Ravens mascot suffers leg damage after being tackled by youth soccer participant

You simply hate seeing an enormous title getting harm in preseason, however now a meaningless sport has claimed one other big star. Poe, mascot for the Baltimore Ravens, suffered a suspected torn ACL when he was brutally tackled from behind by a youth soccer participant.

A youth soccer sport held throughout halftime of Ravens vs. Cardinals turned ugly over the weekend when a baby tackled Poe, and pushed him to the bottom with the mascot developing holding its knee and needing to be carted off. Ever the skilled, Poe by no means took off his raven head — enjoying by the ache all the way in which off the sphere.

On Sunday afternoon the Ravens provided an replace, with Poe icing his knee following the damage the evening prior.

The Ravens at the moment are in a quandary, ought to Poe be unable to work this season. Positive, the staff might simply put a unique particular person underneath the raven head — however they shouldn’t. That is the proper alternative to get a brand new mascot in, turning this tragedy into one 12 months of fill-in mascot enjoyable.

Listed here are a couple of alternate mascot concepts, protecting in thoughts the group’s need to honor the works of Edgar Allen Poe.

• Telly, the snitching coronary heart
• Monty, the cask of amontillado
• Liggy the ghost
• Opie, the opium pipe

See, there are many nice choices for Baltimore this season — simply in case Poe isn’t able to go.