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    Ravens making a mockery of John Harbaugh’s “high standard”

    Posted by Darin Gantt on July 14, 2014, 8:29 AM EDT

    With a Super Bowl title and consistent success, the Ravens are often held up as a model NFL organization.

    But this offseason, the most consistent thing they’ve done is gather information about their latest arrest.

    Last weekend, cornerback Jimmy Smith became the fifth Ravens player to be arrested this offseason, his on disorderly conduct charges.

    That flies in the face of the message coach John Harbaugh was stressing at the end of OTAs, when he said the team has the same standard for dealing with players now.

    “It’s always the same high standard,” Harbaugh said, via Aaron Wilson of the Baltimore Sun. “We will always have the same high standard for our guys, and it’s the same message. . . .

    “And we’ve emphasized what we need to with our guys. We have good, really good guys. Football matters to them. The more it matters to you, the less inclined you are to do anything to jeopardize that.”

    Somebody should tell that to the players.

    The most embarrassing case was the assault charges against running back Ray Rice for knocking his now-wife unconscious (for which she apologized at a press conference and the team ridiculously tweeted from the official account).

    But one arrest can happen to any team.

    The Ravens have also had Lorenzo Taliaferro arrested for destruction of property (going Ray Rice on a cab), and public intoxication, Jah Reid for two counts of battery and Deonte Thompson for suspicion of possession of marijuana.

    When Smith was asked for identification by the police this weekend, he replied with the classic: “I’m Jimmy Smith, I play for the Ravens.”

    Since their five arrests are more than any other team in the league (the other 31 clubs have combined for 14), the cops probably should have known that already.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RuthlessBurgher View Post
    Ravens making a mockery of John Harbaugh’s “high standard”

    Posted by Darin Gantt on July 14, 2014, 8:29 AM EDT

    With a Super Bowl title and consistent success, the Ravens are often held up as a model NFL organization.

    But this offseason, the most consistent thing they’ve done is gather information about their latest arrest.

    Last weekend, cornerback Jimmy Smith became the fifth Ravens player to be arrested this offseason, his on disorderly conduct charges.

    That flies in the face of the message coach John Harbaugh was stressing at the end of OTAs, when he said the team has the same standard for dealing with players now.

    “It’s always the same high standard,” Harbaugh said, via Aaron Wilson of the Baltimore Sun. “We will always have the same high standard for our guys, and it’s the same message. . . .

    “And we’ve emphasized what we need to with our guys. We have good, really good guys. Football matters to them. The more it matters to you, the less inclined you are to do anything to jeopardize that.”

    Somebody should tell that to the players.

    The most embarrassing case was the assault charges against running back Ray Rice for knocking his now-wife unconscious (for which she apologized at a press conference and the team ridiculously tweeted from the official account).

    But one arrest can happen to any team.

    The Ravens have also had Lorenzo Taliaferro arrested for destruction of property (going Ray Rice on a cab), and public intoxication, Jah Reid for two counts of battery and Deonte Thompson for suspicion of possession of marijuana.

    When Smith was asked for identification by the police this weekend, he replied with the classic: “I’m Jimmy Smith, I play for the Ravens.”

    Since their five arrests are more than any other team in the league (the other 31 clubs have combined for 14), the cops probably should have known that already.

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    Ravens sign Will Hill, because of course they do

    Posted by Darin Gantt on July 25, 2014, 10:27 AM EDT

    The Ravens led the NFL in offseason arrests, and have become pariahs in the last 24 hours for the too-lenient league punishment for wife-beating running back Ray Rice.

    So naturally, they signed a guy who is currently serving a league suspension.

    According to Aaron Wilson of the Baltimore Sun, the Ravens have signed former Giants safety Will Hill.

    Hill was suspended six games for violating the league’s substance abuse policy, after previously being suspended for both the PED and substance abuse policies.

    Why they would choose to take on such a project right now is a question that will be pondered in public relations classes for the future, but they’re clearing rolling the dice on being able to tap into the ability that the Giants got tired of waiting for.

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    Steeler teams featuring stat-driven, me-first, fantasy-football-darling diva types such as Antonio Brown & Le'Veon Bell won no championships.

    Super Bowl winning Steeler teams were built around a dynamic, in-your-face defense plus blue-collar, hard-hitting, no-nonsense football players on offense such as Hines Ward & Jerome Bettis.

    We don't want Juju & Conner to replace what we lost in Brown & Bell.

    We are counting on Juju & Conner to return us to the glory we once had with Hines & The Bus.

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