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Although strong safety Bernard Pollard has already declared he'll play Sunday night against the New England Patriots despite a rib contusion, Harbaugh wasn't definitive on his status. “We will see about Bernard,” he said. “He's got a little rib deal in there. It's just going to come down to him and how he can deal with that pain.” End zone Harbaugh praised rookie kicker Justin Tucker, who connected on field goals from 56, 51 and 48 yards. “He did a great job,” he said.

Ravens coach John Harbaugh isn't sitting idly by waiting for the 2013 NFL draft to roll around on Thursday. This weekend, Harbaugh and other members of the Ravens organization, including senior vice president of public and community relations Kevin Byrne, competed in a Tough Mudder race in Gerrardstown, W.Va. This short video -- set to ear-rattling heavy metal music, of course -- posted on the team's official website shows the coach of the reigning Super Bowl champions climbing cargo nets and other obstacles, carrying logs or his teammates, cannon-balling into muddy ponds, swimming under obstacles, and crawling through mud. You know, if you're into that sort of thing.

It's hard to find a quiet moment when you're a head coach in the NFL. Your time, especially during the season, feels scripted, almost down to the minute. There are meetings and phone calls to conduct, practices and drills to oversee, video to analyze and egos to assuage. If you're a details man, there are hourly fires to put out, and if your fan base is restless, the tension can feel suffocating. When John Harbaugh and Steve Spagnuolo take the field for Sunday's game between the Baltimore Ravens and St. Louis Rams, it will represent the culmination of a frantic and stressful week.

Bernard Pollard has a new team in the Tennessee Titans, but he is still talking about his exit from the Ravens. In a recent interview with Houston radio station KILT-AM , Pollard, who was cut by the Ravens a few weeks after he helped them win the Super Bowl, was asked about his surprising release a couple of days into free agency. The conversation shifted to that heated team meeting in October when he, fellow safety Ed Reed and other players voiced displeasure about practicing in pads two days after a blowout loss to the Houston Texans.

On Thursday, February 23, 2006, "DICK", beloved son of Henry Hirsh Harbaugh V and the late Elizabeth Royer Hawn De Groft, devoted husband of Valerie T. Harbaugh, loving father of Emily and Jimmy Harbaugh, brother of Hank Harbaugh, Patty Bangs, Tom Harbaugh, Tim Harbaugh and Sue Stewart, son-in-law of James and Janice Cole. Also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at the Pritts Funeral Home and Chapel, 412 Washington Road, Westminster on Monday at 10 A.M. Interment will be in Evergreen Memorial Gardens.

Ravens quarterback Jim Harbaugh, who stands to lose his starting job if the team acquires Detroit quarterback Scott Mitchell, checked out a possible employment option by visiting the San Diego Chargers last night.The Ravens, who are trying to swing a trade for Mitchell, already have talked with Harbaugh about becoming a backup here and taking a pay cut in the process. Harbaugh said he is comfortable with that scenario. In the meantime, the Ravens have given him permission to look elsewhere.

When John Harbaugh walked off Heinz Field last January after a playoff loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, he never imagined that the Ravens would go through such a dramatic transition period. Since then, the Ravens have fired two offensive assistant coaches, lost another one to the Oakland Raiders, promoted a defensive coordinator, waived three of their best players and lost three more starters through free agency. "No, I wouldn't be honest to say anything other than no, I didn't expect this," Harbaugh said.

It's difficult to get too upset with Ravens coach Ted Marchibroda starting Jim Harbaugh at quarterback. If Harbaugh struggles at Jacksonville, Marchibroda can pull him as quickly as he did last week, and insert Eric Zeier.At least on the surface, the coach's decision appears clean, safe, almost predictable. He's going with the veteran. He's going with the incumbent. He's going with the player the Ravens acquired for a third-round draft pick last winter.Controversy avoided.But maybe not for long.

Jim Harbaugh or Vinny Testaverde? The Ravens are better off with Harbaugh.Harbaugh or Jim Kelly? That's not even close. The Ravens are much better off with Harbaugh.That's not to say they assured themselves of a winning future with Saturday's trade for Harbaugh, 34, who led the Colts to the playoffs in 1995 and 1996.Sorry, no deal comes with such a guarantee.But the chances are better now, no doubt about it.This is a good trade, a very good trade.Harbaugh is a strong leader and comeback specialist -- the anti-Vinny, basically.

You have to give John Harbaugh a lot of credit for how he handled the twisted quarterback situation on the very first NFL team of which he has been in charge. Not "should" give him credit. Not "ought to." Have to. Above all else, Harbaugh is a man of his word. In August, when he was down to one quarterback, he refused to snip Troy Smith out of the picture. No matter how ill Smith was, no matter how well Joe Flacco played, no matter how convenient it would have been. Harbaugh didn't waver.

The reality of the Ravens' salary cap situation and post Super Bowl XLVII world hit coach John Harbaugh early last week. With the Ravens failing to convince wide receiver Anquan Boldin to take a pay cut and not willing to carry his $6 million salary cap hit, Harbaugh knew exactly who to call. “Heck yes,” his brother, Jim, the coach of San Francisco 49ers, said when asked if he was interested in acquiring Boldin, a player that they struggled to stop a month earlier in the Super Bowl.

The most debated move the Ravens made this offseason and arguably the biggest subtraction from their Super Bowl roster was the trade of gritty 32-year-old wide receiver Anquan Boldin to the San Francisco 49ers. Boldin never cracked 1,000 receiving yards in his three years in Baltimore, but he was quarterback Joe Flacco's favorite target and the team's leading receiver in each of the past three seasons. Boldin was traded after refusing to take a pay cut, something that owner Steve Bisciotti says was necessary, albeit very painful.

Long before the Ravens went on their Super Bowl run, coaches and team officials had grown tired of watching opposing ball carriers tear through the middle of the line of scrimmage and pick up yards down the field. The Ravens defense fell from the NFL's elite this past season and the primary reason was its struggles against the run, normally one of the strengths of this group. The Ravens allowed 122.8 yards per game on the ground, the highest total in franchise history. The Ravens had one of the top-10 ranked rush defenses for nine straight seasons before the 2012-13 group ballooned to 20 th , the second worst ranking in franchise history.

There was always a belief that the Ravens would never be coach John Harbaugh's team until Ray Lewis left or retired. Well, it's Harbaugh's team now. With Lewis gone after the Ravens won the Super Bowl, it was the perfect time for Harbaugh to clean house and he appears to have gotten rid of the most outspoken players on the team. Earlier today, the Ravens cut veteran safety Bernard Pollard. On Monday, they traded receiver Anquan Boldin to the San Francisco 49ers. The Ravens have yet to re-sign either offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie or safety Ed Reed to a new contract.

Ravens head coach John Harbaugh is back into the routine at the Castle. He is turning down speaking engagements and book deals and watching video of potential draft picks. The euphoria of being a winning Super Bowl head coach is finally starting to die down. "I'm getting into the routines again," said Harbaugh, about to enter his sixth season in Baltimore. "I'm watching every guy in the draft. I've got to do that, I've got to know who we're drafting and if I can help. "I get a report every night from our coordinators on what they did and it gives me a chance to weigh in as well.

Ravens coach John Harbaugh will be inducted into the Cradle of Coaches Association and immortalized with a statue at Miami University's Yager Stadium, the school's Director of Athletics David Sayler announced today. Harbaugh, who led the Ravens to their second world championship with a 34-31 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII earlier this month, is a 1984 graduate of Miami (Ohio). The statue, which will be a bronze, full-body image depicting Harbaugh on the sidelines, will be put up and the Association induction will take place in early 2014.

Jim Harbaugh seems almost too good to be true.The Indianapolis Colts quarterback continues to confound the skeptics who figured last year's storybook season was a fluke.He has led the Colts to a 2-0 start with a quarterback rating of 113.0 -- best in the AFC and second overall to Brett Favre's 131.3.He takes his team, which has been battered by injuries, to Dallas today for the matchup the Colts would have played in the Super Bowl last season if Aaron Bailey had hung onto Harbaugh's last-second pass in January's AFC title game against the Steelers in Pittsburgh.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Today's game against the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants can answer a big question about the Ravens. Are they playoff caliber? "I don't know if we worry about that at this point in the season," tight end Todd Heap said. "We're going in to win this game. And we'll let people talk about that after that happens." Said linebacker Ray Lewis: "For us, it's just the next game up. We take the same approach with every game, and the guys do a great job with it."

More than two months since he was relieved of his duties as the Ravens offensive coordinator, Cam Cameron officially returned to coaching today, this time at the college level.   The 52-year-old, who called the Ravens' offensive plays for five seasons before he was fired by head coach John Harbaugh a day after the team's Dec. 9 loss to the Washington Redskins, was announced today as LSU 's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, reuniting him with his longtime friend, Tigers coach Les Miles . Cameron and Miles worked together for seven years on the University of Michigan coaching staff, prompting a question about whether he has any concerns working with a close friend.

If you follow the Ravens at all, you know this was the season John Harbaugh pushed all the right buttons - and pushed himself into the top tier of NFL head coaches, too. Wonder why so many of these guys burn out? Think about all the challenges Harbaugh faced in his fifth year running this team. Every NFL season is an emotional rollercoaster. But the ride Harbaugh and the Ravens took to their Super Bowl win was as exhausting and as exhilarating as any in recent memory. It started around the April draft when the Ravens learned that Terrell Suggs, their best pass rusher and the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year, had torn his Achilles tendon.