Thomas Hennessy from the Indianapolis Colts to the New York Jets qualified as significant... View the full article

Ravens starting quarterback Joe Flacco jogged onto the practice field for the first time all summer eight days ago, and his long-awaited appearance was treated with little fanfare from his teammates. There was no mock cheering or playful applause. Flaccoâs presence didnât even seem to draw a curious... View the full article

Much of training camp and the preseason was spent waiting for Joe Flacco, and wondering whether his sore back would allow him enough practice time to be ready for Sundayâs season opener against the Cincinnati Bengals. Much of the offseason was spent watching the Ravensâ front office rebuild the... View the full article

For the first time in his seven-year career â all with the Ravens â linebacker Albert McClellan will miss a season because of injury after tearing the ACL in his knee during training camp. McClellan, who already underwent surgery and is using crutches to maneuver around the teamâs practice facility... View the full article

FIVE THINGS THAT HAVE TO GO RIGHT Establish and stick to a run game: Ravens officials have talked for months about the importance of regaining more balance on offense and establishing a downhill running attack. They went out and hired Greg Roman, who has been successful everywhere heâs been at... View the full article

Terrell Suggs has a firm grasp of what constitutes a good time. Opening the season against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati does not qualify as one. âIt is never fun to start with a team like the Bengals with all those weapons,â the Ravens outside linebacker... View the full article

Itâs been well documented that although the AFC North rivals have 21 wins apiece in their series history, the Cincinnati Bengals have won six of the past seven meetings and seven of the past nine against the Ravens. The Ravens have lost five consecutive games in Cincinnati and are 3-7 in season... View the full article