Monday Ravens links: Big spending franchise, alternatives to Justin Forsett not appealing

Ravens one of highest-spending teams in NFL

Over the past two seasons, the Ravens have been one of the NFL's highest-spending teams, writes The Baltimore Sun's Aaron Wilson.

Purple Reign Show's podcast

On this episode of the Purple Reign Show podcast, Phil Gentile and Tim Horsey examine the latest Ravens news and discuss last weekend's NFL combine.

Free-agent alternatives to Justin Forsett aren't enticing to Ravens

With the recent salary cap cuts around the league, bringing on a free agent running back other than Justin Forsett doesn't seem appealing to the Ravens, writes ESPN.com's Jamison Hensley.

Could Chris Canty become a salary cap casualty?

CSNBaltimore.com's Clifton Brown writes about the possibility of the Ravens deciding to cut Chris Canty to unload his salary.

Ravens will try to extend next year's free agents in near future

BaltimoreRavens.com's Garrett Downing writes that the Ravens will try to extend it's major 2016 free agents soon, including Jimmy Smith, Kelechi Osemele and Justin Tucker.