Ravens Stacking Free Agent Board

According to the Baltimore Ravens website, in addition to finalizing NFL draft prospects, the Ravens staff is also working on ranking the nearly 500 free agents accross the 32 teams. Under the leadership of Ravens Director of Pro Personnel Vince Newsome, the staff is working hard to make sure that they are ready for action whenever the collective bargaining agreement is made certain.

Current CBA guidelines initiated in 2010, state that only players with six years of service can be labeled unrestricted and sign with any team.

Newsome has to be prepared for free agency market to open at any moment. Should the NFL and NFL Players' association reach a new labor deal before the current CBA expires on March 4, the market will open then.

“Once free agency comes about – if it does – we have to be ready as a department,” Newsome said.  “If coach [John] Harbaugh or Ozzie {Newsome, General Manager] says, ‘We need a tackle,’ we have to be ready to immediately find who our top left tackles are out there. The same goes for any position. We have to be prepared."

Let's hope that things happen on schedule and that everything falls into place for our Ravens!