OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- For most NFL players, the end of the day during training camp offers a well-deserved respite, a break from the meetings, practices, walkthroughs, treatments and everything else that leads up to the regular season.
That's especially true for the Ravens , whose practices are as long as anyone's. Sessions regularly go two-and-a-half hours; a recent joint practice with the Colts ran nearly three. John Harbaugh, a former special teams coordinator, drills specifics of all three phases with meticulous detail, even as temperatures have soared along the East Coast.
But when Malaki Starks finally leaves the Under Armour Performance Center, his work is just getting started. He gets home, and he hits the playbook again, staging walkthroughs with his fiancee, Savanna Jack