Fourth-year defensive tackle Michael Pierce, working under a second-round restricted free agent tender, was looking for a new contract this year from the Baltimore Ravens. He skipped OTAs, and then he reported to mandatory minicamp so out of shape that the coaches removed him from the field for his own good.
He had the next several weeks to get himself right, and it initially appeared as though he may have failed to do that. He did start training camp on the Non-Football Injury List after failing to pass the team’s conditioning test, but he did pass it yesterday without missing any practice time.