Ravens Waive Oniel Cousins, Justin Harper Among Others

by Bruce Raffel on Aug 27, 2011 11:23 AM EDT

The Baltimore Ravens waived the following players Saturday morning:

Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Exp. College

Cornell Banks DT 6-2 310 R Fresno State

Ryan Bartholomew C 6-1 310 R Syracuse

Brady Bond T 6-6 300 1 Oklahoma State

Rodney Bradley WR 5-11 191 R Hawaii

Oniel Cousins T 6-4 320 4 UTEP (2008 third-round draft choice)

Justin Harper WR 6-3 226 3 Virginia Tech (2008 seventh-round draft choice)

Anthony Leon LB 6-3 220 R Arkansas

Jonathan Stupar TE 6-3 254 3 Virginia

Terrell Zachery WR 5-11 210 R Auburn

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Don’t we have to make one more cut by Tuesday?

by JoshuaStein on Aug 27, 2011 11:28 AM EDT reply actions

We IR'd someone so they won't count against the roster limits.

by Roa on Aug 27, 2011 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions

If you’re referring to Paschal, he was injury waived, so he’s already off the roster. They need to make one more move by Tuesday, and I wonder if they’ll just slide Hardy to IR.

by JoshuaStein on Aug 27, 2011 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions

Was he? Guess we're making one more move then. Got a few days to figure it out.

There’s still a number of guys with little to no chance of making the team we could cut or IR. Hardy being one of them.

by Roa on Aug 27, 2011 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions

I Guess

Cousins was released so that he could latch on with somebody else -pretty decent of the Ravens organization.

Kind of surprised as I thought we could use him, at least through the next game as a sacrificial body. I can only surmise that McKinnie is further along than we originally thought.

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by vlad755 on Aug 27, 2011 11:30 AM EDT reply actions

I hear Pittsburgh

needs linemen.

by 3r1c on Aug 27, 2011 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions

Cousins could be a practice squad guy

they might like to keep him around to see if he can play guard/emergency tackle. I doubt anyone would claim him.

by YeahDonnie on Aug 27, 2011 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions

No real suprises here

Would like Bartholomew to get signed to the practice squad, though.

by 3r1c on Aug 27, 2011 11:34 AM EDT reply actions

Agree about Bartholomew

Kiper had him rated pretty high, shocked he didnt get drafted. I think we would benefit from keeping him on the Pract squad.

by Ngata 92 on Aug 27, 2011 11:51 AM EDT reply actions

The first cuts...

…seem to be for guys who definitely aren’t going to make along with a couple of guys who have a good chance of getting picked up by another team. I busted all over Cousins because he just didn’t seem to have the work ethic. Maybe somewhere else he’ll get it. I liked Harper but we’ve got that project Torrey Smith to try and make something out of (go figure), so Justin gets his walking papers. Good luck Harper.

by Smiley4660 on Aug 27, 2011 2:36 PM EDT reply actions

Ozzie has some class

Just like he did in releasing Mason, Heap & Gregg early to give them a head start in signing with other teams, Ozzie released Stupar, Cousins and Harper early to give them their best shot.

Still scratching my head on Bartholomew though. Thought he was top of the depth chart over Murphy, Boren & Barnes and sure bet to make it to PS.

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by Fandemonium on Aug 27, 2011 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions

Good news, Birk, Yanda, and Mckinnie practicing today.

by Raven_all_day on Aug 27, 2011 3:08 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

But Evans was in a walking boot…yikes.

by JoshuaStein on Aug 27, 2011 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Yea, I just saw that about Evans....

“Wr lee evans left foot is in a protective boot not practicing doesn’t seem to be limping terribly”.

I really really hope it’s nothing serious or even enough to keep him out for week 1. Guess we’ll see.

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by WestminsterRaven on Aug 27, 2011 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Nowadays, players receive walking boots if they stub their toe. Aaron Wilson is saying it doesn’t appear to be serious, but I do hope they keep him out of the Atlanta game. Evans looks more than ready to go on 9/11.

by JoshuaStein on Aug 27, 2011 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions

i read that he supported all of his weight on the injured foot

by Evan Skev on Aug 27, 2011 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions

I just read Tony Lombardi say he’s hearing it’s nothing serious, and that Evans should be fine in a few days. I doubt the coaches would have let him stretch and put all of his weight on his foot if it was in bad shape.

by JoshuaStein on Aug 27, 2011 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions