I’ve been a huge Torrey Smith fan for about a year, since he really started to become a big playmaker for Maryland. I became even more impressed with him - almost in awe of him, honestly - after I read Eric Prisbell’s phenomenal Washington Post story about Smith’s life last December. (Spoiler alert: It wasn’t easy. You might want to grab tissues.) I was beyond thrilled when the Baltimore Ravens selected him in the second round of this year’s draft. He was the only player in the entire draft I really wanted the Ravens to get, and I didn’t think it would happen. When the media started reporting that the Ravens were interested in him, I thought it was too good to be true and refused to get my hopes up. When the Ravens actually picked him, I was ecstatic - for him and for his family, because I’d read the above article and had a little insight on what it took to get to that point, and for the Ravens, because they desperately needed the kind of offensive firepower that we saw against the Rams this weekend. If I wasn’t a big enough Torrey Smith fan as it was, as a Ravens fan, the 3 awesome TDs would’ve won me over. It was a great game for the Ravens and the fans - I’m sure the players were as eager as the rest of us to move past the Tennessee debacle ASAP - and it was a great game for Smith in his first start. All in all, a great end to the weekend.

I’ve been a huge Torrey Smith fan for about a year, since he really started to become a big playmaker for Maryland.

I became even more impressed with him - almost in awe of him, honestly - after I read Eric Prisbell’s phenomenal Washington Post story about Smith’s life last December. (Spoiler alert: It wasn’t easy. You might want to grab tissues.)

I was beyond thrilled when the Baltimore Ravens selected him in the second round of this year’s draft. He was the only player in the entire draft I really wanted the Ravens to get, and I didn’t think it would happen. When the media started reporting that the Ravens were interested in him, I thought it was too good to be true and refused to get my hopes up.

When the Ravens actually picked him, I was ecstatic - for him and for his family, because I’d read the above article and had a little insight on what it took to get to that point, and for the Ravens, because they desperately needed the kind of offensive firepower that we saw against the Rams this weekend.

If I wasn’t a big enough Torrey Smith fan as it was, as a Ravens fan, the 3 awesome TDs would’ve won me over.

It was a great game for the Ravens and the fans - I’m sure the players were as eager as the rest of us to move past the Tennessee debacle ASAP - and it was a great game for Smith in his first start. All in all, a great end to the weekend.