Matt Katula News

With rookie Lardarius Webb gone for the remainder of the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and Chris Carr slated to start at cornerback Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Ravens have yet to reveal who they plan to return kicks and/or punts on Sunday.

Free safety Ed Reed surprisingly was on the field for the media viewing portion of practice.

Opening Statement: "Congratulations to Domonique Foxworth. He was Defensive Player of the Week.

Forget playoffs. As of next weekend, it's Super Bowl Sunday when the Ravens play the Steelers in Pittsburgh.

Melanie Oudin is 18 with sparkling green eyes, a long, blond ponytail and the youthful enthusiasm that goes with a quarterfinal performance at September's U.S. Open .

Do we have another big game Monday night? Is this another "must-win" situation? How much more of this can we all take? Hey, this is hard.

Brookfield's Matt Katula played football at Catholic Memorial, the University of Wisconsin and now the Baltimore Ravens.

The honors keep rolling in for Green Bay Packers cornerback Charles Woodson. Per an NFL source, he'll be named NFC defensive player of the month for November on Thursday - the second such honor this season for Woodson, who also took the award in September.

Now that they're back in the middle of the playoff hunt, the Baltimore Ravens hope their experience in close games will prove beneficial over the final five weeks of the season.

Billy Cundiff's Baltimore debut had a little bit of everything. There was a long kick, a record-setting kick, a botched kick and a kick that never was.

Ravens safety Haruki Nakamura broke his right ankle on the opening kickoff of Monday night's game at Cleveland.

One of punter Sam Koch's responsibilities is pinning opponents deep in their own territory.

Five of the six Ravens players who did not practice Wednesday were back, but perhaps the most important one -- defensive tackle Haloti Ngata -- was not one of them.

On who the backup long snapper is if Matt Katula can't go on Sunday: "You looked at the depth chart and couldn't find one? Well, that's curious." On if he would consider the special teams play in the Broncos game the best overall since he's coached the Ravens: "I don't know.

The Ravens practiced on the far field today, so it was difficult to take roll call.

Chris Chester has started the Ravens' past 18 games at right guard, cementing his status at that position.

After grounding a potent Denver Broncos air attack, the Ravens' secondary has little time to bask in any adulation.

Every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evening, we'll update the practice/injury chart leading up to Sunday's game.

Long snapper Matt Katula returned to practice today after sitting out Wednesday's session with an elbow injury.

Baltimore Ravens tight end Todd Heap and running back Le'Ron McClain were both limited in practice on Wednesday.