Baltimore Ravens

This team has a very passionate fan base that loves and respects the game of football. Everytime you go you can expect the fans to be into the game and showing strong support but not going overboard. The fans are also very knowledgeable of the game and what the team is doing right and doing wrong and will tell them the players about it. Opposing fans have little to worry about except some booing but not anything violent.

PROS: despite this being a young franchise they have drafted big same players in their 30 years of existence and even won two super bowls. Today they dominate the nfl as well

CONS: they play in a city that's certainly run down with high crime rates. So to see them play at home is a tad risky

OVERALL: to be a fan of them I can see why you would be. However, just be careful when attending one of their games

I'm more of a Dolphins or Colts fan. However living now in Virginia the Ravens are one of two closest to me.

I attended the Dolphins - Ravens game and had a great time with my son who is a die hard Dolphins fan.

The stadium was nice and they even gave out a Ravens gift scarf to the first few thousand. The halftime concert was really good!

The Ravens are a class team and they beat up on the Dolphins pretty good, oh well. Many are predicting them to go to the Super Bowl. I can't help but give 5 stars.

Fantastic organization that fulfilled my request for one Mike MacDonald quickly and efficiently. Would recommend for any orgs looking for a replacement coach.

The Baltimore Ravens are a great example of a "new" NFL team that has been successful. Only four teams have been added to the league since the 1976 expansion that added the Seattle Seahawks and Tampa Bay Buccaneers: the Carolina Panthers and Jacksonville Jaguars in 1995, the Ravens in 1996, and the Houston Texans in 2002. Of those four teams, the Ravens have been, by far, the most successful. Here are a few reasons why:

1. The Ravens have won two Super Bowl championships: Super Bowl XXXV in 2001 (2000 season) and Super Bowl XLVII in 2013 (2012 season). The Panthers are 0-2 in the Super Bowl and the Jaguars and Texans have zero Super Bowl appearances combined.

2. In 26 seasons, the Ravens have made the playoffs 13 times (.500). The Panthers, Jaguars, and Texans each have yet to crack 10.

3. Through the 2022 Super Bowl (LVI), the Ravens have the fourth-best record among the NFL's 32 teams, regular season and playoffs combined. The Panthers (23rd), Texans (29th), and Jaguars (31st) all rank in the bottom third.

The Ravens franchise is one of consistency and stability. One of the best indicators of this is the number of head coaches the Ravens have had in the entirety of their existence: three. They are Ted Marchibroda (1996-1998), Brian Billick (1999-2007), and current coach John Harbaugh (2008-present). In a league known for its coaching carousel, the Ravens are an organization that sticks by their coaches for relatively long periods of time.

I think it's commendable and how can you blame them? Both Billick and Harbaugh both led Baltimore to Super Bowl titles.

Super Bowl XXXV wasn't much of a contest. The Wild Card Ravens were only favored by 3, but ended up pummeling the New York Giants, 34-7. Played in January 2001, that 27-point margin of victory remains one of the biggest in Super Bowl history. Legendary linebacker and Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Ray Lewis was named Super Bowl MVP. He was also named NFL Defensive Player of the Year that season (2000) in addition to the 2003 season, a few years later.

Lewis was also on the Ravens team that won Super Bowl XLVII. That season (2012) was his 17th season. He spent his entire career with Baltimore. His final game was another Wild Card Ravens Super Bowl win. The 2012 Ravens only went 10-6 in the regular season and were 4-point dogs against the San Francisco 49ers. The Niners were coached by Jim Harbaugh, John Harbaugh's brother. The Ravens again put up 34 points, but against San Francisco's 31. The Ravens led 28-23 entering the 4th quarter. Niners QB Colin Kaepernick brought San Francisco to within two points, 31-29.

With 2:39 left in the game and the Ravens leading 34-29, the Niners were 1st & Goal with four chances to take the lead. The Ravens had a successful goal line stand, effectively sealing Baltimore's second Super Bowl championship: https://youtu.be/RFBax7ItE30?t=8126.

The 2022 season will be John Harbaugh's 15th as Baltimore's head coach. Now 59, he's spent his entire NFL head coaching career with the Ravens. So far, he's led the team to nine playoff appearances in 14 seasons (.643). Through the 2021 season, Harbaugh has a good record: 137-88 (.609) in the regular season and 11-8 (.579) in the postseason. After leading Baltimore to a 14-2 record in 2019, he was named NFL Coach of the Year. Somewhat surprisingly, it was only his first COY award after 12 mostly successful years at the helm.

Harbaugh has coached different eras and generations of players. Case in point, two-time ACC Player of the Year (2016, 2017), 2016 Heisman Trophy winner, and 2019 NFL MVP Lamar Jackson replaced 11-year starter, veteran, and 2013 Super Bowl (XLVII) MVP Joe Flacco. Both Jackson and Flacco were drafted in the first round by the Ravens. Jackson was taken with the 32nd pick in the 2018 draft and Flacco was taken with the 18th pick, 10 years earlier, in the 2008 draft.

One of my favorite things about the Ravens is what they do for the residents in and around Baltimore.

The players are out and about in the community throughout the year. I work for one of the organizations the Ravens donate time and money to.

It starts from the top down. The owner, GM, Coach, along with Players are Philanthropic. Even former players, come back to Baltimore to give.

I had the pleasure recently to participate in Ravens Walk with the Community Showcase. My work team and I had a blast interacting with the fans! Ravens and visiting. So much fun!

Ravens PR were extremely helpful.

Also, who doesn't enjoy attending the games! I've had season tickets for many, many years and never had a bad experience.

Go Ravens!

Absolutely beautiful stadium. It was my first NFL game with a home opener against the Miami Dolphins. Absolutely amazing game & fans. MUST SEE!!

11/26/19
My team since 2012.
I was never into American Football until playoffs of 2012.  I never thought about acquiring a football jersey until my former employers teamed up with The NFL. When this happened, a lot of things changed.
Marriott Courtyard became the proud sponsor of where a lot of NFL Players stay. Because of this, employees of Marriott were given the privilege of wearing your favorite team jerseys on any NFL Game days.   This means on rare occasions,  you could wear a jersey on Saturday.  

I did not join in on this game jersey thing until two years later.  I was thinking more and more about getting a jersey but wasn't sure what team I wanted. As time passed, I narrowed it down to the following two teams. Baltimore Ravens and Denver Broncos.  I wasn't sure who I wanted, until I happened to be walking through J.C Penny's and saw clearance Baltimore Ravens jerseys.  
At the time the numbers I saw were 55 (Terrell Suggs), 52 (Ray Lewis) 81 (Anquan Boldin) 5 (Joe Flacco) and 27 (Ray Rice). None of these names meant a damn thing to me when I originally bought a jersey. The only number I saw out of the group was number 27 Ray Rice.
I later on got to see the man in action. However, after the superbowl, something wicked this way comes. Ray Rice and his girlfriend at the time got into an argument  that got out of hand. 
When the smoke cleared, all jerseys of rice were recalled and people could trade in their jerseys for a new jersey. I ended up doing that for a Terrell Suggs jersey when the new Nike jerseys came out. (Just so you know, the first and maybe second jerseys that came out by Nike were stitched. Not laminated...no... grafted on)
I; however,  was never truly into Terrell Suggs. As I continued watching The Baltimore Ravens, I saw one gentleman kicking the ball and saving The Baltimore Ravens asses. The man who is partially responsible for writing my first novel is named Justin Tucker. I now wear his number proudly and it is the only jersey of The Baltimore Ravens I wear.  
The most important thing about wearing the jersey at Marriott for me, is the attention it got from guests. I found it was a great way for guest to start a conversation before it may trickle down to a question about the hotel.  Many guests might not have known my name, but they remembered my jersey.  After I started wearing my Justin Tucker Jersey, more of my colleagues started wearing jerseys.
I have been watching Baltimore Ravens games and felt very excited when my team won. I felt let down when my team lost.  Many times when I saw Joe Flacco's emotionless face when our team lost, it came off as "I Don't Give A Damn." I did not like that. 

Still, this year as I watch our time play, I see a new kind of fun and fierceness that I did not see in the Joe Flacco era. I first saw the difference when Lamar Jackson played last year. He lit a fire under other Baltimore Ravens players asses and hyped up the team to a winning games Teams I am 99% percent sure we would have lost to if Joe Flacco had been playing. 

I find myself watching late night Ravens games even if I have to work early in the morning.  I am obviously not the only one doing this. Nevertheless,  I enjoy watching my team win game after game and seeing how they do it. The feeling is great.

Hard to believe I hated football for so many years. I enjoy wearing Baltimore Ravens Merchandise.  Eventually i will aquire two Baltimore Ravens vests made out of cotton/polyester.  I like the heather grey and the tan one. I forgot the name they call it.

Lamar said "Your're going to get a Superbowl outta me." Sometime after he was drafted to The Baltimore Ravens.  We will see if this is true.

Balti is a type of cooking in England, it's actually Indian food. It's amazing. I wish that North American places that serve Indian food would offer Balti more. Get it?

First-Hand Experience: I love Baltimore but I can't stand the team. The colour, the crest, the history, the style. None of it. I don't like the QB much either. However the last time I saw the Ravens play live in person was at home and they had Kyle Boller as QB (lol). It was against the Chiefs and Donte Hall got the winning kick return. I liked being here but the fans were awful to me and I got physically assaulted. Because I had a Chiefs jersey on.

So I've seen them play live once, it was at home, they lost. And I'm not a fan.

Now that I've seen every NFL team play live & been to every NFL stadium (current and former), time to review them on Yelp! I love stadiums! I've been to every cool stadium in the UK & North America, due to my obsession with travel & sport. I've toured America as a musician for 7 years. In that time, I've seen sports games at (or visited when empty, or both) almost every major stadium in US and Canada. I have pictures of most which I'll upload at some point. Also, on future travels, I plan to take new pix, and add more stadia! Watch this space!

***back to regular review***

I'm sorry, I can't stannnnnnnnnnnnnnd the Ravens. I dunno why, you've had some awesome players (Lewis, Suggs, Boldin, Reed), but I just never liked you guys. Something about the purple, I don't like purple. I don't like tough defensive teams that cause injuries, I like Vermeil and Walsh type teams. Finesse and flash. Randy Moss. You get the idea. Running is boring.

You do have a cool stadium. I saw the Chiefs (my fave team) beat you on your own turf back in the Vermeil days, Donte Hall took a kick return back to win 17-10. Your fans threw things at me, some of them body checked me and tried to beat me up. I'm used to that kind of crap in Europe but not in Baltimore. I'm sure you think it's cool but whatever.

Ray Lewis murder thing... creepy.

I don't like your coach - or his brother.

I didn't like Billick either, your ex coach. Or that you tried to get Terrell and then tried to sue him when he decided not to come. Terrell is just Terrell.

Oh and I'm kind of a Steelers fan. So there's that.

But most of all, you are the Browns. You will always be the Browns. Someone stole the heart out of your city when they took the Colts away, and I hate the Colts for that. But then you went and did the same to the Browns. Changing the name will never change what you did. Terrible.

And between that hairy QB and that baldy one? You should play the baldie more. Ha. Ha.

As a Ravens fan since Day 1, I have experienced the many highs and lows of watching the team in action. I remember Jamal Lewis rushing for 295 yards in a game, Ray Lewis ripping the ball out of Eddie George's hands, and even got to attend Super Bowl 47.

The team has won 2 super bowls in its short history playing a boring brand of football. The lack of a decent QB and offense for so long has stymied the Ravens from winning another Super Bowl or 2, a la the 2006 Ravens team, which may have been Baltimore's best NFL team of all time.

Often times, it is boring to watch the Ravens, particularly on offense. The fan base also used to be much better back in the 2000s. I think the NFL has struggled due to exhorbitant ticket costs, poor leadership from the NFL commissioner, and more. Watching the Ravens live used to be a fun experience. Nowadays, you can barely give away seats, as it has become a chore watching this team.

I hope improvements are made soon. The team roster has been poorly constructed for years now. Hopefully, that will change. I love the Ravens.