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The Ravens are missing one defensive starter and a couple of key reserves for their season-opener against the Denver Broncos.

In his first comments since the Ravens trimmed their roster to the 53-man group they essentially began the week with, coach John Harbaugh said there were several positions where the team had tough decisions to make.

In getting down to a 53-man roster Saturday, the Ravens showed a willingness to move on from their draft picks, the importance that they place on special teams and how much they value having defensive depth.

Wide receivers Daniel Brown, who caught a touchdown and blocked a punt in Thursday night's preseason-closing loss to the Atlanta Falcons, and Tom Nelson, offensive tackle Blaine Clausell, inside linebacker Andrew Bose and cornerback Quinton Pointer were all let go. Their releases leave the Ravens with 70 players, meaning that they'll have to make 17 more moves by 4 p.m. on Saturday.

Defensive end Lawrence Guy on Tuesday returned from a knee injury suffered Saturday against the Washington Redskins, giving the Ravens a boost at a defensive line position that could be thin in the final preseason game.

The Ravens got three starters and a fourth key offensive piece back Monday as guard Kelechi Osemele, tackle Eugene Monroe, cornerback Lardarius Webb, and wide receiver Michael Campanaro.

The Ravens' backups had a brutal night against the Redskins at M&T Bank Stadium.

Ravens defensive tackle Timmy Jernigan suffered an apparent right knee injury on the fourth defensive play of the game Saturday against the Washington Redskins, while offensive lineman Ryan Jensen left the game with a head injury and is in the concussion protocol, the team announced.

Rookie tight end Maxx Williams and starting offensive linemen Eugene Monroe and Kelechi Osemele were among several prominent players on the Ravens offense who didn't dress for Saturday's preseason game against the Washington Redskins.

Roster cuts loom for the Ravens who will have to weigh several injuries in their decision-making process.

Top reserves at offensive line and cornerback returned, but starters Kelechi Osemele, Eugene Monroe, and Lardarius Webb remained out Thursday.

An offensive line that¿s missing several key pieces won¿t impact the amount of playing time starting quarterback Joe Flacco or the first-team offense gets Saturday, coach John Harbaugh said.

The list of injured Ravens, which has swollen to over a dozen as training camp progresses, didn't grow on Wednesday, but none of the high-profile players who have been missing resurfaced for practice ahead of the all-important third preseason game Saturday against the Washington Redskins.

Injuries prevented the Ravens' top backups from playing valuable snaps Saturday night. With the regular season creeping closer, offensive line depth is being put under the type of strain that could cripple it were it not for the extra players afforded by a 90-man training camp roster.

Terrell Suggs' low hit on quarterback Sam Bradford, which drew a roughing the passer penalty and prompted at least one Philadelphia Eagles player to call the outside linebacker a dirty player, got all the attention. But it was only one of 17 penalties for 139 total yards for the Ravens.

With several offensive linemen looking as though they would miss the Ravens' preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles, coach John Harbaugh said Friday that it would be incumbent on those who were healthy to step in and play, no matter their experience.

Instant analysis of the Ravens' preseason game against the Eagles in Philadelphia.

Six offensive linemen -- including two starters and two top reserves -- didn't dress for Saturday's preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles, leaving the Ravens with 11 offensive linemen for the game.

Ravens rookie guard Robert Myers said he hit his target by returning Tuesday from a concussion, putting him in contention to participate in the team¿s joint practices with the Philadelphia Eagles beginning Wednesday with an outside chance of playing in the game.

A Ravens guard position fortified by both star veterans and promising young linemen took losses Thursday with starter Kelechi Osemele sitting out and reserves John Urschel and Robert Myers both leaving practice early.

Regardless of rookie Maxx Williams being a second-round draft pick, it¿s hard to imagine him beating out Crockett Gillmore as the full-time starting tight end.

Ravens defenders Timmy Jernigan, Courney Upshaw stand out in first padded practice of training camp

The Baltimore Sun is breaking down where the Ravens stand at each position, including predictions on how many players the team will keep at each spot and which players are locks, long shots or "on the bubble."

Ravens' officials won't have to make roster decisions for nearly 2 1/2 months, but past trends could provide a glimpse to what direction they'll go.

Here's a look at several things to watch as the Ravens begin their third and final organized team activity Monday.

While we learned a little last week about Joe Flacco's adjustment to Marc Trestman's version of the West Coast offense, Timmy Jernigan's ascension to the starting defensive line and just how much longer 36-year-old wide receiver Steve Smith might play in the NFL, all of that has been sufficiently discussed and dissected.

The Ravens had generally high attendance at their organized team activity with the exception of the entire starting offensive line being absent from the voluntary practice Thursday.

With organized team activities set to begin, several Ravens' veterans will be under the microscope.

Ravens backup long snapper Patrick Scales signed his $435,000 exclusive-rights free agent tender.

Veteran tight end Dennis Pitta is participating in the Ravens' voluntary conditioning program that started Monday.

Ravens tight end Phillip Supernaw signed his $510,000 exclusive-rights free agent tender.

Ravens safety Brynden Trawick and center-guard Ryan Jensen signed their exclusive-rights tenders Tuesday.

With the start of the new NFL year looming this afternoon, the Ravens had not reached an agreement Monday night on new contracts with defensive tackle Haloti Ngata and cornerback Lardarius Webb, whose current deals will make it extremely difficult for the organization to be active in free agency.

The Ravens have assigned a $2.356 million second-round restricted free agent tender on Pro Bowl kicker Justin Tucker, according to a league source.

Free agency is just over a month away, giving the Baltimore Ravens four weeks to make moves to create more salary cap room.

Ravens left tackle Eugene Monroe was limited to special teams action in Sunday¿s 35-31 playoff loss to the New England Patriots, a frustrating end to a season stunted by injuries that limited him to just 11 starts.

And McPhee figures to be one of the Ravens¿ more complicated free agent decisions.

After making progress with his ankle injury all week, Ravens left offensive tackle Eugene Monroe is active for Saturday's AFC divisional-round playoff game against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium.

With a must-win game facing the Ravens next Sunday, they could be without their starting offensive tackles.

Ravens veteran defensive end Chris Canty is active for Sunday's road game against the Houston Texans despite an ankle injury that sidelined him in practice all week.

The Ravens have promoted offensive lineman Ryan Jensen from the practice squad to the active roster.

Thompson is being paid $17,000 per week for a seasonal rate of $289,000, well above the usual rate of $6,300 per week and $107,100 for the year,

That includes a $255,000 upgraded salary for inside linebacker Josh Bynes.

Even after creating $3 million in salary-cap space by converting $4 million of Webb's $7.5 million base salary into a signing bonus, the Ravens are just $3.321 million under the NFL salary-cap limit of $133 million.

The Baltimore Ravens' 2013 draft class doesn't look great now, but four members of that group will start Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals and the class has plenty of time to change the narrative.

The Ravens have signed former New Orleans Saints offensive lineman Marcel Jones to their practice squad.

With nine players on their practice squad, the Ravens are one shy of the 10-player limit under expanded practice squad rules jointly approved this summer by the NFL and the NFL Players Association.

The Ravens pared their roster down to the NFL's required 53-player limit Saturday, choosing to keep two quarterbacks and seven wide receivers and leaving themselves thin at cornerback and along the offensive and defensive lines.

Offensive lineman Ryan Jensen hadn't felt like his normal self for a long time.