Why I Wear My Ravens Salary Cap

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The Birth of a Capologist

My road to Russell Street really started in the late 1970’s when as a child I watched the exploits of the mid-70’s Colts lead by Bert Jones, Lydell Mitchell and the Sack Pack. Perhaps it was my young age or just the style of play in the NFL at that time (or just my aging brain), but those times and the game of football seemed much simpler.

Of course, there was nothing simple about the Colts moving to Indianapolis several years later.

From there, the NFL wasn’t really much on my radar, save the yearly parties that accompanied watching the Super Bowl.

Then, in 1996, the Ravens arrived in Baltimore and played their first game. This seemed like a whole…