Baltimore Ravens cut WR Lee Evans, cornerback Chris Carr-NFL News
The Baltimore Ravens on Friday, March 02, 2012, confirmed to have released the wide receiver, Lee Evans, and cornerback, Chris Carr.
Both players have been made redundant a day after the team announced to assign franchise tag to the running back, Ray Rice, to utilise the time on working out a long-term deal for the player.
While commenting on the waiver of Evans and Carr, Ravens’ general manager, Ozzie Newsome, praised them for their role in the team’s performance and wins.
Newsome said:
"Chris Carr and Lee Evans were valuable Ravens."
At the same time, the manager refused to rule out the possibility of the players’ comeback to the side in the future.
He added:
"As we talked about when we informed Chris and Lee of these moves, this does not close the door on them coming back."
Evans stands losing the bonus of $1 million he was to be paid by March 18, 2012.
It is pertinent to mention here that the receiver had come under fire from certain Ravens’ quarters following his mishandling of a touchdown pass in the American Football Conference (AFC) championship game against the New England Patriots.
The lapse deprived the team of a winning chance into the last few seconds of the game and ended their ambitious hopes of making it to the Super Bowl yet again.
Despite the criticism, the management backed Evans and the player was found to be in good spirits to continue playing for the team. However, that possibility is no more there now.
He can possibly explore an opportunity off the free agency for moving elsewhere in the league or otherwise hope to return to Ravens as the doors are still open for him and Carr.
It may not be convenient for the players given the fact that the team has not hinted at any time frame in which they are likely to consider their re-signing.
Ravens might come out looking for the players sometime just before the start of the 2012 National Football League (NFL) regular season in September this year.
Again, in the absence of any sort of commitment from the management, the players’ re-signing is not certain and predictable.
Since Evans and Carr have not commented on the prospects of returning to Baltimore, it is difficult to know whether they will be willing to avail such an opportunity if and when it comes.
So far, both sides are apparently pleased with the development. Ravens will particularly be happy on the waivers as they will give them depth on the roster to weigh some other options.
They might be interested in bringing back some of their players from the free agency market, but have not hinted at the probability of considering the move in the near future.
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