Where's Samari?
The Ravens returned to practice today at Owings Mills, and cornerback Samari Rolle still appears to be among the missing.
Rolle sat out the last two days of practice last week with what Ravens coach Brian Billick described as a "bug." It was a big enough bug to keep him out of his team's 26-23 victory Sunday over the Arizona Cardinals in Baltimore. Rolle's absence was noticeable, particularly when Anquan Boldin burned nickel back Ronnie Prude for one touchdown and caught another in front of Gerome Sapp.
Tight end Daniel Wilcox (ankle) also was not out during the part of practice the media was allowed to watch. (Actually, the Ravens did their special teams portion of practice on one of the fields furthest away from where the media is permitted to stand, and my binoculars were in the trunk of my car.)
For those who need to know EVERYTHING about the Ravens, defensive end Lee Vickers was added to the practice squad, taking the place of Jake Nordin. Vickers, if he ever makes it to the 53-man roster, has an interesting back story: he played cornerback in high school in Alabama, where he also backed up Philip Rivers, went to a local community college and walked on at North Alabama and obviously grew to his current 6 feet 6, 275 pounds.
Hopefully the Ravens will address the situation with Rolle after practice.
Mike Preston has been with The Baltimore Sun since 1983. Prior to becoming a columnist in 2000, he covered the Ravens for four years. Preston is a native of Essex and a graduate of Towson State University, where he played football. 
Jamison Hensley covers the Ravens for The Baltimore Sun. 
Comments
I guess the thing that disturbs me the most is the lack of urgency that the Ravens have exhibited so far. Maybe they need to stop reading The Sun and go back to the basics. For example what's all this flying thru the air for the big hit? Wrap "em up!
At one time the Ravens had the fiercest ground game around.The Ravens have an o-line that is quite capable of dominating a game.Run the ball! What about a pass (a completed pass by the way) beyond 30 yds. downfield.
Quite simply, the ravens are an 'allstar team' . Get with it gentlemen. The regular season is officially here.
Posted by: Larry Rogers | September 26, 2007 4:54 PM
Well this is good to know. Lets hope Rolle is OK and is better soon.
Here I was thinking he was suffering from a virus called " Getting Burned by mediocre receivers-itus". Common symptons include getting burned for long touchdowns by overated receivers, making mediocre receivers you line up against look like pro bowlers, getting dragged down the field by smaller receivers and allowing bad teams to stay in the game and have a chance to win.
There were only a few outbreaks of the virus in Tennessee and in most cases it was "shut down" right away. However outbreaks began to occur in Baltimore over the last two years that seem incurable.
Posted by: Patrick | September 28, 2007 8:37 AM