Three weeks before the Ravens are scheduled to open the season at home against the Browns, Baltimore is facing a major personnel crisis after a practice dust-up on Friday.
Earl Thomas, a seven-time All-Pro safety entering his second season with the Ravens, was “sent home from the facility Friday following a fight with teammate Chuck Clark,” Tom Pelissero reported on Saturday morning. Shortly after Pelissero’s report, The Athletic’s Jeff Zrebiec said Thomas wasn’t on the practice field. And then came this whopper from Jason LaCanfora:
“Also continue to hear [Ravens’] players have voiced strong support for DeShon Elliott as a rising safety should Earl Thomas be let go and players there also love free agent safety Tony Jefferson, who is almost all the way from 2019 season ending surgery.