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Patrick Ricard pens up about emotional exit From Baltimore Ravens

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Patrick Ricard opened up about his emotional departure from the Ravens after nine seasons, admitting he cried when it hit him.

Ricard Opens Up on Emotional Exit From Baltimore Patrick Ricard didn’t sugarcoat how difficult it was to leave Baltimore after nine seasons. Speaking during an appearance on J ordan Schultz’s podcast , Ricard opened up about the moment it truly hit him that his time with the Ravens was over. “After I signed, I went back home to Massachusetts… and I remember it was one pointwhere I was just thinking about it and I'm not going to lie.

Like I actually started crying. Istarted crying and just thinking like, ‘Wow, like I'm never… I'm not going back to Baltimore. Like it's like that part of my career, that part of my life is over.

’ And I think once I finally likewent to OTAs on the first day… I think that's when it finally hit me like, okay, now I'm here. ” It’s a reminder of just how much Baltimore meant to Ricard, not just as a team, but as a chapter of his life. This article originally appeared on Ravens Wire: Patrick Ricard cried over Ravens departure