APAt this point, Bryant McKinnie showing up, in shape, under normal circumstances would be the news.
The Ravens left tackle was missing from the first full-squad practice Thursday, after a summer spent on the sidelines trying to get into shape.
Ravens coach John Harbaugh told reporters after practice that McKinnie’s representative told the team he was dealing with a “personal” matter and it wasn’t clear when he’d return.
In his absence, the Ravens moved Michael Oher to left tackle, and used Ramon Harewood at right tackle, before he left practice with a leg injury.
Harbaugh said “until further notice, [Oher] is the left tackle.”
If it sounds like the Ravens are losing patience, it’s a reasonable suspicion.
They held him out of OTAs and minicamp hoping he’d get to 345 pounds, and he said afterward “I’m going to show up at the weight I’m supposed to be and handle my business and get everybody off my back.”
While it’s unclear what’s keeping McKinnie away this time, his recent track record doesn’t fill one with hope. The Vikings basically ran him off for being too fat, and until he shows up as promised, it’s normal to wonder if he will.
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Good riddance!
This guy is a joke.
Even when he was out of shape he still dominated the steelers.
I think the personal matter was that he entered a hotdog eating contest- someone offered him 50 cent and all the hotdogs he could eat- how could he turn it down?
I have to lol when I think back to a year ago when Rhineavens fans said the Vikings were stupid to dump Big Mac. Once he got to Baltimore, he’d be great. Oops! lol
He has big money problems…end of story. Wouldn’t be surprised if he knew that he would be served with court papers if he showed up at camp.
I hope it’s not a personal matter with sad news. Until we find out I’ll keep my mouth shut and hope whatever it is, gets handled in the best way…
The Ravens are making the Vikings look smart!
“I’m only nine pounds away!”
June, 2012
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The last 9 must be a real bit@h
I’d check the locat fast food joints
So tired of patch work at LT, can’t we get Jonathan Ogden in his prime back *sigh*
Hmm, an old and now out of shape line is no way for a team to boast about a superbowl run. Especially when your top rival just totally upgraded their’s (Steelers) through the draft. Good luck.
I’m so glad he is not a Viking anymore, good luck with this guy Raven’s fans!
Having an old and now fat O line is no way to boast a bout a Super Bowl run especially when your rival just upgraded theirs. Good luck.
Ruh Roh ….
Big Ben has winning record v. ravens and is 2-0 in postseason.
Don’t really car if he stays or goes. Oher is a good LT minus the false starts. Not to mention Oher is a much better run blocker than McKinnie. Would be interesting to see what guys like Harewood and Reid can do on the right side. Baltimore seems very high on Harewood, but he’s never been healthy in his career.
rugdog100 says:Jul 26, 2012 9:08 PM
I have to lol when I think back to a year ago when Rhineavens fans said the Vikings were stupid to dump Big Mac. Once he got to Baltimore, he’d be great. Oops! lol
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He was pretty solid last season, not great, but he was honestly a pretty good football player.
What a complete waste of talent. Like I said before, and I hope to hell I’m wrong — he’ll be bankrupt by age 40 and dead by age 50.
At least he’s your problem now, Ravens. Sometimes when you gamble, you lose.
“Even when he was out of shape he still dominated the steelers.”
That’s true. Unfortunately for the Ratbirds, they have to play 14 other games against non-Steelers teams and he largely (ha!) sucked in all of those.
He got sidetracked by the Dairy Queen on the way to practice. They had to close down to restock the store after he was done.