{"id":10279,"date":"2014-05-13T20:42:41","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T00:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=10279"},"modified":"2014-05-13T20:42:41","modified_gmt":"2014-05-14T00:42:41","slug":"ravens-inducting-todd-heap-into-ring-of-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2014\/05\/13\/ravens-inducting-todd-heap-into-ring-of-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens inducting Todd Heap into ring of honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_10280\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10280\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/05\/toddheap.jpg\" alt=\"getty images\" width=\"594\" height=\"395\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10280\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/05\/toddheap.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/05\/toddheap-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/05\/toddheap-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">getty images<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe Baltimore Ravens will induct former tight end Todd Heap into their Ring of Honor this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s pretty surreal,\u201d Heap said. \u201cThere are a lot of special players in Ravens history. It\u2019s going to be cool to be listed among them. You never know how deserving it is, but I was pumped and I think it\u2019s going to be cool for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Heap will be the eighth Ravens player enshrined in the Ring of Honor at M&#038;T Bank Stadium. Former Ravens Owner Art Modell and eight members of the Baltimore Colts are also in the Ring.<\/p>\n<p>The Ravens previously had inducted linebackers Ray Lewis and Peter Boulware, offensive tackle Jonathan Ogden, kicker Matt Stover, running back Jamal Lewis, and defensive end Michael McCrary.<\/p>\n<p>Heap spent 10 of his 12 seasons in the NFL with the Ravens before spending the final two years with the Arizona Cardinals.<\/p>\n<p>A first round pick in 2001, Heap caught 467 passes for 5,492 yards and 41 touchdowns in a Ravens uniform. His 41 touchdown catches are the most in team history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have the fondest memories here from those 10 years of my life,\u201d Heap said. \u201cThere are so many stories. I think one of the coolest things and what everyone asks me about is what it feels like to come out of that tunnel and have everyone yelling your name. That\u2019s an experience that you can\u2019t really forget, and something that I\u2019ll treasure and cherish forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you you\u2019re retired, there are only a few things that you really, really miss,\u201d Heap said. \u201cAnd one of those is the gameday, especially at M&#038;T Bank because you can\u2019t duplicate that anywhere else in your life, especially with the fans the way they are in Baltimore. They\u2019re incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Baltimore Ravens will induct former tight end Todd Heap into their Ring of Honor this year. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty surreal,\u201d Heap said. \u201cThere are a lot of special players in Ravens history. It\u2019s going to be cool to be listed among them. You never know how deserving it is, but I was pumped and I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[166,750],"coauthors":[4],"class_list":{"0":"post-10279","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-baltimore-ravens","9":"tag-todd-heap"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10279"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10281,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10279\/revisions\/10281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10279"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=10279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}