Roster Reduced to 75 Players
As we near the start of the 2012 season, the Baltimore Ravens made their first cuts by reducing their roster to 75 players by the Monday, 4pm deadline.
The biggest decision they made so far was waiving veteran kicker Billy Cundiff on Sunday and going with rookie Justin Tucker.
The Ravens added two players to the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list, linebacker Terrell Suggs who is still recovering from surgery on a torn Achilles Tendon and wide receiver David Reed. Reed tore his ACL last season in the December 24 game against the Cleveland Browns.
Being on the PUP list means Suggs and Reed will miss the first six games of the regular season. They can practice after the sixth week and for up to three weeks before being designated to the active reserve, injured reserve (IR) or waived.
Both players are confident they will play this season. Suggs maintains that he will be back by November and believes that he will play at some point this season, though no time table has been set for his return.
“I will be in a Baltimore Ravens uniform in 2012,” Suggs said at Ravens minicamp in June. “The only question is when.”
Reed has been rehabbing his knee this off season, he will face tough competition to be a wide receiver and/or kick returner when he returns.
The Ravens placed several players on the IR ending their 2012 season:
- Linebackers Darryl Blackstock and Steve Baggs
- Safety Emanuel Cook
- Defensive Tackle Ryan McBean
And they cut the following players:
- Tight end Davon Drew
- Wide receivers Patrick Williams and Devin Goda
- Outside linebacker Addison Lawrence
- Cornerback Jordan Mabin
- Center Cecil Newton
- Long snapper Patrick Scales
- Quarterback Chester Stewart
The deadline to trim the roster to 53 players is Friday at 9pm.
