The Ravens are releasing safety Will Hill this afternoon, paving the way for new signee Eric Weddle.
The announcement comes on the same day Weddle officially inked his new four-year deal.
Baltimore had a logjam at safety with the addition of Weddle. The Ravens would have had four players who started at least one game at safety last season: Weddle, Hill, Lardarius Webb and Kendrick Lewis.
Releasing Hill roughly frees up a reported $3million in salary-cap space, more than releasing other safeties would have freed up. It comes about eight months after the Ravens gave Hill a reported two-year, $7 million extension.