It seems Derrick Mason didn't generate a lot of attention from other NFL teams during this current free agent market. Perhaps many teams weren't high on signing a 36 year old receiver, but that would be their mistake.Derrick Mason knows the Ravens offense, he knows Joe Flacco, he knows how to get the job done. plain and simple. Now imagine him with one on one coverage, with recently signed Anquan Boldin receiving most of the double coverage. This is icing on the cake with having signed Boldin and Donte' Stallworth. Suddenly the Ravens have a legitimate receiving corps, and when you add in Ray Rice, Todd heap, and Willis McGahee the Ravens have one of the most potent offenses in the entire league to go along with their perennial strong defense .
This signing was huge, and it shows that the team knows what needs to be done and are on their way to making that a reality. Rave on brother and sisters!
I was happy to see the deal struck between the Ravens and Anquan Boldin. It wound up costing much less then I expected and the move really goes a long way toward helping the Ravens offense become more of a premier unit. But there are other areas of concern with this team that still haven't been addressed and time may be of the essence. 
It doesn't matter how bad your work week was, or how many problems you have lying ahead, come game day all of that goes out the window. When you're out there tailgating with friends and family there isn't a care in the world, except perhaps that the Ravens win this weeks contest. I'll be honest, in my busy life tailgating is about the only time of the week where I can let it all go and just relax. It's more than a recreational activity, it's therapy for the mind.
There have been a lot of sour feelings about the Ravens signing Donte Stallworth. Some say his past mistake is reason enough not to sign him. Others think that this was the one and only move Ozzie Newsome plans on for addressing the Ravens deficiency at wide receiver. Still others complain that he's past his prime and won't make a difference. 
Ozzie Newsome and the Ravens have done a good job of retooling the offensive line, but the job isn't quite complete. Take for instance the addition of Matt Birk. Birk was intended to be a stop gap player, though a very good one, to fill in until the Ravens could draft their center of the future. So that leaves the need acquire that future center as soon as possible. 
There were many times last season when I wondered what was going through the minds of John Harbaugh and Cam Cameron. In 2008 the team flourished by using their three headed monster running attack, but last season it became a one headed monster for most of the year. 
The Ravens just had their state of the team press conference and during the question and answer session with reporters Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti made it known that he thought the team needed bigger and better wide receivers. If the big man wants something then the person he pays to make those things happen knows he'd better produce. The pressure is now on Ozzie Newsome and he knows it. The very fact that Biscioitti mentioned it in public let's you know that this is a priority for him. 
There has been much written and discussed on sports outlets about the state of Joe Flacco. Has he progressed as he should? Has he gotten better at controlling a game? How does he stack up against the better quarterbacks in the league? There's a lot of questions out there, but all I can give you is facts, and they pretty much tell the story. 
Dear Roge,