Lee Evans

Should Joe Flacco get paid like an elite NFL quarterback?

2013-02-05 09:40:00

Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco just led the Ravens through the playoffs and to a Super Bowl victory, throwing for 11 touchdowns and no interceptions along the way. The Super Bowl MVP is set to be a free agent this off-season, and many are...

In the NFL playoffs, momentum turns out to be momentary

2013-01-13 20:10:00

SAN FRANCISCO — So much for momentum. Green Bay had it, having throttled Minnesota in the first round of the NFL playoffs. But the Packers were turned back by a San Francisco team that was two weeks removed from its worst loss of the season. The...

Ravens news, notes and opinions

2013-05-08 07:35:00

The common conclusion from the Ravens’ decision to re-sign Bryant McKinnie was that the organization wasn’t yet comfortable with the idea of Kelechi Osemele starting at left tackle. I’m sure there is plenty of truth to that even though...

Five throws that helped Joe Flacco get paid

2013-03-04 09:38:00

Joe Flacco will sign his new six-year, $120.6 million contract extension Monday afternoon, a deal which will make the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player the NFL’s highest-paid player while also giving the Ravens salary cap wiggle room. Since the news...

Should Flacco get an elite QB's salary?

2013-02-06 00:00:00

Proved he deserves it Sam Farmer Los Angeles Times Tom Brady. Drew Brees. Aaron Rodgers. Peyton Manning. Pick an elite quarterback. Joe Flacco deserves that kind of money. He proved it in the playoffs, throwing 11 touchdown passes and no...

We've seen this matchup before, and Ravens will win again

2013-02-02 18:13:00

NEW ORLEANS -- The older brother will beat the younger brother again. Super Bowl XLVII will be nothing more than a repeat, at least victory wise, of the 2011 Thanksgiving Day game between the two teams when John Harbaugh's Ravens beat Jim Harbaugh's San...

CBS Super Bowl will have 5 times the number of cameras Ravens normally get

2013-01-24 11:30:00

CBS Sports will cover the Super Bowl with 62 cameras, CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus said in a teleconference Thursday promoting the Feb. 3 game between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers. "That includes all of the unmanned cameras," he said....

Love story begins with one Super Bowl, continues at another

2013-01-25 15:03:00

This is what kind of roll the Ravens are on now: they've even inspired a love story. It's not a gauzy, Hallmark Channel tale, but a story of serendipity, fate and perseverance — and a football team at the center of it all. It stars an Overlea...

What they're saying about the Ravens, the 49ers and the Super Bowl (1/22)

2013-01-22 10:42:00

Here is what other news outlets are saying about the Ravens, San Francisco 49ers and Super Bowl XLVII today. --- Tim Kawakami of The San Jose Mercury News says that Jim Harbaugh and John Harbaugh are engendering the support of their players by quickly...

'We're going to win,' Ravens' Anquan Boldin says of AFC title game

2013-01-16 13:08:00

Speaking in a calm, matter-of-fact tone, Ravens veteran wide receiver Anquan Boldin replied quickly when asked what makes him think this AFC championship game rematch�will be different after�falling short a year ago�to the New England Patriots. "Because...

Bernard Pierce, Brendon Ayanbadejo absent from Wednesday's practice

2013-01-16 11:12:00

The Ravens’ first practice of the week leading up to Sunday’s AFC championship game against the New England Patriots took place Wednesday without Bernard Pierce and Brendon Ayanbadejo. Pierce, a rookie running back, re-aggravated a nagging...

Another opportunity for Ravens QB Joe Flacco to take the next step

2013-01-03 18:08:00

The chaotic final moments of Joe Flacco's impressive duel with New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady had barely unfolded when expectations for the Ravens quarterback began skyrocketing. Although the Ravens lost their grip on a Super Bowl berth...

, Flacco was sharp in an opening-round win, passing for 282 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. Flacco hasn't thrown an interception or committed a turnover since the first half of the Ravens' Dec. 16 loss to the Broncos.

2013-01-12 00:00:00

have so much faith in him: He is a winner who elevates his play when all the chips are on the table. Joe Flacco wins all the time, but somehow, in the court of popular pigskin opinion, he may never win.

2013-01-12 00:00:00

After one half of uninspired football Sunday, it looked as if we were two quarters away from Ed Reed saying again that Joe Flacco looked "rattled" in a playoff game.

2013-01-06 00:00:00