It wasn’t the best of weeks for Ravens defensive thirtysomethings.
First, inside linebacker Daryl Smith was released Thursday morning. Then, a few hours later, the Ravens parted ways with defensive end Chris Canty. Then outside linebacker Terrell Suggs was arrested and briefly jailed in Arizona early Friday morning for driving with a suspended license.
All three players are 33 years old.
The crisis in the Ravens’ department of veterans affairs sends a loud-and-clear message that the team wants and needs to get younger and faster and also find new leadership on that side of the ball.