The political conventions are over, but Ravens head coach John Harbaugh still had something of gravity to say.
"There's lots of crazy stuff, things going on in our country," Harbaugh said after the July 31 training-camp practice. "(I wish) we could just step back for a minute, perhaps, and fulfill the idea of what our country was founded on.
"… Let's get everybody out there."
Harbaugh meant that he would like to see as many fans as possible out for the first of two M&T Bank Stadium practices, which will be held Aug. 1 at 7 p.m.
The coach also mentioned how anxious he was to try out the new natural-grass surface, joking, "We'll be checking for crabgrass." The change was made presumably to prevent injuries; the Ravens placed a staggering 20 players on injured reserve last year.
