Ravens Sign LBs Ricky Brown and Darryl Blackstock
By Riley B
The Baltimore Ravens have signed linebackers Ricky Brown and Darryl Blackstock. Both most recently played with the Oakland Raiders.
Ricky Brown is an extremely versatile player who can play both in and outside linebacker. He could help the Ravens tremendously as they attempt to replace Jarrett Johnson (now in San Diego) and the injured Terrell Suggs (torn Achilles). However, Brown has been plagued with injury for the past few seasons and has not been able to play much.
Darryl Blackstock is an outside linebacker who has spent time with the Cardinals, Bengals, and Raiders. Both players should contribute mainly on special teams but may get some reps on defense.
The Ravens linebacking corp is now as follows:
ILB Ray Lewis
ILB Jameel McClain
ILB Dannell Ellerbe
ILB Brendon Ayanbadejo
ILB Josh Bynes
ILB Nigel Carr (rookie free agent)
Injured
OLB Terrell Suggs (Achilles)
OLB Michael McAdoo (Achilles)
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