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 defensive core that even veterans can benefit from OTAs.