ExtremeRavens Posted August 20 Posted August 20 When in Wisconsin, do what the Packers do. The Ravens are heading to Green Bay this week for a joint practice with the Packers on Thursday, giving quarterback Lamar Jackson and the rest of the starters who haven’t played in the preseason a chance to test themselves against an unfamiliar opponent. Baltimore players are also set to take part in a decades-old Green Bay tradition: riding bikes to practice. In what first started as a “spontaneous celebration” in 1958, kids are encouraged to bring their bikes to historic Lambeau Field to offer rides to Ravens and Packers players alike. Every Ravens player is expected to participate if there are enough bikes available, the Packers said, so fans and community members are asked to “welcome the team in true Green Bay fashion.” The joint practice will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, and kids can line up near the visiting locker room entrance on the south side of Lambeau Field as early as 8 a.m. The Ravens will begin practice on Clarke Hinkle Field before joining the Packers on Ray Nitschke Field. Players will also ride bikes back to the locker room after practice. In recent years, the Packers have taken part in several joint practice sessions in conjunction with preseason games, hosting the Houston Texans, New York Jets, New Orleans Saints and New England Patriots in Green Bay. Houston was the only other team to fully take part in the bike tradition, largely because former defensive end J.J. Watt played at the University of Wisconsin. The Ravens will face the Packers in both teams’ preseason finale Saturday at 1 p.m. at Lambeau Field. Baltimore begins the regular season Sept. 5 at Kansas City to take on the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs, while Green Bay opens its season the following night against the Philadelphia Eagles in São Paulo, Brazil. View the full article Quote
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