Baltimore Ravens to cut McGahee, Derrick Mason and Todd Heap & Willis McGahee Released ?

Baltimore Ravens to cut McGahee, Derrick  Mason and Todd Heap & Willis McGahee Released ?

Baltimore Ravens active aback Willis McGahee celebrates his touchdown during the additional bisected adjoin the Buffalo Bills in Baltimore, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010.

The Baltimore Ravens ashen little time already the NFL lockout concluded on Monday and started authoritative cogent moves.

According to Jamison Hensley of the Baltimore Sun, bound end Todd Heap and advanced receiver Derrick Mason accept been released.

Last year, the Ravens had affluence of abyss at the receiver position with Mason, Anquan Boldin and T.J. Houshmandzadeh. But as Gregg Rosenthal of ProFootballTalk credibility out, Baltimore has a aperture at the position now that Mason is gone and Houshmanzadeh is absurd to resign.

Mason, 37, didn't arise to be too agitated aback he batten to WBAL on Monday night.
"I accept the business of football, and I accept what has to be done in the business of football," he said. "It was acceptable while I was there. I can't adhere my arch down. I anticipate I did aggregate aloft and above what they asked me to do aback I came in there six years ago."
Baltimore additionally cut active aback Willis McGahee and arresting accouterment Kelly Gregg. Aaron Wilson of Ravens Insider acclaimed that Baltimore bargain "about $18.6 actor in payroll."
Quoth the Ravens: Nevermore (will you comedy in Baltimore).

The action created by the NFL's new aggregate acceding acceding has bound accustomed way to the aphotic absoluteness of the sport's business ancillary - at atomic in Baltimore.

According to multiple media reports, the Ravens are poised to cut several high-profile veterans, namely Willis McGahee, Kelly Gregg, Derrick Mason and Todd Heap.

It started Monday afternoon when Adam Schefter of ESPN reported that the team had already informed McGahee that they plan on releasing him.

They have to wait until Thursday, July 28 at 4:00 p.m. ET to do so, according to the league calendar.
As CBSSports.com's Will Brinson reports, the move was expected -- McGahee he was due $6 million in 2011, and no one expected them to pay that much for a backup running back.
The release of McGahee was just the beginning. According to the Carroll County Times, Ravens NT Kelly Gregg will be cut as well, although there's a chance Gregg could return to the team at a reduced salary. The 34-year-old Gregg had two years left on his contract at $3.5 million per year, Brinson reports.
Later Monday evening, the payroll-slashing continued. According to reports from Aaron Wilson of the National Football Post and Jamison Henley of the Baltimore Sun, the team has also informed Derrick Mason and Todd Heap that they'll be cut.

Baltimore Ravens Cuts Could Interest Kansas City Chiefs
Actually, the Baltimore Ravens cuts could absorption abuse abreast every aggregation in the league. They're one of the best accomplished rosters in the alliance and they've began the action of allegorical players of their absolution back the alliance year opens.
Those players accommodate RB Willie McGahee, TE Todd Heap, NT Kelly Gregg and WR Derrick Mason.
Could any of them fit in Kansas City? GM Scott Pioli should accept these guys beginning in his anamnesis afterwards aftermost January's playoff accident to the Ravens.

On McGahee and Heap...I'd say probably not. The Chiefs have RB Thomas Jones, a veteran like McGahee, already in place. At tight end, the Chiefs have one of the real up-and-comers in the league in TE Tony Moeaki so they're good there. (I can already tell by my Twitter feed that a good chunk of Chiefs fans will want Heap.)

On Gregg and Mason...I could see a little bit of interest here. Both positions are ones where the Chiefs have rookies coming in that could use a veteran as a bridge in 2011. I'm not sure if either player would be interest in KC (or, on that point, if KC is even interested in them) but it's something to at least keep an eye on.

We'll see if the Chiefs choose to take a look at any of these guys in the coming days when free agency starts. Some teams out there will get a nice short-term boost from a few of these players.