The Ravens explain their new '46' defense to the media (and the media try to explain it to us)

I found a good followup of the Ravens explanation of the '46' defense to the media that I mentioned yeterday, by Peter Shmuck of the Baltimore Sun here.

The '46' was originally named after the jersey number of Doug Plank, a Chicago Bears safety who dropped down behind the linemen as an extra linebacker. His role on the Ravens will be played by Will Demps. I, therefore, dub this the '47' defense.

Here is a
graphic of the '47' defense from The Baltimore Sun.

~~ Coach Billick will be guest bartending tonight at The Mt. Washington Tavern in Mt. Washington, Baltimore City. Not sure of the time.

~~ I was thinking about the opening Sunday Night, 9/11 game against the Colts and it occurred to me -- that's my wife's birthday. I was really stoked about being at that game. Now, unfortunately, I'm going to have to remember to take a Happy Birthday sign with me to the game. Someone remind me on the 10th, thanks.

BaltimoreRon - off the porch and running with the Big Blogs.

It's 5/24/2005 and the Ravens are in the second day of their second passing camp. The last camp was run last week, Monday - Thursday.

I like to get the camp updates from WNST at lunch time. I sit in the Jeep while I eat my lunch. It's a glamorous life I lead, I know.

The buzz today was about this kicker from the UK, Rhys Lloyd. According to WNST's Casey (sorry, I can't remember his last name), Rhys was nailing field goals from 56 - 57 yards out. He started kicking from shorter distances, they started moving him backwards and his accuracy seemed to get better. It looks like Rhys will be the replacement for kicking specialist, Wade Richey, and may be the heir-apparent to Matt Stover.

The other tidbit from Casey was that the Ravens were going to explain the new offensive system to the media after camp broke for the day. This sounded like something only a class organization like the Ravens would do. Casey was unsure whether it would be a PowerPoint presentation, or if the media was going to be asked to strap 'em on and get muddy. I'll try to update tomorrow.

BTW - no sappy 'this is my new blog, I hope you like it' crap. I just wanted to hit the groung running and let you know what it's like to spend the day as a Ravens fan in Baltmore.