Ravens’ Director of Player Personnel Eric DeCosta, whose name has been thrown around this week as a potential General Manager candidate for several teams, will not be going anywhere. According to the team’s official Twitter account, DeCosta will be staying in Baltimore. This comes as a great relief to Ravens fans. It’s no secret that [...]
The Baltimore Ravens had seven players selected to the 2011 Pro Bowl, good for second most in the NFL. The New England Patriots and San Francisco 49ers each had eight players named to the NFL’s version of the All-Star game, while the Ravens tied the Green Bay Packers with seven apiece. Six of those Ravens [...]
According to several reporters who cover the team (Aaron Wilson, Jeff Zrebiec, Luke Jones), Ravens wide receiver Anquan Boldin underwent surgery on Wednesday for a torn meniscus in his knee, and will miss the team’s final two games. He is expected back for the playoffs. With Boldin out, Lee Evans and Torrey Smith become the [...]
According to a tweet from the team’s official account, the Ravens have signed veteran kicker Shayne Graham. The Ravens had Graham “on call” for the last several weeks, as regular kicker Billy Cundiff dealt with a left calf injury. Cundiff played both games, going 1/2 on field goal attempts against Indy and San Diego. Cundiff, [...]
With the hapless Indianapolis Colts in town last week, the number one fear was that the Ravens would suffer another letdown against a poor opponent. They vanquished Dan Orlovsky and company 24-10, so no issues there. Next on the fan fear list was that an important player would suffer an injury. As of this morning, [...]
Aaron Wilson of the Carroll County Times confirmed with Joe Flacco that he and his wife are expecting their first child. After a nine year relationship, Flacco and his high school sweetheart, Dana Grady, tied the knot with a private ceremony in Philadelphia last July. Football fans got a sneak-peek into the life of the [...]
An article in The Baltimore Sun by Ravens columnist Mike Preston has people in Ravenstown all worked up this morning. Nothing new there. For once, though, our anger isn’t directed at Preston himself for some perceived shot at our favorite team. Rather, it is our team themselves who have us foaming at the mouths – [...]
It’s not like Ray Lewis to give up an opportunity to step in front of the microphones. Especially when his team is 7-3 and sitting atop the AFC. And not when the Ravens are about to play in a nationally televised game that is being hyped in the media to no end. These are the [...]
Oh, no. No no no no no no. Bad news in Ravenstown, folks. Aaron Wilson tweeted early Friday morning that the foot injury that has kept Ray Lewis out of practice this week isn’t nearly as trivial as all of us had thought, and hoped, it would be. It looks much worse, as Ray will [...]
Greetings, Nestgoers. Once again, B’More Birds’ Nest has been nominated in “The Mobbies,” the Baltimore Sun’s awards for Outstanding Blogs in Maryland. It’s our third time being nominated, and we’d really like to pick up our first award for “Best Ravens Blog” this year. Please, go to the Mobbies page and vote for us in [...]
