More Legal Troubles For Baltimore Ravens … Kinda

The Baltimore Ravens have been docked salary cap space after a player filed a grievance against the team.

The Baltimore Ravens are facing a legal issue ahead of the 2024 NFL Draft.

According to Russell Street Report’s Brian McFarland, the Ravens were docked $1.8 million in cap space after former Baltimore linebacker Tyus Bowser filed a grievance against the team after he said he wasn’t paid for the 2023 season.

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Bowser spent the entire year on the reserve/non-football injury list.

“The Ravens recently had a $1.8M reduction in Cap space due to former Raven Tyus Bowser filing a $4.5M grievance against the team,” McFarland posted on X. “Bowser spent the 2023 season on NFI & was not paid his salary. Grievances initially count 40% of grievance amount on the Cap til resolved.

“Grievance likely won’t b resolved til 2025. If Ravens win, they will get a $1.8M credit on the Cap. If Bowser prevails, Ravens will instead get hit w/ a $2.7M charge. Grievance is likely about whether Bowser should have been on NFI (non-football injury) w/o pay or on IR w/ pay”

Bowser was cut this offseason after seven years with Baltimore.

His best NFL  season was 2021 when he started all 17 games for the Ravens and tallied seven sacks. He’s struggled with injuries since then and appeared in just nine games in 2022 and none in 2023.