Article: PATRIOTS DAY: THE RAVENS; With handoff from Patriots, Ravens' young QB Boller is ... TAKING WING.(Sports)

Byline: George Kimball

FOXBORO - Two years ago, the Baltimore Ravens went into the NFL draft desperately seeking a quarterback. Ironically, it was today's opponent who pitched in and gave them a hand in realizing that goal. If not for the assistance of the Patriots, Kyle Boller might be warming the bench in some other NFL city today.

Two years earlier, the Ravens, in total defiance of conventional NFL wisdom, became the first team to win a Super Bowl without a quarterback.

Well, technically, Trent Dilfer filled that role for the Ravens in 2002. Dilfer comfortably fit in the pantheon of middling signal-callers who have been operating the ...

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