Not every team would extend a player who has been suspended three times by the league for either substance abuse or PED violations.
Then again, not every team is Father Ozzie’s Home for Wayward Boys.
In extending safety Will Hill’s deal through the 2016 season, the Ravens continued their reputation as giver of second chances (or thirds), and that’s why General Manager Ozzie Newsome was excited to approach Hill on the practice field yesterday and give him the news the deal was done.
“He said, ‘I think highly of you,’ and I told him I thought highly of him and this organization, too,’” Hill said, via Jeff Zrebiec of the Baltimore Sun.