Eric Weddle may keep beard trimmed to nick personal playoff drought

OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- At the end of this week's minicamp, it was pointed out to Baltimore Ravens safety Eric Weddle that teammate Marshal Yanda's bushy beard was already in mid-season form.

“He looks good, doesn’t he?," Weddle said. "I can catch him, in like a month."

Weddle hasn't yet grown out his signature beard this offseason. He might not do it for the regular season either.

"I haven’t really decided what I’m going to do," he said. "It’s been three years since I haven’t made the playoffs, so I’m thinking about sacrificing for the team. It’s not a selfish desire, growing a beard, but maybe I need to not have the beard, and it’ll bring us more wins."

Weddle began growing out the beard at the…