Baltimore Ravens

COLUMN | Eight practices into training camp, the Ravens have signed their top wide receiver to a mammoth contract extension, gained familiarity with an overhauled coaching staff and seen their newest additions don full pads for the first time.

Less than three weeks after scoring the game-winning goal in the men’s World Cup final, Spain’s Ferran Torres visited Under Armour’s Baltimore headquarters for the first time.

The Ravens wanted this practice, specifically, to be physical. They ended the two-hour session with “live” tackling near the goal line in the longest, hottest padded practice of training camp yet.

The Ravens got good weather for their first six practices of training camp. They got AFC North weather for their seventh.

For years, the Ravens have struggled to draft and develop wide receivers. Zay Flowers’ four-year, $140 million contract extesion may signal a new era for the position in Baltimore.

COLUMN | Zay Flowers is one of the tightest teammates in Lamar Jackson’s circle. By paying Flowers top-tier receiver money, the Ravens have created an enticement for Jackson to re-up in the next year, too.

Baltimore will likely need production from at least one of their rookie widouts.

Unofficially, quarterback Lamar Jackson bounced back from an errant Monday to go 14-for-19 in team drills Tuesday, including a 4-for-5 mark in seven-on-seven action.

Flowers was the Ravens’ highest-rated wide receiver prospect in the 2023 NFL draft.

Speed off the ball, toughness and finishing are the core principles behind the offensive line that first-year offensive line coach Dwayne Ledford is trying to build.

As the pads came on Monday in Owings Mills, the accuracy fell off for Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson.

What do you get a safety who can do everything? In Kyle Hamilton’s case, start with the reassurance that he doesn’t need to be everywhere.

The Ravens’ practice in College Park was the first NFL practice ever held at Maryland’s SECU Stadium, and it represented a new era of marketing possibilities.

Ravens coach Jesse Minter has called quarterback Lamar Jackson one of the NFL’s most talented players. On Friday, Minter’s defense offered a reminder of its own considerable abilities.

The Ravens coordinators spoke for the first time in training camp, and these are the biggest takeaways from their interviews.

“There is a lot of moving of the goalposts — two steps forward, one step backwards — in terms of the minorities that are leading programs,” Locksley said.

When the Ravens selected wide receiver Ja’Kobi Lane in the third round of the draft, general manager Eric DeCosta envisioned a player who could bring something different to the offense.

Zay Flowers is the best receiver the Ravens have ever drafted, but there’s one area where he’s struggled.

First-year Ravens head coach Jesse Minter spent much of his first day of training camp on the sidelines observing.

“He’s got a lot of intent right now,” Ravens coach Jesse Minter said of Lamar Jackson.