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@DarinMccann's red pen once again gets a workout

https://t.co/3BAbVpyxtl

[Warren Sharp @SharpFootball]

this drop off is incredible and is why Declan Doyle needs to script plays for the second half imo and stop playing the scoreboard - it's killing Baltimore

#30 in RB rushing EPA in the second half of games

they cannot run the ball to hold onto leads to save their life

[Matt Wise @TheMattWise]

If you're following someone who is comparing the Cam Jurgens trade with the Quenton Nelson trade & trashing the Ravens for it.. you can just mute them.

Because they don't understand trades.

Or the salary cap.

Or contracts.

Or the NFL.

[Russell St. Report @RussellStReport]

Y'all just say anything

https://t.co/VhxeEi3qAc

[Justus General @JA17MVPs]

The real question is why is he the only superstar QB that has to beg for a new contract every round. Can’t wait until he leaves that ungrateful franchise

[Don Olsen @Olsen_Don]

I bet the farm Eric picks up talks to the Colts or Chargers, you always listen. Here are issues with the Ravens:

- It’s like 1-2m cap space.
- No Ravens extension to get more
- Anyone coming needs to have money transfer (old team picks up, Ravens extend)

It will be hard.

[Don Olsen @Olsen_Don]

NFL football is not Madden with no salary cap. And other teams play as well. This isn’t one where the Ravens get the first, second, and third chance to do something than the other teams can do it instead.

[Jonas Shaffer @jonas_shaffer]

A brief history of Lamar Jackson injury narratives in Baltimore:

🟣 2021: Lamar hurts his ankle. John Harbaugh calls it a sprain. It's actually a bone bruise.
⚫️ 2022: Lamar hurts his knee. Harbaugh says it's not season-ending. Lamar later says the injury was "on the borderline" of a complete ligament tear.
🟣 2025: Lamar hurts his back. Harbaugh calls it a "bruise of some kind." He later says that muscles can "lock up" around deep contusions like Lamar's.
⚫️ 2026: Lamar hurts his ankle. Jesse Minter calls him "day-to-day." Lamar later says he couldn't run during the week of Minter's comments — and that his injury is a high-ankle sprain.

This is what can happen when sports medicine, gamesmanship and injury reporting collide:
https://t.co/c9Fo6zUTOK

[First Things First @FTFonFS1]

“I don’t think it’s contract related. I do believe he’s injured. But there’s something that always rubs me just slightly the wrong way when Lamar is out and he is unwilling to just say exactly what it is.”

@GregJennings breaks down what it’s like to have an injury as a player:

[Brian McFarland @RavensSalaryCap]

Nelson is due ~$10M for the balance of the yr. Ravens only have ~$1.2M in Cap space, so they would have had to restructure a deal or two or asked the Colts to eat some salary (which then have probably cost a 2nd). Seattle had enough Cap space to make the deal w/o Colts eating $.

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Less than half a season in, Jesse Minter finds himself at his first crossroads as HC

https://t.co/dIIF306zc5

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Out to Lunch w/@nickpolinsky

Where's the leadership? Minter's comments are very concerning.

https://t.co/2azvmMUYmR

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@bnfan35t would never

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The UDFA lacrosse player is your best defender.

s/o to Ethan Burke, but that should never happen. Look around him.

Sad state of affairs.

https://t.co/phcuQT5MJk

[Ryan Mink @ryanmink]

Top Ravens @PFF grades vs. Bengals, min. 15 snaps:

Offense:
Zay Flowers (90.7)
Josh Cuevas (66.7)
Rashod Bateman (62.3)
Devontez Walker (58.4)
Mark Andrews (58.1)

Defense:
Ethan Burke (78.5)
Travis Jones (77.9)
Trenton Simpson (67.6)
John Jenkins (66.6)
Malaki Starks (66.1)

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Guard runs 20 yards downfield (total, not N-S) to push his RB for an extra yard tops and gets hurt.

Can't make it up.

https://t.co/AFyPXsJqcw

[Mike Garafolo @MikeGarafolo]

Another tough one for the #Ravens' offensive line but not a catastrophic injury, at least.

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@CoachEvans9 He ran 20 yards downfield to push Hill for maybe 1 and this happens 😭

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The Good (Corgi races and...?), Bad, & Ugly

Paige is off yet again.

https://t.co/bxQcH7zzgA

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@KlngRav3n When they're in the midst of giving up 5 straight touchdowns...

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Rod Woodson was mentioning this at the end of the game.

"Where's the defensive meeting?" he wondered. In the midst of giving up 35 points in a half, no players called their teammates together. He wasn't looking for the coaches to do it. Players.

https://t.co/tCyHE02mwW

[Josh Berman @NextNetworkJosh]

Take a look at the body language on that sideline

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https://t.co/pNGGIuV84U

[Bobby Trosset @bobbytrosset]

Jesse Minter on the Ravens:

"There's moments in the game where it's like 'who's the guy that's gonna grab everybody together on the sideline?' As a team, we're working through who that is. Who is that person or who are those players? ... There's moments where we need a little bit more."

via @Ravens

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[Jeff Zrebiec @jeffzrebiec]

Minter said there are certainly moments where the Ravens "need a little bit more" of leadership from the locker room.

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Narrator:

We will not, in fact, know more on Wednesday

[Jeff Zrebiec @jeffzrebiec]

On optimism level for Lamar Jackson, Minter said, "Lamar is working his butt off to be out there. He'll be in a decent spot, but we'll know more on Wednesday."

[Jordan Schultz @Schultz_Report]

Sources: The #Ravens are signing veteran safety Rayshawn Jenkins.

The 10-year veteran has started 92 career games and brings much-needed depth to Baltimore’s secondary.