Happy Orange and Purple Friday!

by Tyler Lombardi

October 10, 2014
1:27 pm

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With the Orioles looking for their first World Series appearance since 1983, even the Ravens’ facilities have an orange glow to them. Garrett Downing talks about the connection between the two teams here.

C.J. Mosley Is Filling Some Big Shoes for Baltimore

C.J. Mosley has received a lot of praise from around the league for his play thus far this season. This time, he gets it from Grantland’s Jason Bailey, who goes on to discuss the success of the entire Ravens’ defense which ranks 5th in DVOA (link explains DVOA). Read the article here.

Offensive Line Rankings

PFF writer, Khaled Elsayed puts together a list of the best 8 offensive lines. Coming in at #2 on the list: the Baltimore Ravens right behind the Cleveland Browns at #1. LINK

Ravens will see familiar face in Bucs backfield

Remember Bobby Rainey? Well, the Ravens will go up against the diminutive back this week when they go into Tampa. He won’t start since Doug Martin is back, but the Ravens should see him in small doses. Bo Smolka of CSN Baltimore has the full story here.

C.J. Mosley is just what the Ravens need

Admiring C.J. Mosley has been a theme this week amongst Ravens fans (including us), and it continues in this article from Kyle Barber of Baltimore Beatdown. Remember when everyone was saying that we don’t “need” another LB when the Ravens drafted Mosley in the first round? They’re not saying that now. LINK

Ravens try to mitigate injury issues

Tyler Lombardi

Tyler has followed Baltimore sports his entire life. His favorite player growing up was Steve McNair, so he was ecstatic when he became a Raven in 2006. When he's in front of the TV watching the game, it's best to avoid non-football discussion. It's quite likely he isn't listening anyway, as his wife can attest to.