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Sam Cosmi doesn’t think too much about the Ravens’ preseason winning streak

Washington fans will love Cosmi for his thoughts on the Ravens’ preseason win streak — and guarantee.

The Baltimore Ravens have won 24 consecutive preseason games, with their last preseason loss coming back on Sept. 3, 2015.

While no one cares about a preseason record, the Ravens and head coach John Harbaugh take pride in the streak.

“It’s important to them for the rest of their life, and therefore it’s important to me,” Harbaugh recently said. “So, it’s meaningful in that sense, but we’re playing a game. We have a lot of goals, a lot of things that we’re trying to accomplish.”

On Monday night, the Ravens come down to FedEx Field for a preseason game with the Washington Commanders. The two teams were together last week for a pair of joint practices, and tempers flared.

Commanders right guard Sam Cosmi isn’t that impressed with the Ravens’ preseason streak.

“I think it’s a stupid record,” Cosmi said when JP Finlay asked him if he had thought about Baltimore’s streak. “I mean, who gives a s–t about preseason games. I mean, if we beat it, great…..we’re going to beat it, so there we go.”

That should go over well with Ravens fans.

Washington has lost multiple preseason games to the Ravens since 2015. Could Monday be the night this streak ends?

Updated depth chart projection for Ravens offense

We’re updating our Baltimore #Ravens projected offensive depth chart after a slew of roster moves and ahead of preseason matchup vs. Commanders via @Thacover2NFL

The Ravens are just 48-hours away from their second preseason matchup of the summer when they travel to face the Washington Commanders at FedEx Field on Monday at 8 p.m. ET, and you can watch on ESPN.

Baltimore is favored in a game where most of their starters will sit, while several key rookies and veterans will compete for final remaining roster spots.

With cutdown day fast approaching, we’re providing an updated regular season depth chart prediction ahead of Monday night.

Ravens stock watch: Who’s up, who’s down heading into preseason matchup with Commanders?

We’re looking who’s seen their stock rise and stock fall ahead of the Baltimore #Ravens preseason matchup against the Washington Commanders via @thacover2NFL

The Ravens are starting to form their 53-man depth chart and as the team prepares for a preseason tilt against the Commanders, several stock portfolio’s are starting to take shape.

Baltimore has a loaded roster, with more players on the roster bubble, than available slots on the depth chart.

With the team wrapping up a morning session ahead of Monday’s national television appearance, we’re looking at who’s stock is up, and who’s stock is declining.

The hype about Zay Flowers is real and he’s excluded from the list because his stock pprtfolio is obviously high.

Highlights and notes from Ravens second joint practice with Commanders

We’re looking at highlights and notes from the Baltimore #Ravens second and final joint practice with the Washington Commanders via @Thacover2NFL

The Ravens and Commanders hooked up for the second of two joint practices at the Under Armour Performance Center.

It was a difficult day with the news that Marlon Humphrey needed to have foot surgery that would require a month of rehab.

The Baltimore defense picked up the slack, pressuring Sam Howell throughout the 11-on-11 period.

Here are highlights and notes from Day 2.

Takeaways and observations from Ravens first joint practice with Commanders

We’re looking at takeaways and observations from the Baltimore #Ravens first joint practice with the Washington Commanders via @Thacover2NFL

The Ravens and Commanders squared off for their first of two joint practices Tuesday and the rivals didn’t hold back any intensity or physical play.

There were scuffles in the later portions of practice, and deep balls galore from star quarterback Lamar Jackson.

“That’s the bottom line; we got a lot of work done,” Harbaugh said. “Joint practices are a challenge, always, obviously, because you’ve got two teams out here, and there is a lot of pride. I thought it was a really good practice. We had a couple dust-ups, which you don’t want to see, but it’s not really unexpected. I thought they got handled pretty quickly.”

With Day 2 of practice set to begin shortly, here are takeaways and observations from Day 1.

Highlights and notes from Ravens first joint practice with Commanders

We’re looking at highlights and notes from the first joint practice between the Baltimore #Ravens and Washington Commanders via @thacover2NFL

The Ravens and Commanders just commenced a scrappy, physical joint training camp practice in Baltimore on Tuesday morning.

Lamar Jackson and Odell Beckham continue to build chemistry, connecting on a deep passing attempt early-on.

Washington rookie cornerback Emmanuel Forbes plays with an edge and SEC swagger, getting involved in two training camp scuffles.

With the two teams set to practice again on Wednesday, we’re looking at highlights and notes from Day 1.

15 Commanders to watch during joint practices with the Ravens

We’re looking at 15 Washington Commanders during joint practice with the Baltimore Ravens

The Ravens and Commanders are set for two days of joint practices ahead of Monday’s second preseason game for both clubs.

There’s star power at multiple positions on both sides of the football, but there are also several intriguing position battles to monitor.

Baltimore will look to continue the momentum from Saturday night’s 20-19 home win over the defending NFC champion Eagles.

With the first practice underway, here are 15 players from Washington’s rebuilding roster to watch.

Commanders dealing with some injuries on Day 15 of training camp

Fortunately, nothing was serious, while Logan Thomas remains out.

On Day 15 of training camp, the Washington Commanders received a couple of scares on the injury front.

First, starting cornerback Benjamin St-Juste missed practice. Head coach Ron Rivera told the media after practice that St-Juste tweaked his ankle during Sunday’s practice.

“He’s got a little tweak on his ankle, and obviously, a guy that runs a lot, you don’t want to get out there and exacerbate the injury,” Rivera said. “We just wanted to be smart, see how he is. We slowed him down yesterday. Today, we just kept him out.”

Rivera doesn’t appear concerned with St-Juste’s injury. However, St-Juste injured his ankle in a Week 11 win over the Texans and played only one more game the remainder of the season.

Next, there was right guard Sam Cosmi. Cosmi went down in 11-on-11 drills with a leg injury. Cosmi limped off the field. Fortunately, he was able to return to practice.

After practice, Rivera offered an update.

“He hyperextended it,” Rivera said. “He went back out and finished practice.”

With Cosmi returning to practice, he should be fine. Like St-Juste, Cosmi has battled injuries over his first two seasons, so there was some concern after a promising debut at right guard in the preseason opener.

Tight end Logan Thomas missed another day of practice. Rivera insisted that keeping Thomas out remains precautionary, and some of it is due to Thomas being an older, more established player.

The Commanders travel to Baltimore for joint practices with the Ravens over the next two days. Rivera doesn’t know who will miss practice, but expects the entire team there.

5 standouts from Week 2 of Commanders’ training camp

Which five players stood out in Week 2 of Commanders’ training camp?

The Washington Commanders wrapped up their second week of training camp Friday. After a quiet and easy — but very hot — first week, business picked up in Week 2 of camp.

Washington put on the pads for the first time Tuesday, and business picked up. The Commanders had their first mini-skirmish of camp early in the week when linebackers Khaleke Hudson and Cody Barton took exception to center Nick Gates. It didn’t last.

However, on Friday, multiple battles occurred. First, guard Sam Cosmi and defensive tackle Phidarian Mathis scuffled. Then, cornerback Benjamin St-Juste hit tight end Cole Turner, stood over him, and didn’t help him up, irking wide receiver Terry McLaurin. McLaurin, showing his outstanding leadership, got in St-Juste’s face for not helping Turner up.

Ultimately, cooler heads prevailed, and everyone summed it up as “typical training camp stuff.”

Part of the issue, too, was the offense’s frustration. The defense dominated much of camp last week, particularly when the pads were on.

So as we look back at last week’s standouts, there wasn’t a lot on offense. McLaurin always stands out. Did anyone else stand out?

Here are five players who stood out for various reasons in Week 2 of training camp.

Tress Way has perfect response to Friday’s ‘chippy’ practice

Tress Way is the best.

Punter Tress Way is the longest-tenured player on the Washington Commanders. Washington’s punter since 2014, Way is one of the NFL’s best punters, a popular teammate and a fan favorite.

On Friday, it was Way’s turn to meet with the media after practice. It was a much-talked-about practice Friday as tempers flared between Washington’s offense and defense.

Where was Way when this all went down?

“I think if you guys go back and look at the film of whenever it got really chippy in there, I was over on the other field as far away as possible as you could be,” Way said.

“I don’t want any smoke of some of those big dudes, but that’s camp, man. You got guys out there getting fired up. Guys are trying to win jobs, compete for jobs, the tempo violations. I mean, it’s this unspoken thing, the tempo violation, but it’s football. I haven’t been in a football scrum in a while, and I don’t plan to be, but you never know things could transpire. We’ll see what happens.”

Friday’s practice even had star wide receiver and team captain Terry McLaurin get heated with cornerback Benjamin St-Juste as McLaurin came to the defense of tight end Cole Turner.

You can always count on Tress to bring some humor.