"Owner Steve Bisciotti made one thing clear at the annual State of the Ravens address Wednesday: The face of the Ravens' offense will not change this offseason.

"Ray [Rice] and Joe Flacco will be part of this football team next year, guaranteed," Bisciotti said.

Rice, who led the NFL in yards from scrimmage and scored a franchise-record 15 touchdowns, is an unrestricted free agent this offseason. Flacco, the much-maligned quarterback who was likely a dropped pass by Lee Evans away from leading his team to the Super Bowl, is entering the final year of his rookie contract.

Their statuses will linger over what figures to be a busy offseason for the Ravens, who began personnel meetings this week, knowing they have 13 unrestricted free agents and four restricted ones from a team that came within seconds of beating the New England Patriots in the AFC championship game."