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"You want to play your best football in December, and we did that today," Ravens outside linebacker Terrell Suggs said Sunday.

They had more salary cap space than usual and a host of needs, but the Ravens stuck to the free-agent plan that had served them well in the past.

The NFL's annual free-agency spending spree officially gets underway Tuesday, with the Ravens in a slightly different position than in the recent past.