Word on the Street: A Baltimore Sports Short Podcast

It’s funny when fans and the media pile on Joe Flacco and blame him for nearly every Ravens loss. When will the Ravens give this guy a few weapons? Could any other quarterback get it done with the collection of talent surrounding Flacco?

The Ravens face and early season must win after dropping to (0-2). Look for them to rebound and get the win versus the Bengals in Week 3.

The Baltimore Ravens are a team that remains in the postseason mix each year through skillful evaluations of collegiate talent and through a thoughtful approach to free agency that is fiscally responsible. The trouble with the approach is that it doesn’t produce many dynamic playmakers.

Spoiled by the Ravens' regular appearances and wins in the postseason, many Baltimore fans have already thrown in the towel on the 2015 season after an (0-2) start. Some have called for the head of Dean Pees while others have declared that John Harbaugh will now be exposed as a fraud.

There’s not another head coach in the NFL that I would want for the Baltimore Ravens more than John Harbaugh. But like you, sometimes the decisions he makes or doesn’t make can be infuriating.

The Baltimore Ravens travel to Oakland to take on the Raiders as visiting 6 1/2 point favorites. "How will the game play out?". you ask. Just sit right back and listen up to these bold predictions!

Why is it that NFL teams have to pay 53 guys but they can’t dress 53 guys on Sunday? Whose idea was that? Think about that for a second! You own a business and you have 53 employees and on the most important work day of the week, seven of them are told they can hang out and not do anything PLUS get their full pay check. This practice of the NFL doesn’t reward teams who have developed the best 53-m...

Many will say that labeling the second game of the season as a "must win" is premature. History tells a different story.

Bold predictions for the Baltimore Ravens' 2015 season including Breshad Perriman projections, team leader in interceptions, a new contract for the team's best player plus one Raven heads to the Pro Bowl for the first time.

Joe Flacco is shaping up as one of the NFL's better quarterbacks. To help take his game to a new level he could improve his cadence to keep opposing defenses off balance.

Brian Baldinger appeared as a guest of the morning show with Jon Marks & Eytan Shander on 97.5 The Fanatic Philadelphia, tearing into Terrell Suggs for his hit on Sam Bradford.

“If you all got a crew, you got to have a fall guy in the crew,” Cris Carter said during the 2014 NFL Rookie Symposium. “If you all have a crew, one of those fools got to know, he’s the one going to jail. We’ll get him out.” Carter’s comments were wrong on many levels. Here he is, a NFL Hall of Famer wearing his proud blazer, a symbol of his induction, essentially handing out a blue print for rook...

With more teams holding joint practice sessions laced with the competitive fire of preseason games, preseason games are now arguably obsolete. But that won’t stop the NFL from playing them at the expense of league-wide safety and the fans that continue to shell out regular season money for these glorified practices. The league will hold you, the fan, hostage.

Here's a recap of the Baltimore Ravens opening preseason game of 2015 against the New Orleans Saints at M&T Bank Stadium, a game won by the Ravens 30-27 courtesy of a 1-yard TD run by reserve quarterback Bryn Renner.

It's always a blast to go to a Ravens home game but lately leaving the game has become such a hassle. Traffic bottlenecks are a buzz kill. Well Russell Street Report has teamed up with Superior Tours and Bmore Around Town to get you to and from the game in style while escorting you to the best tailgate party at M&T Bank Stadium that includes all you can eat and drink for just $65. Press play for m...

The biggest concerns for the Baltimore Ravens heading into the preseason games touch all facets of the team: offense, defense and special teams.

Through the Baltimore Ravens training camp and leading up to their first 2015 preseason game a few players have stood out. Here's a look at the best player, the biggest surprise and the best rookie so far this summer.

It’s been said that training camp is an opportunity for all 32 NFL teams to improve depth by building their rosters from the bottom up – to mine for hidden gems among the world’s best 2,880 players that currently comprise NFL rosters prior to the first cut down date of September 1. Just four days later that total will drop over 41% to 1,696 players. Preseason football, fake games to many but real...

Steve Smith, Sr. has announced that he will retire after the 2015 season and he said that in doing so it establishes a finish line much like the one Ray Lewis set back in 2012. The Ravens hope that the careers of these two NFL greats have a similar conclusion...a Super Bowl Championship.

In 2015 Joe Flacco is working with his fourth offensive coordinator in as many years yet the transition to Marc Trestman seems to be working just fine. Insiders say that the QB and coordinator have a very good relationship. Flacco has never looked more comfortable and seems to be effortlessly advancing through his progressions during “live” scrimmaging. And that could spell trouble for the rest of...

Signing Matt Schaub to be Joe Flacco's backup was a solid move by Ozzie Newsome but so far he has struggled during training camp and if things don't improve and Flacco misses time, the Baltimore Ravens are unlikely to play a 17th game during the 2015 season.

When Brian Billick was the Ravens head coach he maintained that after 7 seasons or so a coach’s message gets lost – that the message, the coach’s philosophy, doesn’t move men in year 7 like it did in the early years. Eventually Billick’s belief became a self-fulfilling prophecy. Does the same fate await John Harbaugh?

When Joe Flacco and John Harbaugh arrived in 2008, the Ravens decided to use red jerseys to help protect the quarterbacks. In 2014 the fashionistas at the Castle were influenced by the black and red jerseys worn by the 49ers QBs and the Ravens changed theirs to black and purple. Now the colors don’t stick out all that much from purple in the heat of the moment during practice. The alternate jersey...

The Ravens bolstered their secondary with the additions of safety Kendrick Lewis and Kyle Arrington. Lewis looks like he will be a solid complement to Will Hill while Arrington is arguably one of the best free agent acquisitions this offseason.

The Baltimore Ravens may have a couple of economical choices who deliver value at the position of wide receiver in 2015. Kamar Aiken has practiced like a poor man's Anquan Boldin while Jeremy Butler is shaping into an eBay version of Reggie Wayne.