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Ravens officially announce joint practices with Commanders

The Ravens and Commanders will be holding joint practices together in August

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The Baltimore Ravens will suit up to play in their yearly preseason game against the Washington Commanders to gear up for the 2023 season. While this has usually taken place in the final preseason game of the year Baltimore will travel to Landover, Maryland to play the Commanders on August 21st, 2023 in the second preseason game.

Before the Ravens take on the Commanders, they will hold joint practices in Baltimore on August 15th and 16th at the Under Armour Performance Center in Owings Mills. Joint practices are a way to get live reps in with players from opposing teams, which can help an organization switch things up from practicing against each other every day during training camp.

Ravens’ training camp passes claimed within minutes

The Ravens Under Armour Performance Center training camp practice passes were all claimed within minutes.

The Baltimore Ravens released training camp passes at 11am EST on Wednesday for practices at the Under Armour Performance Center and one for a stadium practice at M&T Bank Stadium. However, while passes for the stadium practice on July 30th remain available, training camp passes at the performance center were claimed within minutes of going online.

The Ravens tweeted at 11:09 a.m. EST that all of the training camp passes had been claimed, and later released a video saying that the passes were all taken up in four minutes, which was a record time.

For those lucky enough to score a pass for training camp at the performance center, you can experience plenty of activities besides watching the team practice. Food trucks will be on site, as well as activities for kids and sponsor activations that will be available. An autograph session for children aged 6-14 will also be held following each practice.

Passes for the stadium practice can be found here while supplies last.

Ravens to hold 16 open training camp practices

The Baltimore Ravens announced 16 of their training camp practices in 2022 will be open to the public

The start of the 2022 NFL season is just a couple of months away, which means that the start of training camp is quickly approaching. The training camp report dates for the Baltimore Ravens were revealed by the NFL on Thursday. The rookies will report on Tuesday, July 19th, while veterans will report on Tuesday, July 26th.

This time of year is exciting for many, and some fans will have a chance to attend training camp practices held by the Ravens. Baltimore on Friday announced that 16 of their training camp practices in 2022 will be open to the public at the Under Armour Performance Center in Owings Mills. Additionally, the team will also hold a training camp practice at M&T Bank Stadium which will feature a fireworks and laser show.

Food trucks, activities for kids and sponsor activations will be available for those in attendance. Following each training camp practice, an autograph session for children ages 6-14 will be held.

Tickets will be available starting July 13 at 11:00 a.m. Those who wish to purchase tickets can go to the team’s website here or the Ravens’ mobile app. The tickets are per vehicle. Vehicles must be able to fit in a standard parking space.

Training camp open practice dates will be announced on the day tickets are made available. The stadium training camp practice is scheduled for July 30 at 7 p.m.

Report: Ravens shutting down training facility until at least Monday due to COVID-19 outbreak

With more and more positive COVID-19 tests, the Baltimore Ravens have closed the Under Armour Performance Center through at least Monday.

The Baltimore Ravens had four more players test positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, including quarterback Lamar Jackson. With the continued Ravens’ COVID-19 outbreak, Baltimore has shut down their Owings Mills training facility until Monday at the earliest, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

The move to close the Under Armour Performance Center seems like a no-brainer. Baltimore has not practiced this week, holding only a walkthrough on Monday when it was figured the team had the initial outbreak under control. Dr. Allen Sills, the NFL’s chief medical officer, echoed a similar sentiment, saying he believed “we’re very close to the end” of transmission on Wednesday. However, with players and/or staff members continuing to test positive for COVID-19 every day this week, that’s clearly not the case. Closing the facility will ensure players and staff members aren’t getting together in person, hopefully ending the continued spread of the coronavirus.

The NFL has postponed Baltimore’s Week 12 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers from Thanksgiving night to Sunday afternoon. If the Ravens’ training facility remains closed through Monday, that would mean Baltimore would not have practiced for this game, in addition to being short-handed due to the outbreak and injuries. That would also push into any preparation time for Week 13’s game against the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night.

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Ravens coach John Harbaugh calls NFL’s COVID-19 protocols ‘humanly impossible’

With training camp little more than a month away, Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh called the NFL’s COVID-19 protocols “impossible.”

The NFL is beginning to prepare for players to return at training camp as they gear up for the regular season. But the league’s COVID-19 protocols aren’t sitting right with Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh, who said he feels they’re unrealistic.

“I’ve seen all the memos on that, and to be quite honest with you, it’s impossible what they’re asking us to do. Humanly impossible,” Harbaugh said on 105.7’s Inside Access.

The NFL released a set of initial protocols for players to return to team facilities. They involved staff members wearing a mask when in the building, football equipment to be disinfected after use, and locker rooms to be staged to ensure players stay six feet apart.

Even though the Under Armour Performance Center is spacious, the idea of 90 players being on the roster while needing to practice and use the facilities makes these restrictions a tougher proposition, according to Harbaugh.

“We have to practice and I’m pretty sure the huddle is not going to be six feet spaced,” Harbaugh continued. “Are guys going to shower one at a time all day? Are guys going to lift weights one at a time all day? These are things the league and the PA needs to get a handle on and needs to get agreed with some common sense so we can operate in a 13-hour day in training camp that they’re giving us and get our work done. That’s the one thing, you can tell by my voice, I’m a little frustrated with what I’m hearing there. And I think they need to get that pinned down a little better.”

Commissioner Roger Goodell noted in his memo to teams that the protocols are likely to change as more information about the virus comes to light. Harbaugh also acknowledged the restrictions could change and ease up before training camp.

“Now maybe we’ll know more in two months and they’ll be able to be a little more realistic and practical in what they’re asking,” Harbaugh said. “I expect that to be the case. I think good people, smart people are involved in this. But the way I’m reading these memos right now, you throw your hands up and you go, ‘What the heck? There’s no way this can be right.’”

Even though Harbaugh was clearly upset with the protocols and how they’d make the already difficult task of getting the players prepared a harder one, he did say the Ravens were going to do everything possible to implement the league’s rules. Baltimore is currently scheduled to open training camp at its Under Armour Performance Center facility on July 28.

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NFL sets initial protocols for players returning to training facilities

With coaching staffs and employees now returning to team facilities, the NFL has created protocols for players to return as well.

The NFL has slowly begun allowing teams to reopen their training facilities. After allowing a small number of employees to come back in March, the league began allowing coaching staffs to return Friday of last week. With training camp on the horizon, the next step is for players to return as well.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell sent out a memo outlining the initial protocols for players to return, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. Though Goodell noted the protocols were developed based on the understanding of the coronavirus at this point, he cautioned that things are expected to change as medical experts continue to gain more knowledge of the disease.

The protocols involve reconfiguring locker rooms to keep players six feet apart, as well as details about mask usage, the disinfecting of equipment, and how meetings can be held.

While no dates have been set and there’s no agreement in place, Pelissero also said the NFL and NFLPA have been talking about allowing some players to return to team facilities ahead of time. Though nothing is guaranteed, these protocols and discussions mark a clearer path towards teams being able to hold practices ahead of the 2020 regular season. Whether that means some type of minicamp, a full-blown training camp, or some other type of arrangement will have to be seen.

Baltimore Ravens coaches returned to the Under Armour Performance Center today for the first time since it closed in March.

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Coaches return to Ravens’ training facility

The Baltimore Ravens welcome back their coaching staff in the second phase of reopening following the coronavirus pandemic restrictions.

Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh and his staff are returning to the Under Armour Performance Center, according to the team’s Twitter account. It’ll be their first time back in the facility since it closed in March due to social distancing regulations from the coronavirus pandemic.

This marks the second phase of the NFL re-opening training facilities. The NFL allowed teams to open their facilities to 75 employees back in March, as long as it didn’t include coaches and players not rehabilitating injuries. Under the second phase, the NFL is allowing teams to expand to 100 staff members, including coaches.

Baltimore has used video conferencing to hold virtual meetings and workouts with players. Though not ideal, it’s gotten the job done thus far.

“My understanding from talking to [Head Coach] John [Harbaugh] and others is that those meetings are going OK,” Ravens president Dick Cass told “The Lounge” podcast. “They wouldn’t be much better if the players were remote and the coaches were in the office rather than in their homes.”

With coaching staffs returning to team facilities, it’s another check mark on the list to football returning for training camp. Though the pandemic has made any true return to normal football far from a guarantee, this is a big step towards what Cass projected back in May.

“We believe by the time of training camp, we’ll be able to test players and coaches, and those who meet together a lot, multiple times a week and be able to get results fairly quickly,” Cass said on the team’s in-house podcast, “The Lounge.”

“If the infection rate is really low, as I expect it will be by late summer,” Cass said, “and we have adequate testing, and people are careful when they leave the building, I think there’s a really good shot that we’ll be OK.”

The Ravens are currently set to kickstart their schedule off against the Cleveland Browns on Sept. 13.

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NFL allowing coaches to return to training facilities

The NFL continues to slowly open back up operations by allowing coaching staffs to return to their team facilities.

The NFL continues to open up amid the coronavirus pandemic. With team training facilities opened back up to a small number of staff members, the league is allowing teams to expand upon that this week.

According to a memo from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, obtained by ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the league is continuing to back off restrictions put on teams. The memo states coaching staffs may return to team facilities on Friday, June 5, while allowing teams to expand their in-house staff from a maximum of 75 to 100 people.

Though the only players that are able to return to team facilities are those still rehabbing injuries, this is a massive step towards the NFL holding training camps, which are currently set to start in mid-July. With the league continuing to safely expand the number of staff members at the training facilities, it’s acting as a proof of concept for full teams to return and hold practices to prepare for the regular season.

The NFL informed teams earlier this week that training camps could only be held at their respective training facilities, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. That wouldn’t impact the Baltimore Ravens too much since they hold training camp at their Under Armour Performance Center. However, it would mean Baltimore couldn’t host or travel to other teams for joint practices.

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Ravens announce re-opening of Under Armour Performance Center training facility

With the state of Maryland beginning to ease restrictions from the coronavirus pandemic, the Baltimore Ravens were able to re-open.

The Baltimore Ravens joined most of the NFL in re-opening their doors on Tuesday. After initially closing their training facility and having staff work remotely in March, Baltimore’s Under Armour Performance Center in Owings Mills is in the beginning stages of re-opening.

The Ravens got the go-ahead from Governor Larry Hogan to open their training facility and M&T Bank Stadium in accordance with the first phase of the NFL’s return policy.

Under the NFL’s rules, coaches are still not allowed to return, as are any players not currently rehabilitating an injury. Baltimore, like the rest of the league, is also limited to no more than 75 staff members in the building at a time. The Ravens will bring back staff from the equipment crew, football video, and personnel department, according to Ryan Mink of the team’s website.

There’s hope the NFL will allow coaches to return as early as next week, according to Yahoo Sports’ Charles Robinson, though nothing has been confirmed by the league or the NFLPA. However, any further strides in re-opening facilities could mark the start of football returning somewhat to normal in time for minicamps and training camp. Ravens president Dick Cass had previously said he thought the league would be prepared to open back up in time for training camp, with enough testing and regulations in place to keep everyone safe.

“We believe by the time of training camp, we’ll be able to test players and coaches, and those who meet together a lot, multiple times a week and be able to get results fairly quickly,” Cass said on “The Lounge” podcast.

“If the infection rate is really low, as I expect it will be by late summer, and we have adequate testing, and people are careful when they leave the building, I think there’s a really good shot that we’ll be OK.”

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As NFL teams head back, Ravens not opening their training facility yet

The Baltimore Ravens are not among the NFL teams reopening their training facilities following their closure due to the coronavirus pandemic

Many NFL teams are heading back today as the league allowed facilities to open on a limited basis. But the Baltimore Ravens will not be one of them.

In a memo released to teams on Friday, obtained by ESPN’s Adam Schefter, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell laid out the necessary steps for the reopening of training facilities following their closure due in March to the coronavirus pandemic. While limited to only a small number of staff, teams could open their facilities as long as they did so in fitting with local rules. With Maryland’s regulations, Baltimore’s Under Armour Performance Center is considered non-essential and thus remains closed.

But all is not lost, either. With coaches barred and only rehabbing players allowed into the buildings under the restrictions laid out by Goodell, the Ravens aren’t really missing much. Baltimore has been holding virtual meetings, which have been working out well enough.

“My understanding from talking to [Head Coach] John [Harbaugh] and others is that those meetings are going OK,” Ravens president Dick Cass told “The Lounge” podcast. “They wouldn’t be much better if the players were remote and the coaches were in the office rather than in their homes.”

Baltimore has already missed their rookie minicamp, which was set to take place over the first two weeks of May. OTAs, which were scheduled to begin tomorrow, will at least be handled differently if the training facility isn’t open. But the big date circled on the calendar is the start of training camp, which typically begins in mid-July.

While the Ravens are confident training camp will occur, it will take a lot of testing as well as vigilance by the players, coaches, and on-site staff to pull it off. Though training camp is still two months away, it’ll likely look dramatically different than in previous years.

“We believe by the time of training camp, we’ll be able to test players and coaches, and those who meet together a lot, multiple times a week and be able to get results fairly quickly,” Cass said.

“If the infection rate is really low, as I expect it will be by late summer, and we have adequate testing, and people are careful when they leave the building, I think there’s a really good shot that we’ll be OK.”

These are unprecedented times and no one knows completely how things will look a week from now, much less in two more months. But with a cautious plan to return, Baltimore could still adequately prepare for the 2020 season, even if they take a little longer to come back than other teams.

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