The Colts and Saints players are surely glad Tuesday’s Super Bowl media day is over so they can focus on playing the game of their lives instead of picking their favorite Kardashian sister. But you can count the Ravens as one of 30 NFL teams that wished they were lucky enough be in Miami to roll their eyes and bite their tongues through the annual pre-Super Bowl circus.

Instead, the Ravens braintrust — owner Steve Bisciotti, GM Ozzie Newsome and coach John Harbaugh — answered far less risqué questions at the team’s season-ending news conference Wednesday in Owings Mills. “Our goal is not to be having this press conference here today,” Newsome said. “It’s to be having this press conference in Dallas [the site of Super Bowl XLV] next year.”

And while we didn’t discover Bisciotti’s Kardashian preference — I would have asked him had I not opted to watch the presser on MASN — we were given clarity in regards to the Ravens’ plan for the uncapped 2010 season. “I don’t see it hampering us,” Bisciotti said. The day’s overriding theme: Expect the same old, same old as the Ravens pursue title No. 2.

There will be no mortgaging of the future to go for broke in 2010. Newsome still plans on drafting the best player available. “I’ll never put this team in a position where we draft because of need,” he said. Bisciotti even admitted he’s willing to take calculated risks on players if they haven’t shown a pattern of bad behavior — essentially stamping out all those Brandon Marshall rumors in the process.

That might not be what some fans want to hear after another sucker-punch playoff loss. However, considering the dark cloud of uncertainty expected to creep over the NFL, they should feel reassured. After all, playing it safe has more often than not put the Ravens in a position to compete.

Need more drama? Root for the Raiders.

Even though there were no major bombshells, that doesn’t mean there weren’t some interesting tidbits to take away from the annual State of the Ravens address.

Newsome revealed he would trade one of his players or the 25th overall pick in April’s draft if the price was right, and that he has not heard from Troy Smith’s agent.

Bisciotti threw a jab at Terrell Suggs for coming in out of shape (it’s never good when the guy who signs your paychecks calls you out). He was clearly pissed about all those terrible penalties, too, hinting that there would be some “weeding out” to fix the problem (See ya, Frank Walker).

And Bisciotti added that it’s time for a certain franchise quarterback to take the next step. “Joe Flacco is the key,” he said. In the meantime, the Ravens will continue to carefully place building block after building block around Flacco like a game of Jenga. Smart, safe moves. Nothing too crazy.

It’s that sometimes bland stability that gives the Ravens hope they’ll soon be fielding ridiculous questions at media day.

Now someone just needs to take one for the team and start dating a Kardashian.

Matt Vensel is a content creator for b. E-mail him at matt@bthesite.com.

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