The Ravens are still waiting for cornerback David Pittman to produce like the third-round pick that the organization used on him last year. Pittman was deactivated for all 16 regular season games and the lone playoff game last season, and then a strained left hamstring sidelined him for most of the team's offseason minicamps. But Pittman has looked fluid and smooth during the first two days of training camp.

Pittman said his hamstring is almost 100 percent healthy and said he didn't think his absences from minicamps placed him behind teammates Ronnie Prude, Evan Oglesby and Derrick Martin. "Mentally, I don't think I have an uphill battle to climb," Pittman said. "Physically, I wasn't able to be out there with everybody and move around and stuff. But the game is as mental as it is physical, so I think I am where I need to be."

While Pittman dismissed the notion of buying into the expectations placed on him, he did acknowledge that his primary objective is avoiding a repeat of last year's season-long status on the inactive list. "I do put pressure on myself to compete on every play and get better every day," he said. "As long as you go out there and make plays, everything else will take care of itself."

Finally, Pittman entered training camp with a new look. Gone is the long hair that used to hang out of his helmet and took him 2 1/2 years to grow. He shaved his head in June. "I was kind of tired of it," he said with a laugh. "It is pretty hot here and I went home [to Gramery, La.], and the heat was just killing me. ... But I'm not going to try that bald look like Martin or C-Mac [Chris McAlister]."