Who says rookies can’t win?  Rookie head coaches, rookie quarterbacks, whatever.  The ROOKIES RULE moniker could apply to the NFL in general for 2008, as the Atlanta Falcons, with Mike Smith and Matt Ryan, kept up with the Ravens every step of the way throughout the regular season.  In Baltimore though, John Harbaugh and Joe [...]

The snake-bitted-ness extended to the defensive side of the ball in 2007.  Defensive Line The defensive line was the standout group of 2007. Perhaps the most disappointing part of their season was that neither Kelly Gregg nor Haloti Ngata, both deserving, were voted to the Pro Bowl. These two were absolute monsters inside, as good [...]

“Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong” – Murphy’s Law That about sums up everything that happened with our Ravens this year, no? After the charmed 2006 (regular) season, in which they won some games they probably shouldn’t have, 2007 proved that, at least in football, the universe does indeed work itself out. We’ll try [...]