BALTIMORE — They stood side by side and made a pact.
Together, they promised to return to that same stadium, that very locker room, to retrieve what they left behind.
As the Baltimore Ravens’ season was just beginning, John Harbaugh and his players already were planning where it would end: Miami. And as proof of their commitment, they left a football behind as a souvenir.
In the aftermath of their Week 1 thrashing of the Dolphins — a near 50-point beatdown in their Sept. 8th season opener — the Ravens huddled in the visitors locker room at Hard Rock Stadium and vowed, “We’re going to come back here.