THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens acquired defensive end Marques Douglas from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Wednesday, reacting quickly to defensive lineman Dwan Edwards’ season-ending back injury.
Former second-round pick Dan Cody was cut to make room for Douglas.
Douglas, 31, was acquired for a late-round draft choice in 2009 and a conditional 2010 draft selection.
Douglas was with the Ravens from 2001 to 2004 after signing with Baltimore as an undrafted free agent out of Howard in 2000. Last season, he had 72 tackles and three sacks with the San Francisco 49ers.
The six-foot-two, 292-pound Douglas can play defensive end or tackle in the Ravens’ aggressive scheme. Tampa Bay signed Douglas to a four-year, US$10.1-million contract during the off-season, but his playing time dwindled behind Kevin Carter.
Douglas is due a $1-million base salary this season and $2.4 million each in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Douglas started 47-of-48 games for the 49ers under former Ravens defensive co-ordinator Mike Nolan.
For his career, Douglas has 335 tackles and 19 sacks.
Edwards was placed on injured reserve Tuesday. He started a career-high 13 games last season in relief of an injured Trevor Pryce and had a career-high 58 tackles.
