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WR Jacoby Jones’ skill set fits the Ravens in multiple ways. Given his good speed, he could be an asset to a passing game that likes to stretch the field.

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Jones could help Ravens on multiple fronts (Pro Football Weekly)

Sometimes, the best way to deal with a problem is to pretend that it doesn’t exist. At least, that’s the impression put across by former NFL running back Ricky Williams when he discussed the recent concern about concussions in football … Continue reading →

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Ricky Williams dismisses concussion data in favor of ‘mind over matter’ approach (Shutdown Corner)

The Baltimore Ravens agreed to a two year contract worth $7 million with free agent wide receiver Jacoby Jones earlier this week. The 27 year old Jones comes to Baltimore after playing five seasons with the Houston Texans.

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Baltimore Ravens Add Needed WR Depth with Jacoby Jones: Fan’s View (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

Even as defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove was appealing his NFL suspension Monday for participating in the Saints’ bounty program, it was learned that a signed document was received by the league through the NFLPA that details how he was instructed in 2010 by current and former New Orleans assistant coaches Joe Vitt and Gregg Williams to deny the team had a bounty program.

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NFL roundup: Saints coaches reportedly told Hargrove to deny bounty existed (The SportsXchange)

Two things stand out looking at the ten best rookie quarterback seasons of in modern (post-merger) NFL history: one, that there aren’t very many great ones; and two, that most of those are recent. If the trend continues, Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III  could wind up positioned well on lists like this one in the future.

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The ten best rookie quarterback seasons in modern NFL history (Shutdown Corner)

Any website can post “offseason grades” for NFL teams, mixing the draft and free agency into transaction soup, then straining it through the mind of some sportswriter who doesn’t know who half the players are. Only the Shutdown 50 has the resources to get actual players, coaches, and executives from each team to evaluate their own offseasons! That’s right: over the next few weeks, you will get transaction evaluations straight from the horse’s mouths: straight talk about who was signed, who was lost, who was drafted, and why.

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Tanier’s Team Reports: The Indianapolis Colts, via ‘Jim Irsay’ (Shutdown Corner)

(Reuters) – Terrell Suggs will need surgery to repair a partial tear of his Achilles but expects to return midway through the 2012 National Football League (NFL) season, the reigning defensive player of the year said on Thursday. The 29-year-old Baltimore Ravens linebacker, who suffered the injury during a conditioning test, will have the surgery next week and anticipates returning to his team’s lineup in about four to six months. “Absolutely,” Suggs said in a report posted on The Carroll County Times’ website. “Middle to end of October

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Ravens’ Suggs tears Achilles, may miss 4-6 months (Reuters)

Ball So Hard University won’t have its most famous alum on the field this season. Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs tore his Achilles tendon while training in Arizona and is expected to miss the entire 2012 season. The reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year suffered the injury one week after the Ravens took Alabama linebacker Courtney Upshaw in the NFL draft. [ Jason Cole: Dolphins, Steelers score high AFC draft grades | NFC grades ] Adam Schefter reports Suggs suffered the injury while playing basketball and will undergo surgery on the tear next week.

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Terrell Suggs tears Achilles tendon, will likely miss 2012 season (Shutdown Corner)

On September 10, 2007, it became clear to New York Jets then-head coach Eric Mangini that the New England Patriots, the team that once employed him as their defensive backs coach, was trying a little too hard to figure out what the Jets were doing — in fact someone from the New England organization was videotaping the Jets’ signals in an attempt to decipher them. Mangini’s corresponding report to NFL Security led to the Spygate scandal, and the public realization that depending on who you wanted to believe, Pats head coach Bill Belichick had employed illegal videotaping of his opponents that may have gone back to the year 2000. The league fined Belichick half a million dollars, dinged the organization for $250,000 more, and stripped the Pats of their 2008 first-round pick

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Eric Mangini now regrets blowing the ‘Spygate’ scandal open (Shutdown Corner)

Every season there are trendy picks to win the Super Bowl. Last season everybody jumped on the Philadelphia Eagles’ bandwagon and the “Dream Team” didn’t even make the playoffs. Meanwhile, every season the Pittsburgh Steelers quietly go about their business and more times than not they are a top contender in the AFC.

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Are the Pittsburgh Steelers Contenders to Win the AFC After the 2012 NFL Draft?: Fan’s Opinion (Yahoo! Contributor Network)