OWINGS MILLS, Md. — It has been a Ravens spring filled with voluntary exercises, voluntary organized group actions and necessary minicamp. Now it’s throughout. Now comes the lengthy break earlier than coaching camp opens in late July.
Head coach John Harbaugh shared one last message to his gamers on Thursday after they wrapped up their last minicamp follow.
“There’s intentionality to every little thing we do. There needs to be a plan when it comes to what we’re making an attempt to perform every single day,” Harbaugh mentioned. “So, ‘What are you making an attempt to perform for the following weeks that lead into coaching camp to place you in place to have the very best coaching camp to deal with the hundreds concerned, change into the very best group we may be?’ and be intentional about that each single day’.”
Safety Marcus Williams additionally had some recommendation to provide his teammates:
“Stay good. Get your thoughts proper,” he mentioned. “Get prepared for the season. Get wholesome as a result of it’s a protracted season forward.”
And it is going to be full season for Kyle Van Noy. The veteran outdoors linebacker re-signed with the Ravens for an additional two years after he turned again the clock in 2023.
After inking with Baltimore in late September, he posted a career-high with 9 sacks and added 30 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 4 passes defended, two pressured fumbles and 9 quarterback hits in 14 video games.
He thinks he’ll profit from a full summer time with the group.
“Things are a little bit extra calm. You can construct relationships,” mentioned Van Noy. “You’re not on the sphere popping in week three, motion is occurring [and saying], ‘Hey what’s your identify?’ sort of deal.”
Now coming into his eleventh NFL season, the 33-year-old continues to be motivated to show he can nonetheless play at a excessive stage. He mentioned concentrating strictly on speeding the quarterback will assist.
“I really feel like I’ve been underappreciated in my profession. I do not suppose I’ve misplaced a step – in my eyes – simply because I’ve been taking part in completely different positions my total profession. In faculty I performed on the ball after which within the NFL for my first – I feel it was till 2019 – I performed off the ball. I might like to see how many individuals may keep within the league making that transformation. Or, I’ve been requested to do each in a single season. So, I’ve been requested to do quite a bit, and I feel which will have hindered some issues as a result of I wasn’t in a position to deal with go rush or masking individuals. I used to be by no means in a position to deal with only one particular factor,” mentioned Van Noy. “This yr, stemming from final yr, I used to be in a position to deal with go rush that total time. I really feel like hopefully – it will be like my third yr ever, out of my eleven, that I get to deal with simply go speeding. The different yr was in 2019 the place I had a very good yr. Last yr was simply all go rush. So, I’m anticipating huge issues from myself.”
An replace on the standing of nook Marlon Humphrey, who missed the final couple days of minicamp: Harbaugh mentioned he’s coping with some “nagging issues” and needs to be prepared for coaching camp.
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