Ray Lewis doesn't tolerate snitches.

The NFL has metaphorically bitch slapped the Baltimore Ravens, forcing the franchise to cancel their final week of offseason training camp. The move was made after the NFL got silent but deadly wind of a complaint filed by the NFLPA.

Reacting to a complaint filed by the player’s association against the Ravens, the league on Monday canceled the last week of Baltimore’s organized team activities, scheduled for June 14-18.

According to the NFL, the Ravens “violated the rules concerning the intensity and tempo of drills conducted on the club’s organized team activity days.” The league also cited the Ravens for “the length of time spent by players at the team facility” on those days. –ESPN

In the video after the jump, Adam Schefter puts forth a theory that it was a Ravens player that reported the team to the NFLPA, but quickly adds that “it wasn’t Ray Lewis.” That’s a safe assumption, Adam, considering Baltimore’s history with snitching. Also, I don’t think Ray-Ray would complain about the “intensity and tempo of drills,” when he was probably the reason they were so intense in the first place.

This will limit the time Baltimore’s offense has to build chemistry before the start of the season. The team has brought in Anquan Boldin and sober driver Donte Stallworth to give unibrow enthusiast Joe Flacco more targets on offense. Already, the two have almost perfected the trust falls it took Trent Dilfer a season to learn. When asked for comment, Todd Heap started to say something, but collapsed in pain before he could finish.

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The first thing I thought when I saw this was, “Hey, shouldn’t the bride be wearing a white jersey?” And then I thought, “Well, no. She should actually be wearing an entire wedding dress.” But I don’t know if this was just a reception thing or if they went through a whole wedding like this. And what’s up with that Ray Lewis dance? I wonder if he watched somebody stab his wife after the reception and then rode off in the limo by himself. That’s funny unless it’s exactly what happened. –Casey Carter, via Last Angry Fan.

Before yesterday, Rodney Harrison had contributed absolutely nothing in his first year as an “analyst” for NBC’s Sunday Night football coverage. He’s done nothing to separate himself from the notion that analysts are nothing more than notable ex-players thrust in front of the camera without any ability to bring the viewer closer to bring the viewer into the game. And so instead of trying to make any sort of notable point about this questionable roughing-the-passer call in the Patriots-Ravens game yesterday, he called out Patriots quarterback Tom Brady for…something.

Horrible call. You can’t make this call. And Tom Brady, if you’re listenin’, take off the skirt and put on some slacks. Toughen up.

To be fair, Harrison is the guy lost in the shuffle with the addition of Uncle Tom Dungy; Rodney’s opportunities to say anything are fairly limited. That said, let’s back the truck up. Brady didn’t throw the flag on Terrell Suggs, the referee did. And secondly, if taking two steps and falling into a guy’s knee isn’t a personal foul [depending on the language of the rule], it should be. Regardless of the amount of contact, how can a lunge into a guy’s knee like that be construed as anything but forcible?

And Ray Lewis, if you’re going to play the victim on-camera again anytime soon? Try a different hat.

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With less than three minutes to play, the Eagles had the ball and led by two scores in what was about to be an upset of the conference’s top-seeded team in hostile Giants Stadium. And so Donovan McNabb showed a tiny sign that he was having fun on the football field.

What was the announcing booth’s reaction? “I just don’t know what goes through his head sometimes.” Because why would a booth featuring Joe Buck NOT come off as uptight assholes? If Brett Favre did something like that, they would have chuckled and talked about “how much fun he’s having out there.” Am I calling Troy Aikman and Joe Buck racists? Well, that wasn’t my intention, but sure. Why not.

POLL: Who was McNabb calling? After the jump, video of Ray Lewis attempting to remove Ahmard Hall’s head, plus a bonus gallery of dejected fans and players. Your tears warm my black soul!

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The Baltimore Ravens are enjoying off-season workouts free from the incompetent reign of deposed egomaniac Brian Billick, and you know what that means: 80-player brawls!  Nearly everyone at the Ravens' minicamp joined the fray after linemen Oniel Cousins and Amon Gordon came to blows; later, defensive backs Corey Ivy and Frank Walker tussled during a blocking drill.

This all, of course, is part of coach John Harbaugh's master plan.

In a way, that’s how Harbaugh likes it. Seeing two players fight on the practice field is nothing new, but to have the rest of the team join the fray is a sight not often seen on the football field. Yet none of the coaches immediately sought to restore peace, and defensive coordinator Rex Ryan was actually laughing as he stood in the background…

“We had a good practice. Our guys are competitive, they like football, it’s going to happen,” [Harbaugh] said. “I think as they realize the tempo of the practice is going to stay the same, it will probably happen less and less. They’re a feisty bunch.”

Yes… "feisty."  Harbaugh also described linebacker/associate to murder Ray Lewis as "lovable scamp," and the city of Baltimore as a "real fixer-upper."

As friendly reader Dave pointed out, Ravens linebacker/righteous God-fearing accessory to murder Ray Lewis has a blog, and it's basically everything you could ever want or need for inspirational text:

Life is about making a stand. Making one stand that I know things won't always be the way I want them to be, but I got faith enough to know that whatever it is, I'm OK with it because I know God is willing our mind… You don't run from losses. You go through them, because when you go through them, that's what builds a man, that's what builds integrity, that's what builds character – going through things, not around them.

I have to agree with Ray.  I killed some people in Iraq with a 7.62mm coaxial machine gun, and just like Ray, I got away scot-free.  Sure, they only had AK-47s, but they were at least as dangerous as random people at the Super Bowl.  Anyway, the bottom line is that killing people adds to your character and integrity.  As you can clearly see from the content of this blog.