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Baltimore Ravens Hold Player Organized Workouts on Technorati.
Several
Baltimore Ravens players have been participating in a player organized team work out this past week at Towson State University’s Johnny Unitas Stadium. The practice work out was organized by
Baltimore Ravens wide receiver
Derrick Mason. The workouts which were scheduled to last three days started on Tuesday. Twenty seven Ravens players attended the first workout. There were several key veteran Ravens players in attendance such as
Joe Flacco,
Ray Rice, and
Derrick Mason.
Some of the rookies taken in this year’s draft also showed up for the workouts such as wide receivers
Torrey Smith and
Tandon Doss.
Derrick Mason commented that the rookie wide receivers still have a lot to learn to compete on the NFL level, but he believes they will excel once the season starts and will help the team. He feels the addition of
Torrey Smith and
Tandon Doss will only help him and veteran wide receiver
Anquan Boldin during the regular season.
Some of the veteran defensive players in attendance included cornerbacks Josh Wilson and Domonique Foxworth.
Jimmy Smith, who was the
Baltimore Ravens number one pick, was not in attendance at the workouts and as a result stirred up some local controversy.
Many people have criticized
Jimmy Smith for not being in attendance because they view the player organized workouts as an opportunity for him to show how serious he is about becoming a model player for Ravens. Rookie wide receiver
Torrey Smith, who has befriended
Jimmy Smith, took up for him tweeting that the workouts were mainly for offensive players and that
Jimmy Smith did not miss a thing.
Personally, I do not blame
Jimmy Smith for not attending the workouts. The risk of injury is just too great considering that he hasn’t even been paid yet and currently has no injury coverage by the NFL.
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