Veteran Daryl Smith displays leadership by participating in Ravens OTAs

Baltimore Ravens linebacker Daryl Smith, center, runs a drill with tennis balls at an NFL football organized team activity, Thursday, May 28, 2015, in Owings Mills.Most of the players attending this week's first set of optional team activities were scattered around the large auditorium near the heart of the Ravens facility in Owings Mills for a team meeting Wednesday when a late arrival set off the entire room.

A rallying point during last year's playoff run, inside linebacker Daryl Smith was a player many thought they might not see for the first of three optional workouts. Then in walked Smith, admittedly "running a little behind" but in Owings Mills, ready to show an increasingly young…