Pete Ravens Research Paper

The Baltimore Ravens are a football team in the National Football League, in the American Football Conference division that was established in 1996 at Baltimore, Maryland. It is currently under the ownership of Steve Biscotti. Ozzie Newsome is currently the General Manager and John Harbaugh is the head coach. It is compiled by elite players like quarterback Joe Flacco, kicker Justin Tucker, outside linebacker Terrell Suggs etc. The official mascots for the Baltimore Ravens are Poe and his brothers Edgar and Allan. They were named after Baltimore native and famous poet Edgar Allan Poe. The Baltimore Ravens is a professional football team known for being ranked on the top of the AFC division by being competitive, having elite players, controversial

Original owner Art Modell was formerly the owner of the Cleveland Browns. He had proposed to the National Football League about relocating his team to Baltimore, Maryland. An immense outcry emerged by the National Football League and fans of the Cleveland Browns, that forced Art Modell to leave the Cleveland Browns behind and start a brand new team “The Baltimore Ravens”. According to Adam Augustyn, “As part of the agreement, Cleveland kept the Brown’s name, history and colours for a future replacement team, so the newly renamed Ravens – the moniker stems from the famous poem by Baltimorean Edgar Allan Poe.” (Augustyn 1) Following the name change also came creating a theme including uniforms, logo and choosing a stadium. It came to no difficulty for Modell to follow the theme he had chosen for the team since the beginning than to completely submerge the originality to the poem “The Raven.” That included the team colors purple, black and white and, mascots Edgar, Allan, Poe, Rise and

The rivalry mainly consists of nasty fights, broken bones, accusations and allegations. According to Cohn, “If during the past decade the franchises had not forges what is considered to be the NFL’s most intense, competitive and bone-crunching rivalry.” (Cohn 1) The league continues to dismiss the rivalry as much as possible describing it as friendly rough competition but according to the players it seems sometimes more than that. Terrell Suggs is a current linebacker for the Ravens that has experienced first-hand the rivalry. According to Cohn, “Terrell Suggs would not be sporting a T-shirt showing a dirty bird flashing a well-known, single-digit gesture under the words, “Hey, Pittsburgh,” as he did while talking about what he calls “the best rivalry in sports.” (Cohn 1). Although the rivalry started when players like Ray Lewis played for the Ravens and Hines Ward for the Steelers, it seems as though the rivalry is not as intense anymore. According to Harrison, “It’s a different group of players. Everything has changed a little bit. I don’t feel any (more) sense of urgency in this game than I do any other game.” (“Steelers look to reverse recent fortunes in rivalry with Ravens” 2016) It seems as younger and new players are coming into the league, the most aggressive Rivalry in the NFL is dying