The Ravens reportedly are signing veteran pass rusher Pernell McPhee, whose career began in Baltimore, and also announced May 16 that they signed guard R.J. Prince, who was on the Pittsburgh Steelers' practice squad last year.
McPhee's return, first reported by ESPN, would help compensate for the loss of Za'Darius Smith, who spent much of his four-year Ravens career in a role similar to McPhee's with the Ravens. McPhee returns to a team that lost its top two pass rushers from last season -- Smith and Terrell Suggs -- in free agency. The Ravens had previously met with veteran free-agent pass rusher Ziggy Ansah, but he signed with the Seattle Seahawks.
McPhee, 30, was a fifth-round draft pick by the Ravens in 2011 and played four years in Baltimore before signing a five-year, $38.75 million free-agent deal with the Chicago Bears. He played three seasons for the Bears before being released as a cap casualty, then was with the Washington Redskins last season.
