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After an evening spent dodging and sprinting past potential Dallas Cowboys tacklers, Ravens wide receiver Deonte Thompson wasn't about to run and hide from what was blatantly obvious.

Initially scheduled for 7 p.m., the Ravens¿ open workout at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium got underway about a half hour earlier than expected.

The Ravens have Pro Bowl nose tackle Haloti Ngata lined up as the first-team left defensive tackle at Arthur Jones' vacated spot.

Backup safety Jeromy Miles is the only Ravens player who, as a collegian, dressed in the home locker room at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

Terrence Brooks, the Ravens' third-round pick this year, is behind veterans Darian Stewart and Jeromy Miles in the competition for the starting free safety job vacated when Matt Elam moved to strong safety.

Darian Stewart is hoping to parlay his hard-hitting style into a starting job with the Ravens after signing a one-year, $1.3 million contract with them in March.

Terrence Brooks said Wednesday that transitioning from his previous role with the national champion Florida State Seminoles to a spot with the Ravens has proven difficult, though team activities this spring have helped the rookie safety get familiar with his new home.

The Ravens finally attacked one of their biggest perceived needs, drafting Florida State free safety Terrence Brooks with their first of two third-round picks.

It is viewed as almost a certainty that the Ravens will draft a safety on either day one or day two of the draft.

The Ravens devote a considerable amount of resources into scouting small-school draft prospects.

The question was about the importance of the Ravens' adding a running back, but coach John Harbaugh used it as an opportunity to launch into his wish list for next week's NFL draft.

Ravens linebacker Daryl Smith drastically outperformed his 2013 deal and was rewarded Friday with a four-year, $16.1 million contract, according to league sources.

The Ravens are re-signing veteran special teams ace and reserve safety Jeromy Miles to a one-year contract, according to a league source.

Negotiations between the Ravens and offensive tackle Eugene Monroe are heating up and sources predict a deal will get done today barring any unanticipated snags.

Veteran linebacker Terrell Suggs said early in the season that he'd love to be one of those rare guys who plays his entire career in one place but the next couple of months will put that to the test.

One of the many things that the guys over at Pro Football Focus do is grade every player that plays a snap in the NFL. So since the Ravens' season is over, let's go back and see which players received positive marks from PFF and which ones were in the red.

Following a disappointing 8-8 season in which the Ravens failed to qualify for the playoffs after making it the previous five seasons under coach John Harbaugh, they face another challenging offseason filled with difficult personnel and salary cap decisions.

Fullback Vonta Leach was an afterthought during Monday night's 18-16 win over the Detroit Lions, Ravens tight end Dennis Pitta played fewer snaps and more observations after looking at the official snap counts.

Dennis Pitta made his season debut in Sunday's 29-26 win over the Minnesota Vikings and the Ravens tight end played 36 of the team's 85 offensive snaps and had six catches for 48 yards and a touchdown.

Josh Bynes got the majority of snaps at weak-side linebacker Thursday against the Pittsburgh Steelers despite the fact that Jameel McClain started.

The Ravens made several personnel changes on the kickoff team, including cutting veteran safety Michael Huff as he was one of the players responsible for losing containment on the play.

A week after Ray Rice rushed for a season-high 131 yards in an overtime loss to the Chicago Bears, the star running back found himself in a timeshare with backup running back Bernard Pierce in Sunday's 19-3 win over the New York Jets.

The death of former Oakland Raiders and Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Thomas Howard in a high-speed car accident Monday morning has brought sadness to several NFL locker rooms. That includes the Ravens where safety Jeromy Miles remembered Howard as a generous friend when they both played for the Bengals.

The Ravens were without the services of Haloti Ngata during Sunday's 23-20 overtime loss to the Chicago Bears. With Ngata sidelined, Terrence Cody got his first start of the 2013 season at nose tackle, played a season-high 35 defensive snaps and made one tackle.

Ravens wide receiver Jacoby Jones has now played four games since returning from a knee injury last month, but the veteran wide receiver has yet to overtake rookie Marlon Brown on the depth chart based on their playing time.

Cincinnati head coach Marvin Lewis taking similar approach to Ozzie Newsome's moves while he was defensive coordinator in Baltimore

Baltimore Ravens fullback Vonta Leach played a season-low two offensive snaps, inside linebacker Jameel McClain took on a larger role and more playing time observations from Sunday's loss to the Cleveland Browns.

Because of injuries and other roster decisions, the Ravens' special teams have featured a revolving door of players, many thrust into roles that they've never occupied.

Each week, Baltimore Sun reporter Aaron Wilson will look back at the Ravens' previous game.

The Ravens entered their bye week in unfamiliar territory under Harbaugh. They are 3-4, the latest that they've had a losing record in Harbaugh's six seasons at the helm. They are also two games behind the first-place Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC North.

After being sidelined for more than 10 months with a spinal cord injury, Ravens weak-side linebacker Jameel McClain returned to the field Sunday. And he didn't just play. McClain started and played a major role in the 19-16 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Inactive for the past two games, much-maligned left tackle Bryant McKinnie has been traded to the Miami Dolphins.

One positive development from Sunday's 19-17 loss to the Green Bay Packers was the return of injured wide receiver Jacoby Jones, who returned kickoffs and made an 11-yard touchdown reception. The Ravens limited his usage, though. Jones played just 17 offensive snaps and six snaps on special teams. More on that and other snap count observations.

Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Tandon Doss got the start in Sunday's 26-23 win over the Miami Dolphins and he played a career-high 50 snaps in the victory.

Punter Sam Koch now ranks third in the NFL with a 48.9 average with seven punts downed inside opponents' 20-yard line.

The Ravens have cut reserve safety Christian Thompson, according to a league source.

The NFL has reinstated Ravens reserve safety Christian Thompson following a four-game suspension for violating the NFL substance-abuse policy.

Ravens kick returner Jacoby Jones is returning to practice this week after being out the past three games with a sprained right medial collateral ligament.

The Ravens are $1.219 million under the NFL salary cap of $123 million. That figure includes a $1.089 million salary-cap figure for new safety Jeromy Miles.

The Ravens have re-signed rookie safety Brynden Trawick to the practice squad after he cleared waivers, according to a league source.