{"id":3762,"date":"2013-05-25T10:14:37","date_gmt":"2013-05-25T14:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=3762"},"modified":"2013-05-25T10:14:37","modified_gmt":"2013-05-25T14:14:37","slug":"harbaugh-says-dumervil-emerging-as-ravens-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2013\/05\/25\/harbaugh-says-dumervil-emerging-as-ravens-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Harbaugh says Dumervil emerging as Ravens leader"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Baltimore Ravens may have won the Super Bow in February but there has been a noticeable roster turnover since then. With the retirement of Ray Lewis and Ed Reed’s signing with Houston the Ravens defense does not have a clear leader.<\/p>\n

One player who is establishing himself in a leadership role is free agent signing Elvis Dumervil.<\/p>\n

Ravens head coach John Harbaugh is happy with what he has seen from linebacker.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt seems like Elvis has made the transition,\u201d Harbaugh said after OTAs on Wednesday, via Carroll County Times<\/a>. \u201cHe has been here every day. He hasn\u2019t missed one thing since he\u2019s been here. I feel like he\u2019s emerging as a leader for our football team. He has had no problem learning the defense.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s done a great job. He\u2019s a smart player. He likes football. He\u2019s done a good job at it, so he\u2019s done a good job.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Dumervil spent the first six years of his NFL career with the Denver Broncos but was cut due to salary cap concerns this offseason.<\/p>\n

There will be endless comparisons between the new look Ravens defense and the ones which took the field before them but for the time being Dumervil seems to be fitting in just right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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