The Ravens are done with Eugene Monroe

It shouldn’t be too surprising that the Baltimore Ravens announced Tuesday that they’re trying to trade left tackle Eugene Monroe (that’s why they held him out of minicamp). They drafted Ronnie Stanley with the sixth pick in this year’s draft, but it’s not like Stanley’s had enough reps with them to justify the move. They still haven’t even practiced in pads. So, why are the Ravens so itchy to get rid of him?

Part of it has to do with Monroe’s public advocacy for medicinal marijuana, something that’s caused friction between the two sides.

But that’s not all of it. The Ravens signed Monroe to a $37 million contract, with more than $22 million guaranteed, back in 2014. Since then, he’s played in a total of 17 out of 32 games, plagued with injuries that have kept him out of key contests like a narrow playoff loss to the Patriots following the 2014 season. He’s been a disappointment, and the Ravens can’t really afford too many more.

John Harbaugh said Wednesday that the team was already getting calls about Monroe. Trade or not, he’s not expected to be a Raven by the end of the day on Thursday, getting released if he doesn’t get dealt.

THE MARKET FOR MONROE

Trading Monroe won’t be easy. His current deal carries a cap hit of $8.7 million this year and $8.9 million in each of the last two years. If that holds things up past the Ravens’ self-imposed deadline of this week, Monroe will end up getting his walking papers, which is what I expect to happen.

As for the teams interested, the Bears and the Giants are two to watch, and both have plenty of cap space to make a trade if they want.

The Broncos traded Ryan Clady to the Jets this spring for a fifth- and a seventh-round pick. Baltimore Beatdown has a good look at what Monroe might fetch in a trade.

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