In exactly four days the Ravens will have to trim their roster to 53 players. The cuts this year will be difficult and the Ravens may expose and risk losing permanently some young players that have shown signs of promise.
In exactly five days, the Ravens front office can exhale as some of those promising players will clear waivers and become part of the Ravens 8 man practice squad. Which ones will fly under the radar remains to be seen but the hope here is that players like Edgar Jones, Kendrick Ballantyne, Marcus Freeman, and Evan Oglesby will still be available on Sunday.
Until that day of hopeful relief (September 2) the Turk looms and from my seat here’s how I see the Ravens 53 man roster shaking out.
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Position
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Player
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Quarterbacks
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(3) Steve McNair, Kyle Boller, Troy Smith
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Running Backs
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(6) Willis McGahee, Mike Anderson, Musa Smith, Justin Green, Le’Ron McClain, Cory Ross
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Wide Receivers
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(5) Mark Clayton, Derrick Mason, Demetrius Williams, Yamon Figurs, Devard Darling
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Tight Ends
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(3) Todd Heap, Daniel Wilcox, Quinn Sypniewski
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Offensive Line
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(9) Jonathan Ogden, Jason Brown, Mike Flynn, Chris Chester, Adam Terry, Ben Grubbs, Jared Gaither, Marshal Yanda, Brian Rimpf
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Secondary
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(10) Ed Reed, Chris McAlister, Dawan Landry, Samari Rolle, Gerome Sapp, Corey Ivy, David Pittman, Derrick Martin, Ronnie Prude, Jamaine Winborne
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Linebackers
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(8) Ray Lewis, Terrell Suggs, Bart Scott, Jarret Johnson, Antwan Barnes, Prescott Burgess, Gary Stills, Dennis Haley
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Defensive Line
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(5) Kelly Gregg, Trevor Pryce, Haloti Ngata, Justin Bannan, Dwan Edwards
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Specialists
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(4) Matt Stover, Sam Koch, B.J. Sams, Matt Katula
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P.U.P List
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Mike Smith, Dan Cody, P.J. Daniels
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