Haloti Ngata News

Peyton Manning walks a fine line whenever operating the Indianapolis Colts offense against the Baltimore Ravens' attacking, disruptive defense.

The doc's story centered on the old Baltimore Colts marching band and their efforts to keep the spirit of football alive in the city of Baltimore after the Colts left town in favor of Indianapolis in March of 1984.

Terrell Suggs won't play this week against the Colts -- the first game he will have missed in his career -- and he could be out much longer.

But what are they going to do to slow down Peyton Manning, Reggie Wayne and the league's highest octane offense, on a short week following a Monday night win in Cleveland? Gerry, Qadry and JO are here to break it down from each and every angle and they'll all readily admit that it's going to be a huge challenge to get it done.

For lack of better phrasing, this is awkward. Clearly, the Ravens were not expected to be sitting in third place in the AFC North at 4-4 heading into Week nine.

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

The Ravens will have to stop the Browns' Jamal Lewis without one of their best run stoppers.

If you didn't see the update a few days ago, tonight's game against the Baltimore Ravens will not be blacked out locally, thanks to several organizations and media outlets "buying out" the unsold tickets.

Baltimore Ravens running back Willis McGahee has done a commendable job of keeping his frustrations, if they exist, to himself due to his drastically reduced playing time.

This is an emotionally draining loss that could have very well put our playoffs hopes down the toilet.

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Call it a drought or a case of NFL scoring famine. Characterize the Baltimore Ravens' offense as notoriously slow starters, performing lately as if they're in dire need of a few strong cups of espresso during the first half of games over the past month.

Ravens middle linebacker Ray Lewis missed his second straight day of practice on Friday with a foot injury.

I agonized last week about what order to put my three picks in. Each team - Green Bay Packers, Atlanta Falcons, and Seattle Seahawks - held the top spot for a moment, but ultimately I put the Packers on top.

The Baltimore Ravens have released their first injury report of the week for Monday night's game against the Cleveland Browns, listing starters LB Ray Lewis , DT Haloti Ngata and CB Fabian Washington among the players who were held out of practice on Thursday.

When the Ravens play the Cleveland Browns on national television Monday night, it's going to be about a lot more than just winning.

's last start at quarterback for the Cleveland Browns was Sept. 27 in Baltimore.

CINCINNATI Cedric Benson proved that his mastery of the Baltimore Ravens' usually stingy defense wasn't a fluke.

The standings say the 4-4 Ravens are two games in back of the 6-2 Bengals, but Cincinnati's 17-7 win on Sunday gives the Bengals the season series sweep and thus the head-to-head tiebreaker.

It's midseason, and it's at this point where the good teams start separating themselves from the bad ones.