Making the game safer is making NFL players unsure what's a legal hit.
The Baltimore Ravens' reputation for trash-talking arrived at the Super Bowl before they did.
Scenes and observations from the NFL's annual Super Bowl media day _ interviews with players and team personnel from the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers on the field at the Superdome:
Super Bowl week is beginning to resemble one of those family reunions where your crazy uncle says something outrageous, but just true enough to spark a discussion worth having.
It was as if linebacker Ray Lewis, safety Bernard Pollard and the rest of the Baltimore Ravens' defense set out to provide a quarter-by-quarter demonstration of how they do business.

Truth can be an inconvenient thing and perhaps no more so than Bernard Pollard's bleak assessment of the NFL's future days before the Super Bowl's glitz is unleashed.
Super Bowl week is beginning to resemble one of those family reunions where your crazy uncle says something outrageous, but just true enough to spark a discussion worth having.
It was as if linebacker Ray Lewis, safety Bernard Pollard and the rest of the Baltimore Ravens' defense set out to provide a quarter-by-quarter demonstration of how they do business.

Bernard Pollard likes to talk and loves to hit.