7 potential cap casualties for the Ravens

The Baltimore Ravens could choose to cut any or all seven of these players in order to free up more room on their 2020 NFL salary cap.

S Tony Jefferson

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Jefferson missed the bulk of the 2019 season after suffering an ACL injury in Week 5. But to be brutally honest, he wasn’t playing well before he went down.

Jefferson was targeted 13 times in five games, and while he only allowed seven completions, these came at a great cost. Jefferson gave up 247 yards and two touchdowns in coverage, while also missing 16% of his tackles. He has missed 13 games over the last two seasons.

Releasing Jefferson would free up $7,000,000 in cap space, which could come in handy should they attempt to pry Jamal Adams away from the Jets again and tie him down to a long term deal. Regardless, I’d be stunned if Jefferson were to remain a Raven on his current terms.