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When Elvis Dumervil took the podium as the first Baltimore Raven to follow coach John Harbaugh after Wednesday's offseason practice, reigning Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco gave the recently signed pass rusher grief from the back of a pack of reporters.

And with more big moves on the horizon for next offseason, the Ravens are already looking ahead at another sticky cap situation .

When the Baltimore Ravens drafted nose tackle Brandon Williams in the third round this year, it was noted by many especially Raven fans who knew the Ravens were not satisfied with what they saw along the tackle front on defense.

Projecting recruits into the NFL is not an ideal thing to do, as so much can happen during a player's senior year in high school and college career.

The Baltimore Ravens have gone through an unusual change that is rare for any defending Super Bowl champion.

Though grading a draft class right after the NFL draft ends is a popular practice, there's not too much one can learn from it.

While there have been no real indication that nose tackle Haloti Ngata could be released anytime soon, his cap number says it isn't out of the realm of possibility.

The Countdown Thread is back! The season is closer than you think! There are... 120 days until the Ravens open up the season against the Denver Broncos! 92 Haloti Ngata days until the Ravens preseason opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers! Can't wait, can't wait, CAN'T WAIT!!!! The kids started bugging me today...it's only a 13 hour drive to ... (more)

Regardless of how dominant nose tackle Brandon Williams was on the football field, it was circumstantial because he came from Missouri Southern State , a Division 2 program that many people have never heard of.

Top Picks Analysis: An amazing job by the Ravens despite starting at No. 32. They got potential replacements for Ed Reed and Dannell Ellerbe in Elam, a somewhat short prospect but one was has good ball skills, and Brown, a versatile three-down linebacker.

While there have been no real indication that nose tackle Haloti Ngata could be released anytime soon, his cap number says it isn't out of the realm of possibility.

The fashionable thing to say for men who run drafts is they'll set their boards and honor them and take the best player available.

Over the last couple of months, we've watched our beloved Raven's team be dismantled from top to bottom.

Robert Griffin III says he will not push to play the next time he has an injury, claiming that he has learned from his "mistakes." In ESPN The Magazine's cover story about Griffin, which is written as a 5,000-word letter to President Barack Obama "on behalf of a young man who recently moved to your district," the quarterback acknowledged that he ... (more)

As the dust settles following the 2013 NFL Draft , Bucky Brooks is taking a division-by-division look at how each team fared, handing out grades and highlighting notable picks.

This might be an odd analogy for a good Catholic boy to make, but the NFL Draft is a lot like Hanukkah: it goes on for days; you get a lot of gifts, but you have no idea what half of them are; and ever-spiraling commercialism has blown the whole thing way out of proportion.

Top Picks Analysis: An amazing job by the Ravens despite starting at No. 32. They got potential replacements for Ed Reed and Dannell Ellerbe in Elam, a somewhat short prospect but one was has good ball skills, and Brown, a versatile three-down linebacker.

Each team has needs. Each team has a draft board on which they rank "draftable" players.

The Polishness of Polish Hill has all but disappeared as the descendents of Polish immigrants have moved away or died off.

Ravens nose guard Terrence Cody is off crutches and making a sound recovery from offseason hip surgery, coach John Harbaugh says.