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Ravens cut Gooden, Hardy, place Harewood on…

OWINGS MILLS, Md. – Linebacker Tavares Gooden and wide receiver James Hardy are among 25 players cut by the Baltimore Ravens, who also placed offensive tackle Ramon Harewood on injured reserve to reach the 55-man limit.

The Ravens on Saturday also terminated the contract of linebacker Prescott Burgess.

Gooden is a former third-round draft pick from the University of Miami. Harewood is scheduled to undergo surgery to repair a torn ligament in his ankle.

Hardy, a former Buffalo Bills second-round draft pick, got off to a good start in training camp but missed much of the pre-season with a chronic hamstring problem.

Burgess led the Ravens in special-teams tackles over the past two seasons. Baltimore also cut former fourth-round pick Marcus Smith, a wide receiver.

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Ravens C Birk had surgery, Rabach fails physical

Baltimore Ravens center Matt Birk recently
had a surgical procedure to clean the bursa sac in his left knee, the team
announced Wednesday.

Birk will miss three to four weeks, according to Ravens head coach John
Harbaugh.

Center Casey Rabach, who agreed to terms on a two-year contract with the
Ravens on Tuesday, failed his physical and will not join the club.

“We will be looking for another center,” Harbaugh said on the team’s website.
“Matt will be our starting center. But Matt’s older; I don’t think he
necessarily needs training camp. That’s my feeling — let him get this cleaned
up right now, and we’ll get a week or two of training camp with him and he’ll
be ready to play.”

After Birk, the Ravens have practice squad lineman Bryan Mattison and
undrafted rookies Ryan Bartholomew and Tim Barnes.

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