Ravens Ravens veteran DL Brent Urban has dealt with major injuries throughout his football career and even signed seven one-year contracts in a row over the past seven seasons. “Just being in the league is a privilege,” Urban said, via the team website . “Every single day, you’ve just got to relish it because you see so many guys in and out, and just even looking at my class now, nobody’s still around.
So just finding your own role, just appreciating it. As I get older, I’ve started to be able to take a seat back and really just appreciate how thankful I am to be here. When you’re young, your nose is on the grindstone, you’re just hustling every day – you’re stressed out and all that stuff – and now I feel like I can kind of be at a luxury to sit back and just really appreciate things each and every day – and that’s kind of helped me continue to play well in this later stretch of my career.
” Ravens HC Jim Harbaugh said he plans to use Urban as an example of a player who has prospered when forced to prove himself and never gave up when facing adversity. “I’m going to start using [Urban] as an example for those guys because it’s a perfect point,” Harbaugh noted. “Those first couple of years were tough, and here he is now.
He’s got a testimony as a result of all the tests he’s been through.” Justin Fields With the early calf injury to Steelers QB Russell Wilson , QB Justin Fields has seen an extended amount of reps in a new offense. Fa.