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Since the league instituted its current play format in 2002, with four division winners and two Wild Card teams earning playoff berths, three Wild Card teams have advanced to the Super Bowl. The Broncos are perhaps the biggest surprise of any Wild Card team in the AFC Playoffs as the team recently has the toughest QB, Tim Tebow. Meanwhile, the Steelers and Baltimore Ravens had their typical battle for supremacy in the AFC North. Two losses to the Ravens relegated the Steelers to playing an AFC Wild Card game. Continue

Torrey Smith who was born on January 26, 1989 is a wide receiver and kickoff returner in who was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the 2011 NFL Draft. The Ravens drafted Torrey Smith out of Maryland in April in the hope that he could be a credible downfield target for Joe Flacco and open some room underneath for Anquan Boldin. After recording zero catches in the first two games of the season, it seemed that the Ravens had not got a potential game-breaker from the rookie Torrey Smith. However, the Ravens turned to pick the rookie as a replacement for Lee Evans inactive for Week 3 against the St. Louis Rams.

Since Evans who suffers an ankle injury was ruled out of the lineup for Sunday’s game against the Rams, Smith gave his surprising performance. Torrey Smith had got his first three catches for touchdowns totaling 133 yards that ignited the Baltimore Ravens’ franchise record-setting day on offense in a 37-7 defeat Sunday. With Smith’s help, the Ravens set two franchise records. The franchise records they got are one for most offensive yards in the first half with 406 and another for most offensive yards in a game with 533. “I’ve been practicing well for the last few weeks. This week I definitely had my best practice as a Raven.” Smith said after Baltimore’s easy 37-7 win. “Me and Joe (Flacco) were clicking on all pages.”

Errick Lynne “Ricky” Williams, Jr who is caleed Ricky Williams is an American football running back for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Texas, where he was included twice in All-American in 1997 and 1998 and won the 1998 Heisman Trophy as the most outstanding player in college football. After playing in the college football, Williams was selected as the fifth pick of the 1999 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints for starting his own professional career. Williams has a history of failed drug tests for marijuana and has been suspended by the NFL previously. He has also retired in the past, only to return to football.

On August 8, 2011, the Baltimore Ravens signed a 34-year old veteran running back Ricky Williams. Williams, who is 5 feet 10, 230 pounds, takes over for Willis McGahee, who was cut by the Ravens before training camp and later signed with the Denver Broncos. Williams agreed to a two-year deal that has a maximum value of $4 million, the team announced on Monday in Owings Mills. Williams, who played last season with the Miami Dolphins, will work in tandem with Ray Rice. The former Heisman Trophy winner ran for 673 yards and two touchdowns for the Miami Dolphins last season. Williams, who made a result of total 1,121 yards and 11 touchdowns in 2009, will be the new hope for the Ravens to get the next season champion.