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Ravens poised to make Suggs their franchise player

Published 02/18/09

OWINGS MILLS - The Baltimore Ravens plan to designate Pro Bowl outside linebacker Terrell Suggs as their franchise player again if they are unable to strike a new contract with him prior to Thursday's NFL deadline.

J. Pat Carter — Associated Press/file Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs runs back an interception for a touchdown against Miami last October in Miami.
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"If we don't have a deal, we will franchise him," Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome said in a telephone interview from Indianapolis where he's attending the annual NFL scouting combine.

It would cost the Ravens a one-year, $10.2 million salary against the 2009 salary cap to retain Suggs as their franchise player for the second year in a row. Under NFL rules governing the franchise tag, Suggs is due...

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