The 2014 Baltimore Ravens Season Thread

[STAN JONES]

The Ravens made their final cuts to get down to 53 players on the active roster near the 4 p.m. deadline.

There are some interesting wrinkles.

Here are the players Baltimore waived/cut Saturday:

• DB Derek Cox (vested veteran)
• CB Dominique Franks (vested veteran)
• OT Parker Graham
• CB Tramain Jacobs
• OL Ryan Jensen
• DT Jamie Meder
• DT A.J. Pataiali’i
• CB Sammy Seamster
• G/C A.Q. Shipley
• OLB John Simon
• TE Phillip Supernaw
• RB Fitzgerald Toussaint
• QB Keith Wenning

The Ravens waived five players on Friday:

• TE Nathan Overbay
• OLB D.J. Roberts
• C Reggie Stephens
• DT Levi Brown
• DT Derrick Hopkins

The biggest names on Saturday’s cut list are veteran guard A.Q. Shipley, who started nine games at guard last season, and 2013 fourth-round pick John Simon. Shipley was beaten out by rookie guard John Urschel and Simon was at one of the Ravens’ deepest positions.

Head Coach John Harbaugh said the wide receivers were going to make cuts difficult, so he ended up keeping all of them. Baltimore has seven active wideouts, as Deonte Thompson , Kamar Aiken and seventh-round rookie Michael Campanaro all made the squad.

They join Torrey Smith , Steve Smith Sr., Jacoby Jones and Marlon Brown . Rookie free agent wide receiver Jeremy Butler was placed on injured reserve with a shoulder injury.

The Ravens kept 10 defensive backs, including six safeties. Many will help on special teams.

Newly-signed cornerback Cox and Franks were cut in favor of Chykie Brown and safeties Jeromy Miles , Brynden Trawick and Anthony Levine , who can also play cornerback if needed. They join safeties Darian Stewart , Matt Elam and rookie third-round pick Terrence Brooks .

 

[STAN JONES]

A pair of undrafted rookies made the roster in offensive tackle James Hurst and inside linebacker Zachary Orr . The Ravens value Orr’s special teams ability. Hurst provides needed depth at tackle.

Six inside linebackers made the team with Daryl Smith , rookie first-rounder C.J. Mosley , Josh Bynes , Arthur Brown , Albert McClellan and Orr.

Baltimore will operate with two quarterbacks on the 53-man roster once again as Wenning, a sixth-round pick out of Ball State, was released. The Ravens haven’t kept three quarterbacks since 2009.

Safety Will Hill is suspended for the first six games and running back Ray Rice is suspended for the first two games. Neither counts against the roster.

Defensive tackle Terrence Cody , who hasn't practiced this summer due to offseason hip surgery, was placed on the reserve physically unable to perform list, meaning he is out for the first six games of the regular season. Baltimore currently has just five defensive linemen on the active roster.

With practice squads bumped up from eight to 10 players this season, many of those cut will be back in Baltimore, Harbaugh said. Players who are cut must be on waivers for 24 hours, so the practice squad will be announced Sunday.

“It’s always challenging,” Harbaugh said of the cuts.

“It’s challenging, because when a guy walks in your room, as a head coach, or if you’re any kind of a person at all, immediately you put yourself in their shoes. You become empathetic to what they’re going through.”

 

[STAN JONES]

surprised Jensen and John Simon got cut

i figured Jeremy Butler was gonna be this years WR to get IR'd with a phantom injury

i also liked the CB Seamster but he never stood out during any games.Hes probably gonna get signed to the practice squad along with Wenning and Toussaint

 

[krexzen]

surprised Jensen and John Simon got cut

i figured Jeremy Butler was gonna be this years WR to get IR'd with a phantom injury

i also liked the CB Seamster but he never stood out during any games.Hes probably gonna get signed to the practice squad along with Wenning and Toussaint

I was surprised that they kept that many safeties. It's a shame that Simon finally had a good game and then got the axe.

It's nice to see Aiken and Deonte stay on, but neither will ever see the field with us. I kind of hope they both get dealt just so they can go somewhere and get playing time. We're a three receiver team and I see Marlon getting phazed out a little. Probably used in redzone situations only.

 

[STAN JONES]

I was surprised that they kept that many safeties. It's a shame that Simon finally had a good game and then got the axe.

It's nice to see Aiken and Deonte stay on, but neither will ever see the field with us. I kind of hope they both get dealt just so they can go somewhere and get playing time. We're a three receiver team and I see Marlon getting phazed out a little. Probably used in redzone situations only.

from what ive heard Marlon had a disappointing camp.He really didnt improve like they thought he would and dropped alot of balls

dont sleep on Deonte either....i think he'll be our #3 WR by the end of the season

i am shocked we kept 7 WR tho...i thought for sure Aiken would get cut

Simon is a good player but hes just not a good fit for a 3-4 scheme...Hes gonna be a really good DE if a 4-3 picks him up

 

[STAN JONES]

i liked dude,was hoping we could get him on the practice squad









no word on John Simon yet but he is still eligible to be signed to the practice squad if he clears waivers

 

[Bboystyle]

is Pitta a sleeper brehs? i got him in my fantasy draft.

 

[STAN JONES]

 

[STAN JONES]

The Texans have informed Case Keenum of his release following their acquisition of Ryan Mallett from the Patriots, league sources said.

The Ravens are expected to be among those with interest in claiming Keenum, with his former coach, Gary Kubiak, now there. The Ravens have been lukewarm about backup QB Tyrod Taylor.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/writer...se-case-keenum-ravens-interested-in-backup-qb

 

[J-Fire]

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/writer...se-case-keenum-ravens-interested-in-backup-qb

we want to see tyrod from the pocket....maybe he needs to go to the CFL like troy smith.

 

[BillBanneker]

is Pitta a sleeper brehs? i got him in my fantasy draft.

I think so, he's pretty much Flacco's security blanket, and Boldin isn't here anymore.

 

[STAN JONES]

This team really pisses me off sometimes

fukking Aiken active over Deonte?

Arthur Brown inactive?

Plus Webb still hurt so he's not playing

I already had this down as a 50/50 game so now I'm preparing myself for the L...I hope I'm wrong

 

[duncanthetall]

Good luck to ya'll nikkas. Andy and AJ have never won in Baltimore, so....lets see what happens.

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

Much appreciated. fukking Webb being out is the phone alert that woke me up. That don't matter. Fellow members of the Baltimore Ravens flock, I got one question: WHAT TIME IS IT?!

 

[Bean]

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