Ray Lewis News

When Jameel McClain was an unrestricted free agent in March, there was a sentiment that the inside linebacker, who had started 31 of the Ravens' 32 games over the past two seasons, could be courted by a pair of former defensive-coordinators-turned-head-coaches in the New York Jets' Rex Ryan and the Indianapolis Colts' Chuck Pagano.

The aging star has one year left on his contract. He wants a new deal. The team doesn't want to give him one.

The NFL is populated with a variety of players that could turn to Hollywood and appear in a feature film once they decide to hang up the cleats.

Here's all the news that's fit to print on the Baltimore Ravens from around the wonderful World Wide Web: Sergio Kindle Has The Playbook Down First, Sergio Kindle had to overcome a head fracture.

In the list of the Top 100 Players of 2012, on NFL.com, it's nice to see a player from your favorite team.

For the vaunted Baltimore Ravens defense the motto has always been clear, "stop the run first", and make the other team force themselves into mistakes.

When you think of some of the NFL 's best defenses of all time, you think of Pittsburgh's Steel Curtain, the 1985 Chicago Bears , Vince Lombardi's Packers , the 1969 Chiefs , Bill Parcells' New York Giants , Atlanta 's famed "Gritz Blitz," the 2002 Buccaneers and Dallas' Doomsday Defense.

For years, the Ravens lived by one mantra. "Defense wins Championships! " Ray Lewis and the rest of the vaunted defense have kept Baltimore as a perennial contender in the NFL.

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Can everyone just chill about all the Ravens missing from this week's OTAs? Yes, there are some prominent names missing.

The Baltimore Ravens completed their second full-team OTA in the past two weeks yesterday and while it is considered a voluntary mini-camp, a significant number of veterans were there to practice with the rookies.

The Jets have signed third-round pick Demario Davis to a four-year deal, according to a person with knowledge of the agreement.

Which NFL rookies are going to put up the biggest numbers in 2012? That is my first thought as I try to predict the 2012 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year.

AFC Championships , Baltimore , Billy Cundiff , Ed Reed , John Harbaugh , Mini Camps , NFL , OTA's , Ravens , ray lewis , Ray Rice , Super Bowl ESPN's Sal Palantonio called into The Norris and Davis Show to talk about the Raven's OTA's , the Ray Rice contract situation, and Billy Cundiff.

I feel like I have to preface every one of these post-OTA observation blogs by offering the reminder that drawing any conclusions from these workouts would be foolish on my part.

It looks like the Miami Dolphins will be on HBO's famous reality TV show Hard Knocks this year.

As of this post, the 41st through 100th, Top 100 NFL Players of 2012 have been revealed at nfl.com: http://www.nfl.com/t...9000d5d82966401 Apparently , there are another 5 Ravens within the top 40 players yet to be named.

If the Baltimore Ravens defense is to maintain its unwavering standard of excellence in 2012, the unit must mesh with a new coordinator and operate without several key components -- most notably injured All-Pro linebacker Terrell Suggs.

Former NFL scout Daniel Jeremiah is getting into the Olympic mindset early this summer, handing out NFL Podium Awards for the top three players at each position group.

The Ravens had a potentially incredible 2012 NFL draft, but the NFL is ever-changing, and new needs sprout up for teams every year as contracts expire and players retire.