Ravens are a Family, for Better or Worse

With team news swirling around the Ravens recently, I keep seeing a theme crop up over and over again: family.

By all rights and accounts, the Ravens have established a culture within the franchise that makes it feel like a family. There’s a supportive atmosphere and a feeling of belonging. There’s a desire to put the good of everyone in the group above individual needs. That culture of a “football family” can be the difference between being a destination that players covet or one that they avoid.

But I’ll put it out there: just because you love your family doesn’t mean that you always have to like everything that they do. As much as we all want to believe that we would unconditionally love…