BETTER OFF: Housecleaning could mean improvement for '97 Ravens.(Redskins '97)(Ravens)

OWINGS MILLS, Md. - The consensus among the Baltimore Ravens is they are a better football team now than when they finished their inaugural season last year at 4-12. But the real question is how much better? Most NFL preseason publications have the Ravens occupying the cellar of the AFC Central Division.

In their second year of existence since their metamorphosis from the Cleveland Browns, there really is only one way the team can go this season: up. During the offseason, the Ravens did some wholesale housecleaning. A youth movement is in progress. Twenty-four Ravens, ...

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