After last season, the Ravens declined to re-sign Stover, and now have two young kickers on the roster in rookie Graham Gano, and second-year player Steve Hauschka. It was a logical decision, but head coach John Harbaugh has been smart enough not to turn his back on Stover. Harbaugh and Stover have talked a couple of times this off season, once within the past two weeks. "There has always been great communication between John and me, and I was a great communicator between John and the players," Stover said. "When he wanted to know how the players felt about practices and so forth, I would tell him, and say here is what they're saying, do with it what you want. It worked, because we were all on the same page in what turned out to be a great season last year. "It was a personal phone call, and he wanted to know how I was doing, and if I was still kicking, and if I was staying in shape," Stover said. Source: Baltimore Sun
