Twelve Ravens Thoughts ahead of Week 12 trip to Jacksonville
Baltimore will aim for the seventh 8-3 start in franchise history against the Jaguars on Sunday.
Baltimore will aim for the seventh 8-3 start in franchise history against the Jaguars on Sunday.
The Ravens came to Miami on Sept. 17, 2000, for the first time in their five-year existence and the fans from Baltimore were out in force. It was the first time a Baltimore football franchise had played in South Florida since Dan Marino’s rookie season. A lot had changed from that day in 1983.
It has been said that you need to crawl before you can walk. For the 2000 Baltimore Ravens, much of that crawling was done during the end of the 1999 season. Before Shannon Sharpe came to play. While Trent Dilfer was still sitting on the bench in Tampa Bay, waiting for redemption. While Jamal Lewis and Travis Taylor were still attending college classes and hoping to become first-round draft picks in the NFL.
The Ravens own two Super Bowl championships, have multiple Hall of Famers, and are among the NFL’s best franchises, but this was the moment that started it all.
Luke Jones will name his top 25 regular-season moments as the Ravens prepare for their 25th season in Baltimore.