Ravens training camp positional preview: Running back

In terms of prioritizing a certain playing style, few organizations in football have ‘run the ball well’ higher on the list than the Baltimore Ravens. Unfortunately, that hasn’t quite gone to plan ever since Gary Kubiak left Baltimore to join the Denver Broncos in 2015. A combination of play calling, personnel, and several other factors have kept the purple and black from being the ground game bruisers they’re typically known for over the past couple of seasons. The question is, will that change in 2017? If it doesn’t, it won’t necessarily be for lack of talent. Starting ball carrier Terrance West has shown he can be effective, and new run game coordinator Greg Roman will surely be instrumental

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Chauncey Billups declined an offer to run the Cavaliers’ front office. A few weeks later, word emerged Kyrie Irving requested a trade. LeBron James can become an unrestricted free agent and leave next summer. If Billups dodged a bullet, it wasn’t by luck. Billups on Altitude Sports Radio: No, it didn’t really surprise me. Obviously, I knew as they were doing their due diligence on me, I was doing the same thing on them. So, obviously I knew so much about the situation that the rest of the world doesn’t know. But that’s unfortunate, man, because he’s a special talent. And, in my opinion, so much of what he’s been able to accomplish on and off the floor has been – he’s been a beneficiary of having

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The Cowboys sent a message in cutting receiver Lucky Whitehead, all right. It just wasn't the one they wanted.