Mark Clayton News: Pro Sports Daily

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January 11

Boston Globe

"When Mark Clayton made a 17-yard catch for a first down at the Patriots 16 in the fourth quarter of yesterday's 33-14 wild-card triumph, the Ravens wide receiver said his thoughts were not on redemption. Clayton, after all, was responsible for dropping a fourth-down pass from Joe Flacco at the Patriots 14 with 32 seconds left that enabled New England to preserve a 27-21 win over the Ravens Oct. 4 at Gillette Stadium. So when he made his one and only catch yesterday ("In the same spot, too,'' said offensive coordinator Cam Cameron), what was the first thought that crossed Clayton's mind?"

Clean slate for Mark Clayton

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January 8

Boston Herald

"It was one of those haunting mistakes that dooms a team's chances of winning the big game, the kind of mistake that results in an endless loop of television replays and hours of postgame analysis on sports radio. "But you get over it," Mark Clayton was saying yesterday, sitting at his locker at the Baltimore Ravens' practice facility. "If you're a veteran player, that's what you do. You move on. You forget about it." If you're a Ravens fan or a Patriots fan, you know exactly what Mark Clayton, now in his fifth NFL season, had to get over. It was Oct. 4, the Ravens playing the Pats at Gillette Stadium, trailing 27-21 late in the game but closing in on the end zone. With 32 seconds left to ..."

Reed, Suggs and Clayton to be game-time decisions

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December 11

Baltimore Sun

"The Ravens won't know until Sunday whether they will be playing with three starters in free safety Ed Reed, linebacker Terrell Suggs and wide receiver Mark Clayton against the Detroit Lions. Coach John Harbaugh seemed to imply that all three will be game-time decisions, saying, "Theyâ€™ll be in that probable/questionable mix." Reed and Clayton did not practice on Wednesday and Thursday due to a strained hip and tweaked right hamstring, respectively. Suggs has been limited both days due to a sprained ligament in his right knee."

Homewreckers

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January 11

St. Petersburg Times

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Ravens' Clayton catches on quickly to difference between talk, winning

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January 10

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

"Mark Clayton's mother, JacQuetta, has his national championship ring in a display case at her home in Grand Prairie. He was a redshirt during his first year at Oklahoma in 2000, when the Sooners won their most recent national title. Clayton, now a starting receiver with the Baltimore Ravens, might keep his Super Bowl ring if the Ravens win the title this year. "That's what the season is about," Clayton said in a telephone interview. "Everything else doesn't matter really. All the training camps, all the minicamps, that's what we're doing: We're working to be the best team in the NFL, and the best team in the NFL holds up the Lombardi Trophy." The Ravens (12-5) beat the Miami Dolphins 27-9 ..."

Big-play day for Clayton

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December 1

Baltimore Sun

columnist David Steele

"The Ravens kept insisting that Mark Clayton was going to bust out any game now. Derrick Mason, Joe Flacco, John Harbaugh and Cam Cameron made the claim more often as the season wore on. He's close to popping one. We're just a fraction away from clicking big with him. Yesterday, against the feeble Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium, no more close and no more fractions. Clayton was not just the playmaker he was promised to be on draft day in 2005. He was the day's biggest playmaker by far. On a dull, dreary day against a dull, dreary opponent, Clayton's totals were a beacon: five catches for 164 yards and a touchdown, one completion for 32yards and another touchdown, and a direct hand ..."