with his mcgahee.he may not be your starting player, but he is becoming a great finisher -- mi willis mcgahee. 34 yards there, and he sets up his buddy. the little fellow with his first career touchdown. they said the outside would be open, and, indeed, it was. 27-0. why not tap off with some fine print joe flacco, 342 yards why not tap off with some find it? some fun? the reagans victorious. and while it was clear something special was going on, they did not want to talk about it just yet -- the ravens victorias. >> you do not talk about it. you just line up -- victorious. >> we have a couple of guys who are accountable, and we have a coach who will hold us accountable, and that is the type of attitude that a team should have. we showed up on wednesday, and i think that was one of the hardest training sessions we have had since training camp. >> refusing to rest on any laurels, the ravens. >> they travelled to take on the patriots, and join us for "the ravens wrap-up." -- >> so one last check of the w

on the ensuing drive, willis mcgahee, mr.p got untouched for the 7-yard score, just like that. of the ravens lead it 7-0. later 91st, joe flack -- later in the first, joe flacco. smith picks up 33 yards into cleveland territory before being brought down at the 44. that is set up as the field goal, and the ravens led 10-0. second quarter, mcgahee gets to carry. the second touch down of the day. sixth one of the year. 3rd quarter, former raven derrick anderson has replaced quarterback for cleveland. an deanderson scrambles out of e pocket. the browns second turnover of the afternoon. ensuing drive for baltimore, first and goal rice gets the call for the ride and turns on the ravens. rice's first career nfl touch down. ravens are blowing it open, 27-0. then in the 4th quarter, cleveland trying to get everything going offensive. ravens fire deep down in the field. landry steps in front of the intersection. landry starts the return, but right here laterals to ed reid. reid picks up 15 extra yards before being brought down. now ter

last week mcgahee came to the forefront and led with 79 yards, averaging 5 yards per carry. and scored two touchdowns in the big win over san diego. but at this stage of the career, mcgahee said individual stats are less important. >> asked me that a couple of years ago, i would be i am all for stats. but i am going for six points right now. so, you know, you cannot worry about stats. because sometimes you might just have a 36-yard game, you know and it is what it is. but you know, when you get the touchdown, it overlooks the stats. >> tee off 1:00 sunday, and the ravens 13-point favorites. back to you. >> tracking some clouds and showers, heading our way, as we continue to head through the next cou . >> hopefully for nice crisp fall football weather rolls in for the weekend. that would be nice. >> or indian summer would be fine too. go to vytas reid to see what's in store. >> yeah, looks like we will continue to see the chances, maybe for spotty showers here and there and look at what will happen over the next couple of days. looks like we are going to continue to see a cha

six for r mcgahee. -- 6 for mcgahee. joe flacco passed for more than 300 yards. a 72 yeard touchdown for another player. you get the picture. the ravens offense remains the surprise of the season so far. even reagan's defense of players cannot resist talking about it. -- even at reagan's defenthe ra players cannot resist talking about it. >> and hall of fame wide receiver and so many other towns and players all on the same field at the same time. >> that is high praise. a former ravens player may get a chance to start for his team. one player had a shoulder injury. if the this player cannot play this week, then the other player will make his first start. the dolphins may have lost their starting quarterback chad pennington. he injured his shoulder and the dolphins lost to san diego yesterday. it is his throwing shoulder. he once a second opinion before undergoing a third shoulder surgery that would end his season and possibly in his career. everybody knows that football comes with a high risk of injury. he did not expect to see serious injuries in the weight room

how about willis mcgahee this season. that gave the ravens the lead. that's the first touchdown of his career. ravens 27-0. the browns did get a field goal but that's it. ed reed with the interception. final score ravens, 34-browns 3. here's scott garceau with post is game reaction from the coach and the quarterback. >> let's call this a denny green game. they were who we nugget they were. the undefeated ravens dominated the winless browns. the ravens' defense bounced back with a near shutout and four interceptions. joe flacco threw for 342 yards and willis mcgahee scored two more touchdowns. the browns got a full dose of purple and black. >> i thought our guys played from the get go. that was the good thing. we came out really smoking out of the tunnel and that's what they wanted to do. we got the turnover right away. we scored right away. i think we had three touchdowns off of the turnovers and controlled the ball. we got something out of our kick returns. playing great run defense. really across the board i thought it was a complete victory. team vi

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. >> even though he has gone from superstar to back automatic mcgahee stepped up big.ed the team with 79 yards rushing. averaging over 5 yards per carry. and scored two touchdowns in the 31, 26 victory. and since he is no longer the official starter, mcgahee knows he has to get the most out of every single snap. >> you have to make the best out of the opportunity that you get. you know that's what i try to do every time i get on the field. is take advantage of it. you know i know it is not going to be a 22, or a 23 game carry, so you know, like i say you have to make the best out of it. when you are on the field. >> while we're talking about football these days. college basketball gets going in a couple of weeks. maryland's gary williams heads into the preseason workouts with an adjusted contract. we learned that williams has received a one-year contract extension that runs through the end of the 2013 season. automatic extension for achieving benchmarks athletically and academically. he is entering the 23 season as terps head man. his victories make him the winningest

on both mcgahee's touchdowns. he now has four touchdowns on the season already, three rushing, one receiving. the knock on him last year was that he was never really prepared to play. harbough says it's not the case this season. >> when he came to camp in shape and was able to work through training camp, i don't think he missed a practice in training camp. by his own, he told me it's the best training camp he's had in his whole procareer. it's been a plus for us. >> reporter: the secondary had a rough day, especially foxworth. but frank walker came up big, just and minute, he breaks up -- under a minute he breaks up what could have been the game-winning touchdown. ravens host the browns next sunday. >>> maryland's football team has a lot of soul-searching to do after losing to middle tennessee state saturday. the sec announced maryland's game at clemson october 3rd. kicks off at noon on espn. and gary receives an automatic extense to his -- extension to his contract recently meaning he'll coach maryland through 20

cut down is mcgahee, as weddle came up from safety to force a loss.e third quarter, that was a throwaway by rivers. lewis went after him, and it led to a touchdown to kelley washington. vincent jackson on a long throw from rivers, who has set a personal record, most yards passing in his six-year career. but it's not been enough. four field goals after the chargers have been inside the five and had to settle for threes all four times. second down and 12. flacco. incomplete. and the ball off clinton's hands. and dangerously close to being tipped to antoine cason who has an interception today, as he did on monday night in oakland. dan: this is inexcusable. this is perfectly thrown by mark flacco. this is right in his hands. that ball is in the air about another half a second, cason is doing a touchdown dance at the other end of the field. dick: on third and 13, this crowd of 66,000 rises, offers their vocal support to the defense. flacco under pressure, throws underneath. it's complete to rice. rice wrestled down at the 48. short of the first down. kevin

look at him buy time, and hits willis mcgahee. a 3-yard touchdown. the ravens on top, 10-2.d quarter, sam cook, punting from his own end zone. john blocks the punt. he falls on it in the end zone, the chiefs, who had zero first downs at this point, make it 10- 7. that was the score at the half. the 3rd quarter starts ugly. flacco picked off by derrick johnson. weaves his way downfield 70 yards. flacco, alertly forces him out of bounds at the ravens 6. this cannot be happening. three plays later from the 2. brody coil. kansas city takes a 14-10 lead. john harbaugh said the story of the game was the ravens answering, and they do. a 9-yard touchdown, ravens become up by three. the chiefs, 3rd and 4 from their 16. good coverage by washington. leads to a field goal. tied at 17. the ravens answer again. 22yards around the end. his second career 100-yard game. he had 108. the ravens back up 24-17. here come the chiefs. coyle. game is tied at 24. no one can stop anyone in the 4th quarter. the ravens turn. 3rd and 8. flacco to mark clayton. 31-yard touchdown. they tack on another lat

wil lets mcgahee sets the tone. the ravens have the third-ranked offense in the nfl. that's three. joe flacco with five t.d. passes and ken camron says the mention of todd heap in the field is simple. just keep getting better. >> i'm supposed to be better, joe's supposed to be better, todd, willis, collectively we got to keep getting better. we're in a relentless pursuit of getting better. that's not going to change. >> and a reminder the ravens broadcast team here at wbal-tv out in full force gerry sandusky with the call and pete gilbert and yours truly under the tent outside gate b for the radio pregame show the ravens 13 1/2-point favorites, but stan you and i -- i don't know if mindy agrees with it. >> you're being pessimistic. >> look. browns can be enthusiasts and seem to rise to the occasion against the ravens. >> it's gist a negative vibe. >> they'll be fine. >> win by two touchdowns. >> ok. that's what i want to hear. >> ok. >> yes. all right good to see you. let's get to one of your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked do you think spa

then willis mcgahee, his second touchdown. 34-3, the ravens roll. terrell suggs talked about trying to get the shutout. >> we don't talk about it. it's kind of like when you throw the no-hitter. you just don't talk about it. you just line up and prepare for every week. >> it feels good. we have a bunch of guys who are accountable and we have a coach who will hold us accountable. think coming off of a win is important. that's the type of attitude a team should have. we showed up on wednesday. i think it was one of the hardest practices we've had since training camp. and it showed here on sunday. >> that's dominique foxworth. ravens 3-0 for the second time ever. and the steelers, 1-2. it breaks your heart. >> i shed a tear. >> a tear. >> who's on tap next for us? >> new england next sunday up in foxborough. >> thanks. 6:27. 54 degrees on tv hill. there's still much more to come in the next half-hour of 11 news today. >> dozens of speed cameras are going up in baltimore city. we'll show you the first one straight ahead. >> and a strong storm system tha

willis mcgahee with trdz tds as well. >> should he be in front of rice now?ferent backs for different needs. mcgahee can slash inside and outside. ray rice can give you the change of pace. san diego had the advantage yesterday because they were so banged up in the interior. >> how about heap? is heap back? all the way back? >> it looks that way. i wrote a story on our press box, on-line report, in the summer that showed he was getting back to full strength as soon as the mini camp practices. he looked good to me for several months. >> this offense is in great gear. what happened? >> it just, joe flacco developing. it's his second year now. young defensive line transitioning to a more versatile line. >> let's look at the defense. the only negative i saw, secondary. it was tough to watch. phillip rivers threw for about five miles. >> 430 something to be exact. the second highest passing day against the ravens. ironically, it was a former rain, vinny testaverde. they are speed oriented but not very big or physical. so they are going to have to step up their game

ray rice, willis mcgahee, mcklein, even speed cameras are taking pictures of this offense. 34-3 against the lifeless cleveland browns. are the ravens this good? >> we don't talk about it. it's like when you throw the no hitter, you don't talk about it and you just line up and prepare for every week you know. this was a great win. it was a division win and we're going to enjoy it right now and then we'll get ready for next week's opponent tomorrow. >> after today after you all in your sports call in show, it's time, to get going and get ready for the new england patriots, 38-31-34 is a measure of success. >>> we have the orioles. it's painful. i picked up press guides from 1970 and 1983 just to remember what it was like as a kid to be excited in late september for october. but for the tenth straight game the orioles loss, nine to nothing in cleveland. with seven games left, the orioles are five loses away from 100 defeats. how do you market this team for next year? is there anyone talking baseball except the orioles stat state of affairs. no excitement in late september. that's sad. >>>

remember willis mcgahee? doctors want to know if this can lead to bigger problems later in life. >> is it a risk factor for dementia or other neurologic or psychiatric syndromes as that person ages? some researchers suggest that punch drunk syndrome we just used to associate with boxers may actually exist in other collision athletes. football and other sports. >> reporter: by looking at birk's brain and others researchers will be looking for similar patterns. they hope to be able to tell if neurological disorders can occur with age, or speed it up or caused by constant brain trauma. in particular our young people who are at risk because their brains don't heal as fast as someone a lot older >> all the more reason for young people to say something to their parents, their athletic trainer or team physician about any significant blow to the head. if they've got headache, ringing in the ears, vision is off, feel funny, feel slow, feel out of it, they need to say something and let the medical team figure out wheth

and willis mcgahee carried the team. give a lot of credit to the offensive line. on both of magahee's touchdowns they blew up the san diego defense. he has four touchdowns on the season in two games, 3 rushing, one seeing. the knock on him last season he was never really prepared to play. harbaugh says that's not the case this year. >> when he came to camp in shape and was able to work through training camp, i don't think he missed a practice in training camp, by his own, he told me this is the best training camp he has had in his whole pro career. it's showing up in the way he is running. it's benefiting us. >> frank walker made a play when they needed it just under a minute ago. he breaks up what could have been the game-winning touchdown in the end zone. ravens face the browns sunday. >>> monday night football, colts in miami, first play of the game peyton manning to dallas clark who throws off a tackler. 80-yard touchdown shuts the crowd up on the road and then payton gets the high five from tiger woods. 7-0 colts. fourth quarter, 23-20 miami when a guy by the

rice will share the carries with le'ron mcclain and willis mcgahee.nd he begins this season in a sharing mood. >> mayor willis is not going to call the same plays. willis is going to call the same plays for me or le'ron. that's the great thing about starting back. we'll share the game. but i know we'll be in there at some point. >> they have ben fisheries -- finificiaries in strong lines. >> we'll be waiting. thank you very much. >>> the football season is finally here, as we have been telling you. and the ravens are back. watch the team take on the kansas city chiefs this sunday at 1:00. exclusively here. >>> sunday, sunday, sunday. >>> still to come on wjz eyewitness news. one shot or two? if you hate getting shots, well, you have to -- will you have to get more than one for the swine flu vaccine. >>> there's no place like home. for one iraqi vet who started boot camp on september 11th, 2001. i'm gigi barnett in pasadena. coming up, we'll explain why. >>> a mother heads back to court once again, as her son's murderer argues he shouldn't have been co

you have the three-headed monster in ray rice, willis mcgahee, now laron and there's talk lorenzo neal might get a phone call from the ravens. he might come back. commitment to the running game. keep joe flacco in a situation where it's third and one, third and, two third and three. this young man does not have to put the team on his shoulders in order to win games. and i think that's going to be an opportunity for him to avoid the sophomore slump and keep it simple for joe flacco, even though he's only in his second year. >> and that's the offense. what about the team's defense, anita? that has always been tough, as you know, and this year it doesn't appear that they've really lost much of their edge, despite, as i mentioned earlier, losing rex ryan to the jets. now, is there a hole in this defense that let's just say the chiefs or another team could potentially exploit this season? >> there's a hole in every defense. there's no denying that. you look at the secondary, no samari rolle. who knows if he'll ever play another down in the nfl. chris mcallister is gone. foxworth, fabian was

mcgahee gets to carry again. again, he catches in, this time the 3-yard touch down.ens have the lead at 13-7. flacco takes the hand off, fakes the green screen and finds a wide open. the 27-yard score, flushing gets the first touch down in the raven uniform and you know he has got to do some dancing for that. the ravens took a 21-16 lead. rivers under for ray lewis puts it out in a flap. laterals to ed reid picks up 9 extra yards. the ravens force to take over puts the offense in great scoring condition. in the ensuing drive for baltimore. flacco out of the shotgun, steps up, finds todd heap, lunges along the goal line for the yard touch down. san diego answers, 3rd and 18, rivers goes down in the deep middle of the field into triple coverage. somewhat johnson comes down with it. chargers trail, 28-23. chargers down, and rivers has the pass, tip in the air by dominique, fox worth. and the ravens led 31-26. next san diego, possession on first down, rivers going deep for jackson, and again, he beats the big play. rivers an amazing 436-yard passing on the day. 37 second

. >> even though he has gone from superstar to back up, willis mcgahee stepped up pretty big againstrgers. he averaged over 5 yards per carry and scored two touchdowns in the 36-26 victory. mcgahee knows he has to get the most out of every snap. >> you have to make the best of every opportunity you get. that is what i try to do every time i get on the football field, just take advantage of it. i know it's not going to be a 23-game carry. like i said, you got to make the best of it. >> while we're talking about football, college football is gone in a couple of weeks. and gary williams, has an adjusted contract. we learned yesterday that the williams received a 3 year contract extension. it runs through the 2008 season. it's a dramatic extension for achieving benchmarks athletically and academically. gary is entering the 4th season whose victory is making the school and coach history. overall, we have the 621 wins. it's time to announce this weekend's candidate in the high school contest where we allow you viewers to choose what we show. this choices for this friday, september 25th, ar