Baltimore Beatdown
The Ravens’ rookies report for training camp on Friday with the rest of the team arriving at The Castle the following Tuesday. Baltimore Beatdown is thrilled to announce a busy week of content, starting with:
Baltimore Beatdown is excited to announce a guest series from ex-Ravens Super Bowl winner Femi Ayanbadejo! He will be reframing the narrative around Lamar Jackson heading into this pivotal 10th season of his NFL career.
Ayanbadejo spent 11 years in the NFL before retiring and earning an MBA from Johns Hopkins as well as executive credentials from Harvard and Wharton. He has worked in sports media since 2012 and is currently part of the radio team at 105.7 The Fan in Baltimore.
We are thrilled to bring you a fresh perspective on Jackson’s career and legacy from a former Raven who knows all of the ins and outs of life in the NFL. The first piece drops tomorrow morning!
In (dis)honor of the Ravens’ aborted trade for Maxx Crosby earlier this year, Baltimore Beatdown taking a trip down memory lane to talk about the players who almost wore purple and black during their careers.
This will be an interactive series of posts with several discussions and roundtables, as well as a bracket-style tournament to determine the biggest Almost Raven in franchise history. Reader participation will be crucial to getting strong results in our polls, so please tap in and give us your answers!
We will be launching the first round of the bracket later this afternoon as well as a hub for all of our Almost Ravens content!
Baltimore Beatdown is also starting to roll out our training camp coverage! In addition to news and reports directly from camp, we will be keeping track of key positional battles and keeping an eye out for potential acquisitions. Yuri will be providing skill- and role-focused breakdowns of each position, while Nikhil will be breaking down the roster picture and continually updating our projected depth chart. Be sure to follow @bmorebeatdown and @nikknowsball on X to stay up to date on all of the latest analysis!
