Pierce, who appeared heavier than the listed 340 pounds he played at last season, left the field Tuesday after a conversation with coach John Harbaugh.

Ravens coach John Harbaugh might have set a precedent when he pulled defensive tackle Michael Pierce from practice on the first day of minicamp.

Ravens defensive back Cyrus Jones was absent from Tuesday's minicamp because of a health problem.

Ravens coach John Harbaugh pulled defensive tackle Michael Pierce off the practice field Tuesday because "he's not ready ... from a safety standpoint."

The Ravens pursued Gerald McCoy after he mutually parted ways with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last month, but the defensive tackle signed with Carolina.

The soft-spoken Onwuasor will not have to talk like Steve Smith Sr. to command the defense from the middle of the field.

Joe Horn Jr. was a tryout player at the team's rookie minicamp this month and “looked really good,” coach John Harbaugh said.

Coach John Harbaugh had said at the NFL scouting combine that the Ravens were scouting professional players in leagues at all levels.

For years, coach John Harbaugh has talked about being physical at the point of attack, but the Ravens haven’t invested a lot of top draft picks on offensive linemen.

The Ravens held joint practices with the Los Angeles Rams and Indianapolis Colts last preseason.

Mike Tomlin and John Harbaugh have been in this game for a long time, and they know how to win, but more importantly, how to survive.

Earl Thomas signed a four-year deal with the Ravens worth a reported $55 million, another expensive but impressive piece in the team’s defensive backfield.

“I think Nick is a huge piece of our offense going forward from the standpoint of how he plays," coach John Harbaugh said of tight end Nick Boyle, who the Ravens signed to a three-year extension Thursday.

"We’re going to try to build the best offense we can around our quarterback, which you always do,” coach John Harbaugh said.

“I haven’t heard that he’s not” returning, John Harbaugh said of Marshal Yanda at the NFL scouting combine.

“This is a big contract,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said of a three-year contract extension with cornerback Tavon Young that's reportedly worth $25.8 million. “This is a big number. This is a record-setting number."

Shortly after the Ravens lost to the Los Angeles Chargers in the AFC wild-card round, head coach John Harbaugh gave Joe Flacco the ultimate compliment when he called him the best quarterback in Ravens history.

The assumption is that newly signed Cleveland running back Kareem Hunt will most likely be suspended for at least the first four games of the season for a physical altercation with a woman last February in a Cleveland hotel.

Weiss replaces Thomas Hammock, who recently was named the head coach at Northern Illinois.

"All I would think to myself is, ‘We have enemies out there who are trying to create divisions and cracks and fissures and things like that,' " the Ravens GM said.

“Again, I think we want to have the best players we can that we can fit in under the salary cap,” general manager Eric DeCosta said at his introductory news conference.

David Culley, 63, who also was named the Ravens assistant head coach, spent the past two seasons as the Buffalo Bills’ quarterbacks coach.

From business as usual in the front office to plans for a ground-up offensive rebuild, here are five things we learned from Ravens coach John Harbaugh's season-ending news conference.

It appears rookie Lamar Jackson is making the right moves during the offseason and will be working with instructors who specialize in developing quarterbacks, Ravens head coach John Harbaugh said Friday.

"There's always going to be change, there's always going to be renewal, and we'll be a different team than we were last year," coach John Harbaugh said Friday.

John Harbaugh acknowledged that the decisions on Marshal Yanda and Eric Weddle are still pending but was hopeful they’d go the Ravens’ way.

Mosley is an unrestricted free agent and one of the top defensive players available.

Under Harbaugh’s previous contract, he was set to become a highly coveted coaching free agent after the 2019 season.

The Ravens signed John Harbaugh to a new a four-year contract Thursday, but I wonder if there is a buyout clause for one or two of the final years.

Ravens coach John Harbaugh became the subject of possible trade speculation as his team made a playoff push before reportedly nearing a contract extension Saturday.

The last time the Ravens made a statement about head coach John Harbaugh’s contract status was Dec. 21, the night before the team played the Los Angeles Chargers in California.

The move, which comes on Eric DeCosta’s first day as Ravens general manager, is expected to solidify John Harbaugh’s future in Baltimore.

The Ravens will have a busy offseason with decisions to make involving the front office, the draft and free agency. First up is negotiating a contract with coach John Harbaugh.

From Lamar Jackson's difficult day to the indelible legacies of Joe Flacco and Ozzie Newsome, here are five things we learned from the Ravens' 23-17 playoff loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.

The architect of the NFL’s top-ranked defense in total yards aspires to become a head coach, but also told coach John Harbaugh that he’d be willing to ride with him until the end.

“We were all in the pit with the lion last night, believe me," coach John Harbaugh said Monday.

Coach John Harbaugh deserves a lot of credit for getting the Ravens back into the postseason, columnist Mike Preston writes.

"He's really let the players come into their own and not really try to force anything to happen,” left tackle Ronnie Stanley said.

“Off the top of my head, I can't think of anybody that would be out” Sunday, John Harbaugh said.

Ravens players respond to the news that the team said it's working with John Harbaugh to extend his contract, which expires after the 2019 season.

Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti has long put a premium on organizational stability, so he was looking for an excuse to end speculation about John Harbaugh's future.

The Ravens’ decision to keep John Harbaugh answers the team’s most important offseason question. The offense he returns with will be just as revealing.

The announcement that John Harbaugh will be back as Ravens head coach came at 7 p.m. and apparently caught a number of coaches and team officials off guard. Maybe it would have been better if owner Steve Bisciotti would have tweeted it out.

John Harbaugh will return as Ravens head coach for the 2019 season, and is working on an extension to his existing contract, which expires after the 2019 season, the team announced Friday night.

It is the unwritten rule that almost everyone seems to accept as fact: If John Harbaugh’s Ravens do not make the playoffs, he will be fired as head coach. That might be true, but with a caveat: If the Ravens get into the playoffs and lose ugly in the first round, Harbaugh could be fired, too.

The decision to make New York Jets kicker Jason Myers the AFC representative to the Pro Bowl over Justin Tucker “is kind of a big-time head-scratcher” for the Ravens head coach.

The Ravens rushed for 242 yards in Sunday’s win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the fourth time they’ve cleared 200 in the past five games.

But after Sunday's win vs. Tampa Bay, there is only so much the Ravens can control in the AFC playoff picture.

On Wednesday, John Harbaugh announced that Jackson would start his fifth straight game, making Flacco a backup for the first time in his 11 years in Baltimore.