by Jim Johnson | May 15, 2022 | Baltimore Ravens, NFL
Nobody takes non-events like selecting college players or releasing a schedule and makes them into a big deal like the NFL. Kudos? I’m not sure, but last week’s release was yet another non-event event-I even saw “mock schedules” popping up, I guess some folks were...
by Jim Johnson | May 4, 2022 | NFL
Hello again football fans. It’s been a while since I’ve popped up here at BSL, did I miss anything? Oh, that’s right, it’s been a particularly crazy “offseason” in the NFL, and the AFC North had a good share of that action. I’ll be contributing pieces before and...
by Jim Johnson | Jan 22, 2022 | Baltimore Ravens
January is always a big month for sports Hall of Fame discussion. Baseball announces their latest inductees in January, and the NFL ties theirs in with the Super Bowl, which is gradually sliding back toward Easter on the calendar, but I digress. The first three...
by Jim Johnson | Jan 6, 2022 | Baltimore Ravens
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how great the Ravens-Steelers rivalry was; now I want to drill down a bit deeper and look at a rivalry within that great rivalry: John Harbaugh vs. Mike Tomlin. True, they (probably) won’t square off mano et mano at midfield to decide...
by Jim Johnson | Dec 23, 2021 | Baltimore Ravens
The Ravens had two first round draft picks this year and used them on WR Rashard Bateman and LB Odafe Oweh. This was the fifth time Baltimore has had two first round picks in the same draft. Of course, the only way to get multiple first-round picks is to make a trade....
