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In an era when passing games rule the day, the biggest job for a defense is to get third-down sacks. Pat Kirwan says that's why finding players who can deliver those -- as the Ravens and Giants do best -- is high priority. View the full article

The Ravens don’t play their first preseason game until three months from now, and veteran players aren’t obligated to be in Baltimore until a mandatory minicamp next month. But that hasn’t stopped many of the players from taking an active role in the community during their downtime this offseason. Matt Birk’s charity event on Monday night was a great example. View the full article

Let’s just say the Ravens aren’t out shopping for a frame to put around this offseason so they can hang it on the wall for posterity. Things haven’t exactly gone their way since the end of the 2011 season. View the full article

Ravens agreed to terms with defensive tackle yesterdayThe Ravens won't have to wait as long as once thought to work new defensive tackle Ryan McBean into their regular-season defensive line rotation. View the full article

When the Ravens selected Gino Gradkowski, an interior lineman from Delaware, in last month’s NFL draft, their intention was to groom him to eventually become the successor to Matt Birk. Gradkowski, a fourth-round pick, has said that he is eager to pick the veteran center’s brain. And on Monday night, Birk said he would gladly teach Gradkowski whatever he wants to learn. View the full article

Ravens cornerback will make $1.927 million in 2012 After a season in which he emerged as one of the Ravens' most pleasant surprises, cornerback Cary Williams has signed his second-round restricted free agent tender. View the full article

Former Bronco may have to sit first six games of 2012 because of suspensionThe Ravens continued to add depth to their defensive line, reaching a one-year agreement today with former Denver Broncos nose tackle Ryan McBean. View the full article

The Ravens have revealed the initial jersey numbers for their 2012 draft class. These numbers are subject to change -- remember, Ray Rice wore No. 39 during his first training camp -- but here are the jersey numbers that Courtney Upshaw, Kelechi Osemele and the other Ravens rookies will wear during offseason camps. View the full article

Wide receiver / return man was released last week by TexansStill looking to add wide receiver depth and a veteran returner, the Ravens met Sunday with former Houston Texan Jacoby Jones. View the full article

Wide recenver/return man was released last week by TexansStill looking to add wide receiver depth and a veteran returner, the Ravens met today with former Houston Texan Jacoby Jones. View the full article

May 11-13 : Second-round pick Courtney Upshaw and the rest of the Ravens’ 2012 draft class will hit the practice fields together for the first time for a three-day, mandatory rookie mini-camp next Friday through Sunday. View the full article

Ravens coach John Harbaugh made his first public comments this afternoon about Terrell Suggs' injury. Harbaugh was among those who gathered today at the Fallen Heroes Memorial at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens. View the full article

The dates and times when the Ravens will be available to media in the coming weeks. (The locker room will be open to reporters following the listed practices.) Times and dates could change. View the full article

M&T Bank Stadium, Naval Academy and Stevenson University will be sitesThe Ravens announced some of their summer training camp plans today, and they include three practices open to fans. View the full article

The Baltimore Ravens' 2012 training camp will feature individual practices to be held at M&T Bank Stadium, the U.S. Naval Academy and Stevenson University. All sessions are free and open to the public. View the full article

Linebacker Ayanbadejo also thinks team will be able to 'bounce back'In an appearance on 105.7 The Fan this morning, Ravens safety Ed Reed spoke about the Achilles injury to Ravens outside linebacker Terrell Suggs. Suggs has said it was a partial tear of the Achilles tendon and vowed to play at some point in 2012. But if the injury is a full tear, Suggs will likely be lost for the season. View the full article

As one would expect, there was no shortage of reaction to and analysis of the news of Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs’ Achilles tendon injury. Here’s what other media outlets had to say about the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year and his team. View the full article

There has been a lot of speculation that Ravens Pro Bowl outside linebacker Terrell Suggs injured his Achilles tendon while playing basketball. Suggs has denied that it happened that way, but who cares? If that tendon was tight and going to tear, it made no difference if he was playing basketball, wrestling, practicing karate or running sprints. View the full article

Linebacker will see specialist next week after injuring himself in workoutsThe Ravens won’t know the extent of Terrell Suggs’ Achilles tendon injury until Tuesday, but they are prepared to be without their top pass rusher and the reigning NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year for a good part — if not all — of the 2012 season. View the full article

The Ravens just lost pass-rush star Terrell Suggs for some or all of the season. Draftee Courtney Upshaw is one potential in-house fix. But Clark Judge says unhappy Giant Osi Umenyiora is Baltimore's ideal solution. View the full article

The Ravens just lost pass-rush star Terrell Suggs for some or all of the season. Draftee Courtney Upshaw is one potential in-house fix. But Clark Judge says unhappy Giant Osi Umenyiora is Baltimore's ideal solution. View the full article

Dr. Lew Schon, chief of foot and ankle surgery at Union Memorial Hospital, shares his knowledgeRavens outside linebacker injured his Achilles tendon during a workout last week and is expected to miss most — if not all — of the 2012 season. View the full article

Linebacker will see specialist next week after injuring himself in workoutsRavens outside linebacker Terrell Suggs sustained a torn Achilles while working out Saturday and he’s expected to miss part of -- if not the entire -- 2012 season. View the full article

Ravens outside linebacker Terrell Suggs spoke about the injury to his Achilles tendon and his expectations as to when he'll be able to return. View the full article

OWINGS MILLS, Md.- Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs will have surgery for a partially torn Achilles tendon, an injury he insists will not keep him sidelined for the entire 2012 season. View the full article