[Ravens] John Harbaugh Confirms CB Samari Rolle Likely Won't Play In 2009
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... the hope had dimmed. "I can't speak for Samari in that sense, but I would say right now based on what the medical people are saying, I'm not very optimistic at all that he'll be able to play this year," Harbaugh said. "He had the surgery, and you just don't want to mess around with the neck. Samari's too important to us as a person to even think about that. That's not the advice we're getting medically. So that's probably where that stands."
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[Ravens] Ravens OT Jared Gaither Expected To Return After Bye
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... Ravens coach John Harbaugh was optimistic regarding offensive tackle Jared Gaither, who has missed the past two contests with a neck injury suffered against the New England Patriots Oct. 4. "He was close," the coach said. "We'll see. You can't speak to a neck, so I don't want to sit here and say he's going to definitely play against Denver [Nov. 1]. But we would expect him to play against Denver."
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[Ravens] John Harbaugh Defends Ravens K Steve Hauschka
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... be going, 'We've got our kicker!' Well, we believe we've got our kicker. We've seen enough of him to believe that he's going to be our kicker. In the end, do we know? Only he can handle that, and he gets a little help from his holder and his snapper and his protection and his coach, and we see where it goes from there. That's the best we can do. We've got a lot of confidence in him. He's talented, he's a great kid, he works hard. Let's see what happens."
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[Ravens] Ravens Coach John Harbaugh Praises Bills WR Terrell Owens
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... "He's a football player, he practices hard. I think he's got a really good heart, always have. We have a good relationship. Now is anything happening there? Not that I know of. And I think I would know if something was happening. But he plays for another team. We have a ton of respect for him, and I've always liked him and I want to be positive about him." Owens played for the Eagles in 2004 and 2005 when Harbaugh was the special teams coordinator.
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[Bills] Ravens Coach John Harbaugh Praises Bills WR Terrell Owens
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... "He's a football player, he practices hard. I think he's got a really good heart, always have. We have a good relationship. Now is anything happening there? Not that I know of. And I think I would know if something was happening. But he plays for another team. We have a ton of respect for him, and I've always liked him and I want to be positive about him." Owens played for the Eagles in 2004 and 2005 when Harbaugh was the special teams coordinator.
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[Ravens] Ravens Rookie CB Ladarius Webb To See More Reps
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... Rookie Lardarius Webb may be in line to get more defensive reps. "We need to do that," Harbaugh said. "I think Lardarius Webb continues to earn more playing time based on the way he's playing. We gave him more defensive snaps, and he played well on those snaps. When you play well -- no matter who you are -- your role expands."
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Ravens CB Samari Rolle Not Expected To Return This Season
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... The Ravens are not expecting Samari Rolle to play for the remainder of the season.
The veteran cornerback has been on the physically-unable-to-perform list with a neck injury since the preseason, and there was some hope that Rolle, 33, would be activated off the list and return as either the defense’s nickel back or even a starting cornerback.
But coach John Harbaugh said during his weekly media briefing Monday that the hope had dimmed.
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