Ravens Training Camp: Wednesday PM Edition
The afternoon session in Westminster was a bit more subdued than the morning one. As the day moved towards the end, some of the veterans began to trickle in to say hello to the coaches and other players. We saw LB Jarret Johnson, safeties Ed Reed and Haruki Nakamura, WR Marcus Smith and DT Justin Bannan on the field in shorts. Veteran CB Samari Rolle made an appearance in uniform, but just seemed to be stretching and not participating.
I overheard one of the defensive line coaches laughing, saying he heard that DT Haloti Ngata has brought his own bed with him to the team hotel!
Believe it or not, OL teammates Robby Felix and Bryan Mattison were STILL going at it, one-on-one!
The offense was practicing a wide variety of sets, including multiple wideout and triple option plays with different players at every position.
In 7-on-7 drills, the offense had a good series of plays. QB John Beck hit newcomer WR Jayson Foster, Troy Smith hit Justin Harper and Joe Flacco completed a good one to Demetrius Williams, who outjumped a shorter Lardarius Webb. Beck then hit Mark Clayton with Fabian Washington hanging all over him. Another fingertip grab by Clayton, once again over Washington, would have been a catch-and-run 50 yard TD in a game situation.
In field goal drills, rookie Graham Gano drilled a bunch with different holders, including successfully with Joe Flacco holding. Fortunately, CB Chris Carr will not be a holder, as when he did put one down for Gano, Graham drilled his offensive linemen in the back, causing them to yell, "Carr, get out of here!"
As I said earlier in this piece, DT Justin Bannan was there in shorts and a sleeveless top, showing off his incredibly huge "guns" which are apparently notorious amongst the players.
CB Derrick Martin, due partly to the absence of enough safeties (although it is runored that due to CB depth, he is moving to the safety position), played with confidence and was very talkative, directing the rookies playing alongside him on defense.
Fabian Washington and Lardarius Webb broke up consecutive passes with nice defensive moves.
WR Isaiah Williams (Maryland Terrapins) was cut after yesterday's session to make room on the roster for newly signed WR/KR Jayson Foster.
Photos after the "Jump."
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you are awesome
i love these camp reports. especially that bit about gano and carr hahah
keep em coming
"Going over the hitters it was decided that we should pitch Frank Robinson underground." - Jim Bouton
by neptunerav on Jul 29, 2009 11:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Thanks!
Cannot wait until tomorrow, when vets start practicing. It should be insane, with 5-10,000 fans there. But The Beatdown will be up close on the sidelines getting you the first hand news, notes and nuggets (oh wait, that’s NFL Network or Sirius Radio. So then I’ll get you the news, notes and photos!
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Jul 30, 2009 9:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
5-10,000 fans tomorrow???!!
I was hoping to go tomorrow morning…wow…
Would it be possible for you to get any footage up and close? I know you get photos, notes and news, but seeing it up close is always nice too. Sitting where us fans sit, it’s not as nice of a view of where you are :P, so I was just inquiring if it was possible or not.
Can we expect hitting tomorrow, or will they ease into it?
Ravens...who else?
by The Instigator on Jul 30, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought my photos are pretty close,
but my camera is a 12x optical zoom, not like those pro 200x zoom ones the big boys have.
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Jul 30, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh
I’m not disrespecting your photos at ALL. I mean, I don’t want to sound greedy, or sound like I’m taking your photos for granted, but I was just inquiring.
Your photos are great, and display a million words in each and every single shot of yours. You take great pictures, but I was only saying that footage would be an added bonus.
I’m sorry if I didn’t sound like I appreciated the photos because I do, severely.
Ravens...who else?
by The Instigator on Jul 30, 2009 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am going to try and get some good videos and pictures tomorrow and write a story for the front page as soon as I get back home.
Look for my opinions tomorrow.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
by Mr MaLoR on Jul 30, 2009 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You write for the main page?
I thought you were just a member, are you a main writer?
Well, I hope you put some detailed opinions in it :)
Ravens...who else?
by The Instigator on Jul 30, 2009 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes I do
Bruce gave a few of us front page privileges after the season was over because he was tired of writing everything himself. Just have not been able to write up a good story with Bruce having all these great training camp stories. But now my takeover has begun!
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
by Mr MaLoR on Jul 30, 2009 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh
Will you be attending Training Camp regularly with your college mates then?
Look forward to reading all your stories!
Ravens...who else?
by The Instigator on Jul 31, 2009 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs












