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| Ravens' Pitta signs free agent tender |
NFL Football |
05/13/2013 |
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| Owings Mills, MD (Sportsbooks) - The Baltimore Ravens and tight end Dennis Pitta came to terms on a restricted free agent tender on Monday. Pitta signed a second-round tender worth $2.023 million, meaning the fourth- year tight end will play for the team for the 2013 season and can now join voluntary offseason workouts. The Brigham Young product had one of his best seasons last year, hauling in career-highs with 61 catches for 669 yards and seven touchdowns for the Super Bowl champs. |
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| Extra Points: The best undrafted free agents |
NFL Football |
05/03/2013 |
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| poor 4.93-second 40-yard dash and the fact that Clancy wasn't a full-time starter until last season also hurt him, but he's an instinctive 'backer who could fit in on special teams early while bolstering a position the Falcons have little depth in. Baltimore Ravens: Murphy Holloway, TE, Ole Miss - Everyone is always looking for next Antonio Gates, a basketball standout who developed into a Hall of Fame-caliber tight end in San Diego. The Ravens need a third tight end and the 6-foot-6 Holloway has intriguing ph |
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| Nobody asked me, but ... |
NFL Football |
05/01/2013 |
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| or the real thing to start. And, boy, will I miss all of the buildup to the draft. OK, that second part is a lie. In the meantime, let's take a look at how each team fared in last weekend's meat market. Here are the grades. Let's start with the AFC: Baltimore Ravens: They used their first four picks on defense. Love that. Grade: A. Buffalo Bills: They traded down, and I love teams that trade down, and still got QB E.J. Manuel from Florida State, who is a stud. Plus, the team they traded with, St. Louis, grabbed |
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| Many undrafted FCS players to get NFL shot |
Division I-AA College Football |
04/30/2013 |
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| Alabama State OL Terren Jones Eastern Washington OT Will Post Appalachian State DB Troy Sanders Georgia State RB Donald Russell UT Martin WR Quentin Sims Arkansas Pine-Bluff OLB Brandon Thurmond Delaware LB Paul Worrilow McNeese State OT Alex Savoie BALTIMORE RAVENS Penn LB/DE Brandon Copeland Towson WR Gerrard Sheppard Southeastern Louisiana QB Nathan Stanley Tennessee State OT Rogers Gaines Elon TE Chris Harris Gardner-Webb OL Steve Demilio BUFFALO BILLS Towson FS Jordan Dangerfield Richmond RB/FB Kendall Gas |
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| Many undrafted FCS players to get NFL shot |
Division I-AA College Football |
04/29/2013 |
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| Alabama State OL Terren Jones Eastern Washington OT Will Post Appalachian State DB Troy Sanders Georgia State RB Donald Russell UT Martin WR Quentin Sims Arkansas Pine-Bluff OLB Brandon Thurmond Delaware LB Paul Worrilow McNeese State OT Alex Savoie BALTIMORE RAVENS Penn LB/DE Brandon Copeland Towson WR Gerrard Sheppard Southeastern Louisiana QB Nathan Stanley Tennessee State OT Rogers Gaines Elon TE Chris Harris Gardner-Webb OL Steve Demilio BUFFALO BILLS Towson FS Jordan Dangerfield Richmond RB/FB Kendall Gas |
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| Winners and losers of the NFL Draft |
NFL Football |
04/29/2013 |
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| or third-round picks, but the Vikings came back in the fourth round and took another probable starter, Penn State linebacker Gerald Hodges. It was quality over quantity, but the Vikings already had a playoff roster, so it was the right way to go. 2. BALTIMORE RAVENS: Have the Ravens ever failed to be draft-day winners under general manager Ozzie Newsome? Didn't think so. For a defending Super Bowl champion, the Ravens had some key vacancies to fill in this draft - namely replacements for long-time defensive lea |
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| NFL Draft Update, Day 3 |
NFL Football |
04/27/2013 |
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| ; 125. Green Bay Packers - Johnathan Franklin (RB, UCLA); 126. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - William Gholston (DE, Michigan State); 127. Atlanta Falcons - Malliciah Goodman (DE, Clemson); 128. San Francisco 49ers - Quinton Patton (WR, Louisiana Tech); 129. Baltimore Ravens - John Simon (DE, Ohio State); 130. Baltimore Ravens - Kyle Juszczyk (FB, Harvard); 131. San Francisco 49ers - Marcus Lattimore (RB, South Carolina); 132. Detroit Lions - Devin Taylor (DE, South Carolina); 133. Atlanta Falcons - Levine Toilolo (TE, |
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| FCS players come off the board on Day 3 |
Division I-AA College Football |
04/27/2013 |
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| after the Webb selection, another CAA Football standout, James Madison offensive guard Earl Watford, went to the Arizona Cardinals. The Green Bay Packers used the 122th selection on Cornell offensive lineman J.C. Tretter and the Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens selected Harvard H- back Kyle Juszczyk with a compensatory pick at 130. FCS SELECTIONS IN 2013 NFL DRAFT Day 1 - Thursday No FCS Selections Day 2 - Friday Atlanta Falcons (2nd round, 60th overall selection) - Robert Alford, CB, Southeastern Louisian |
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| NFL Draft Update, Day 2 |
NFL Football |
04/26/2013 |
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| David Amerson (CB, NC State); 52. New England Patriots - Jamie Collins (LB, Southern Miss); 53. Cincinnati Bengals - Margus Hunt (DE, SMU); 54. Miami Dolphins - Jamar Taylor (CB, Boise State); 55. San Francisco 49ers - Vance McDonald (TE, Rice); 56. Baltimore Ravens - Arthur Brown (LB, Kansas St.); 57. Houston Texans - D.J. Swearinger (S, South Carolina); 58. Denver Broncos - Montee Ball (RB, Wisconsin); 59. New England Patriots - Aaron Dobson (WR, Marshall); 60. Atlanta Falcons - Robert Alford (CB, SE Louisian |
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| Chargers trade up to get Te'o; Jets pick Geno Smith |
NFL Football |
04/26/2013 |
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| No. 37 overall) and Denver taking Wisconsin's Montee Ball at No. 58. The 2012 Doak Walker Award winner and a 2011 Heisman Trophy finalist, Ball is the NCAA's career leader in total touchdowns (83) and rushing touchdowns (77). With the 56th pick, the Baltimore Ravens drafted Kansas State inside linebacker Arthur Brown as a possible replacement for the retired Ray Lewis. Brown, the 2012 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year, played his first two seasons at Miami-Florida before transferring to K-State, and had 201 t |
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