OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Terrell Suggs didnt rush his return from a torn right Achilles tendon just to prove he has remarkable recuperative powers. No, the Baltimore Ravens linebacker pushed himself through the rehabilitative process because he wanted to help the team win. And in that regard, Suggs emerged from his first game back with a feeling of disappointment. Only 5 1/2 months removed from surgery, Suggs made his season debut on Oct. 21 against the Houston Texans. He had four tackles, a sack and batted away a pass in a 43-13 defeat. It was a heroic performance under the circumstances, one that created a buzz around the NFL. But Suggs wasnt all that interested. "The crazy, ironic thing is that only people I really listen to is you guys, and I dont really listen to you all that much," Suggs told the Baltimore media on Wednesday. "I wasnt really paying attention around the league. I was really still kind of bitter that we lost. "The thing is, we said I was going to come back this year and we came back. You guys shouldnt have been shocked by it. Like I said, the only disappointing thing was I didnt come back in a winning effort. I pretty much didnt listen to what everybody else said for the simple fact that we lost the game and we had a chance to be No. 1 in the AFC and we didnt do that." Suggs and the Ravens (5-2) got a bye week to recover from that lopsided loss, and now theyve turned their attention toward defeating Cleveland (2-6) on Sunday. Although Suggs dismisses his rapid return as anything but extraordinary, his teammates are astonished that he bounced back from a major injury so soon. Some athletes need a year to rebound from a torn Achilles, yet Suggs missed only seven games. "Its crazy," quarterback Joe Flacco said. "He talked about coming back, and I believed him. But at the same time, theres always a little bit of me or probably all of us that said, OK, hes talking himself into coming back, but how quickly is he going to be able to? So, the fact that he was able to get back out there and play as many snaps and play as well as he did is pretty impressive and obviously says a lot about who he is." Suggs, 30, is a man who cant stand watching from the sideline. Before this year, he missed a total of three games over nine seasons. So when he insisted he would to be back in uniform this season so soon after undergoing surgery in May, he was dead serious. "It wasnt a matter of if I was coming back, it was just a matter of when," he said. While on the sideline earlier this season, Suggs yelled encouragement to his teammates. Upon his return, he provided guidance in place of injured middle linebacker Ray Lewis. "Terrell has been a great leader in his own way all through the years," coach John Harbaugh said. "To me, hes growing in that (role) all the time. Hes been a leader for us all year. He hasnt been able to step up as much as hed like because he wasnt playing, but hes been a part of that all year. And now that hes playing, hes taken even a bigger role." Suggs said, "A little bit more, but not so much because (Lewis) presence is still felt. He still talks to us, he texts all of us the night before (games) and he texts all of us the morning of. His physical presence on the field is not here, but we have a standard that were going to held by, especially when he gets back." Barring a miraculous Suggs-like return, Lewis is out for the year with a torn triceps. Suggs was supposed to be sidelined at least until late November, yet there he was against the Texans, running around the field like he never missed a down all year. "I knew it was going to be a task, but I didnt think it was going to be as hard as it was," Suggs said. "A lot of former Ravens hit me with texts, and a lot of the Texans congratulated me -- on getting beat." Someone asked Suggs if he could help turn around a defence ranked 28th overall and 30th against the rush. "One man is not going to change that. Its definitely a team effort," he said. "Weve all got to do things better, the whole defence. Its a team thing. Weve got to get back to playing Ravens style football. But were not panicking. Were not hitting the panic button. We know weve got address it, and it needs to get fixed." wholesale jerseys . Players screamed and celebrated, bouncing around the grass with unabashed joy. nfl holdjersey . 1-seeded Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 6-2. On Saturday, Williams will face first-time Olympian Maria Sharapova, who beat Russian teammate Maria Kirilenko 6-2, 6-3 in the semi-finals. http://www.holdjersey.com/ . However, the 25-year-old burner is an intriguing sleeper candidate for fantasy football as he joins a team needing an upgrade at wideout. Behind five-time Pro Bowler Steve Smith, Brandon LaFell (74 catches over two seasons) is the most proven receiver on the Carolina roster, so Murphy has an opportunity to not only earn playing time but, because ant plays in the offence. holdjersey .ca looks