December 25th, 2008 
Matt Loede 
Posted in Punter Sam Koch received the special teams honor in a 33-24 win against Dallas, which helped the Ravens close in on a playoff spot. He punted five times for an average of 52.2 yards, pinning the Cowboys inside their own 20-yard line twice, but his biggest play came on a fake field goal. As the [...]
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Flacco Earns $3 Mil Bonus Based on Performance
From: ESPN The rookie first-round pick recently earned an additional $3 million in bonuses from the Ravens based on his first-year performance with the team. Flacco recently eclipsed a huge playing-time escalator in his contract of participating in 80 percent of Baltimore’s snaps as a rookie. He will have $750,000 added to his base salary [...]
Ravens Personnel for Sunday Hinges on Pats-Bills Outcome
From: Baltimore Sun The Ravens (10-5), who will make the playoffs with a victory over Jacksonville, play the Jaguars at 4:15 p.m. But if the New England Patriots (10-5) lose to the Buffalo Bills in a contest that starts at 1 p.m., the outcome of the Ravens-Jaguars game will be moot. “So we’re assuming that [...]
McClain Up for FedEx Ground Player of the Week Award
Quarterbacks MATT CASSEL of the New England Patriots, PEYTON MANNING of the Indianapolis Colts and PHILIP RIVERS of the San Diego Chargers are the finalists for the FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week honors for games played on December 18 – 22, while running back CEDRIC BENSON of the Cincinnati Bengals, fullback LE’RON MC [...]
Ravens Use “Hand-Picked” Comment By Jerry Jones for Motivation
From: Carroll County Times The Ravens used several motivational ploys for their game against Dallas, including the suggestion that Cowboys owner Jerry Jones had hand-picked them for the final game at Texas Stadium. “It was an interesting rumor that we heard, and certainly we had some fun with it,” Harbaugh said. “It was part of [...]
Ravens Won’t Rest Hurt Players vs Jags
From: Baltimore Sun The Ravens might clinch the sixth and final playoff spot in the AFC before they take the field Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars at M&T Bank Stadium, but that scenario won’t change their approach to the regular-season finale. The Ravens won’t be able to rest injured players such as wide receiver Derrick [...]
Ravens-Jags Game Moved to 4:15 This Sunday
From: ProFootballTalk.com The NFL has announced that three Week Seventeen games will be moved from 1:00 p.m. EST to 4:15 p.m. EST. As expected, the Dolphins-Jets showdown will shift to a late-afternoon kickoff. Jacksonville at Baltimore also has been moved to a 4:15 p.m. EST start. On FOX, the Dallas at Philadelphia game, which is [...]
