Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome has refuted a Baltimore Sun report that players were upset with increased playoff practice time and threatened to complain to the union about it. In fact, Newsome said coach John Harbaugh actually started reducing practice time in November to keep his players fresh. "I am here for every practice, year-round, and John informs me about the structure of practices, including length and repetitions," Newsome said. "I know practices were shorter, not only the week of the Steelers playoff game, but the weeks before, through our successful run to the postseason in December. The coaches made sure the players were ready to play at their best by gameday."