Ozzie Newsome would be “happy for” Ray Rice if tailback earned another NFL shot

Though former Ravens tailback Ray Rice has been free to sign with any NFL club since late November, he has yet to find work in the league.
On Tuesday, Ravens General Manager Ozzie Newsome was asked if he believed Rice would get a chance with another club.
“Well, I don’t know what 31 other teams are thinking,” Newsome said. “I think we’ll find out probably before April whether Ray will get the opportunity to sign with another team.
Newsome said he had heard the 28-year-old Rice had kept himself in shape. The Ravens’ G.M. also indicated there was no ill will between him and Rice.
“If he gets that opportunity to play with another club, I’ll be happy for him,” Newsome said.
But if that opportunity is to present itself, it might have to be soon, as Newsome suggested. Free agency begins in two weeks, and the 2015 NFL Draft is a little more than two months away.
Rice publicly apologized again last week for striking his now-wife in an Atlantic City casino elevator in February 2014. The fall-out from the incident led to Rice’s release from Baltimore and his banishment from the NFL for most of last season.

Source:  PFT.com
Author:  Mike Wilkening
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