OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- The future is now in today's minute-by-minute NFL, but for the Baltimore Ravens, this weekend was all about 2004 or 2005.
In the Ravens' master plan, the drafting of twin first-rounders Terrell Suggs and Kyle Boller represented two quantum steps toward their goal of putting another Lombardi Trophy behind glass in the coming three seasons.
Just a year removed from the most dramatic salary cap-forced dismantling in the NFL's free-agency era, a year after Baltimore carried only 35 or so players on its bare-bones offseason roster, the Ravens are back in the business of chasing a championship.
The rebirth of the Ravens as a playoff contender is a remarkable story that has played out at warp speed in the past 14 months.
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In the Ravens' master plan, the drafting of twin first-rounders Terrell Suggs and Kyle Boller represented two quantum steps toward their goal of putting another Lombardi Trophy behind glass in the coming three seasons.
Just a year removed from the most dramatic salary cap-forced dismantling in the NFL's free-agency era, a year after Baltimore carried only 35 or so players on its bare-bones offseason roster, the Ravens are back in the business of chasing a championship.
The rebirth of the Ravens as a playoff contender is a remarkable story that has played out at warp speed in the past 14 months.
MORE