As NFL veterans prepare to begin training camp this week, a national debate rages over the punishment of a star performer, and the league faces questions about its ability to dispense justice.
Sound familiar?
Except this year, the Ravens aren't at the center of the ugly storm. The star in question isn't the team's former running back, Ray Rice.
In fact, the glare of national scrutiny seemed far away Wednesday as familiar faces Joe Flacco and Terrell Suggs strolled into the team's training complex in Owings Mills. They and the rest of the Ravens will begin practice on Thursday, about 400 miles south of the hubbub around the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots and quarterback Tom Brady, who's facing a four-game suspension.