1:47 p.m. — As fans continue to wonder about the status of Terrell Suggs and Samari Rolle, Harbaugh is not providing much clarity on either player.
“No, nothing really new on that. They’re both just rehabbing, and that’s where we’re at.”
Suggs injured his heel on Sunday, and Rolle is the only player remaining on the physically unable to perform list.
1:41 p.m. — Harbaugh did not seem upset nor surprised with the morning practice skirmish. He simply reiterated his preference for the battles in between the whistles.
“We’ve had a lot of scuffles before the whistle gets blown, I can tell you that,” Harbaugh said. “Those are the scuffles we’re most interested in. The other ones are irrelevant. We don’t mind them. We don’t want them. We don’t not want them. We don’t care about them. The ones before the whistle gets blown—those are the ones that matter. Our guys have had plenty of those.”
Here are Harbaugh’s comments on the Michael Oher calf situation:
“It doesn’t look serious. He pinched it, as Bill [Tessendorf] put [the injury report] in there. It may be a little bit of a calf sprain. It will be a rehab issue for a little while.”
12:32 p.m. — A few reminders if you’re planning on heading out to Westminster in the next few days.
This afternoon’s practice has been cancelled. The next practice will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2:45 p.m. It is open to the public.
Monday morning’s practice is CLOSED to the general public. The team will have an open practice at 2:45 p.m.
Monday morning’s practice will be open to the media, so WNST.net will have all of the Ravens updates you want and need.
12:30 p.m. — Brendon Ayanbadejo was working out on the other field during practice. He’s still recovering from a sprained toe.
Suggs walked out to the field for the final moments of practice, wearing sneakers and still limping slightly.
12:27 p.m. — We saw our daily long touchdown to Justin Harper this morning, as Troy Smith threw a deep one to the second-year receiver. Harper beat Evan Oglesby on the play.
While Harbaugh is pleased with Harper’s ability to stretch the field, he still wants more consistency out of the 6-3 receiver. He wants Harper to make the tough catches in traffic, an area in which he’s struggled.
12:24 p.m. — Ray Rice continues to show great moves in the open field. This morning, Rice caught a pass in the flat and put a tremendous move on Jason Phillips, leaving the rookie in the dust. Rice continues to get the majority of the first-team reps at running back, but McGahee is still right behind him.
McGahee was seen with an ice pack on his left knee yesterday morning, but he was back out there today with no apparent problems.
12:21 p.m. — Tight end L.J. Smith appears to be finding his way in the Ravens’ offense. He caught several passes today and seems to be regaining his speed after tweaking a hamstring at the beginning of training camp.
If healthy, Heap and Smith have the potential to be a pretty formidable duo at tight end, a major help to Flacco with the uncertainty at the wide receiver position.
12:16 p.m. — As previously reported, it was an ugly day offensively. Dropped passes and interceptions were the story of the morning before the big fight. In addition to Walker, Chris Carr also picked off Flacco.
Despite the rough morning, Flacco did have some nice throws including a nice 17-yard out pattern to Marcus Smith (who was playing Mason’s position with the starting offense) and a long, beautiful touchdown to Smith later in practice. Considering Smith has had a quiet starting to training camp, it was good for him to make some plays this morning.
12:14 p.m. — Cornerback Frank Walker had another good day, breaking up several passes and picking off Joe Flacco during 11-on-11 drills. Walker is the most physical corner on the roster and has the ability to play bump-and-run coverage, unlike most of the Ravens’ cover corners.
12:09 p.m. — It was an “over 30” day off for Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, Derrick Mason, Kelly Gregg, Trevor Pryce, and Matt Birk.
Harbaugh gave a few injury updates after practice. Oniel Cousins sustained a sprained left ankle, but the head coach said he should return soon. Terrell Suggs (heel) and Samari Rolle (shoulder/neck) continue to rehab their respective injuries, but Harbaugh did not update when the two will return.
Oher suffered a right calf strain or “pinch” as Harbaugh described it. The coach did not seem concerned about the injury, but Oher did not return to practice.
12:03 p.m. — It was a difficult day for Gano, but his morning ended in triumph. After missing kicks from 35, 48, and 53 yards, Gano had a 36-yard attempt with the afternoon off riding on it. The rookie kicker hit it, and Harbaugh cancelled the afternoon practice to reward his team for all of its hard work.
Gano’s leg was tired today, according to Harbaugh. He came up short from 53 yards, a distance he had easily been making throughout training camp.
Gano did make field goals from 43, 47, and 51 in addition to his 36-yarder at the end of practice.
10:49 a.m. — John Harbaugh cancelled the afternoon practice today in his post-practice comments. More to come…
10:38 a.m. — Well, we had our first skirmish/melee of training camp in the heat this morning as the offense and defense knocked heads in a team-wide shove-around (apparently started by Paul Kruger and Joe Reitz) with various players involved, including Chris Chester, Jameel McClain & Jared Gaither. It’s hard to say what caused it, but the defense was shoving the offense around pretty good for the second day in a row.
Other morning notes: Michael Oher had a right calf cramp and left practice early. In general, the offense was sloppy and unproductive through much of the morning practice, in front of the usual large weekend crowd here in Westminster. Lots of dropped passes and interceptions.
Perhaps the fight helped matters. After the mini-brawl, the offense looked more focused and was more productive.
Tavares Gooden got limited reps early but didn’t participate later in practice. Jared Gaither was back and took plenty of live reps.
Graham Gano struggled early in the practice (plenty were talking about Matt Stover) but he hit a 36-yarder to end the morning session.
