BALTIMORE, Md. — Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh was concerned.
Marlon Humphrey and Marcus Peters — the team’s Pro Bowl cornerbacks — suffered season-ending injuries last year, with Peters tearing his anterior cruciate ligament in preseason training camp and Humphrey seeing his season end with a torn pectoral in December.
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