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Calais Campbell’s Said Reunion With Ravens ‘Has Been a Long Time Coming’

Baltimore Ravens On SI·Josh Reed·26 days ago
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When the Baltimore Ravens released six-time Pro Bowl defensive end Calais Campbell during the 2023 offseason, it was the first time in his life that he had ever gotten cut from a football team. It was a reluctant parting of ways for general manager Eric DeCosta, who was in a bit of a bind against the clock. The Ravens had to get salary cap-compliant before the start of the new league year and needed to open up more room on the books for two-time MVP quarterback Lamar Jackson's hefty one-year franchise-tag salary amid somewhat tumultuous contract extension negotiations. While Campbell understood that the move was the most logical immediate solution for the team's predicament from a business perspective, in a recent appearance on 'The Lounge' podcast after officially signing his new one-year deal to return to Baltimore for the 2026 season, he described the ordeal as a "humbling experience" nonetheless. "It's business. It is what it is, I know it's possible," Campbell said about the bittersweet experience.…

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