For the first time since the Baltimore Ravens won their Super Bowl 25 months ago, there are more players from that championship team playing for other organizations than the Ravens themselves.
There are only 14 players currently under contract with the Ravens from the 2012 Super Bowl team, including four starters on offense (quarterback Joe Flacco, tight end Dennis Pitta, and guards Marshal Yanda and Kelechi Osemele) and two on defense (linebackers Terrell Suggs and Courtney Upshaw).
In comparison, there are 19 players from that Super Bowl 53-man roster (36 percent) who are on other teams. In a span of the past two weeks, five players -- defensive tackle Haloti Ngata, wide receivers Torrey Smith and Jacoby Jones, linebacker Pernell McPhee and running back Bernard Pierce -- joined other teams.
The San Francisco 49ers, who have changed head coaches since losing to the Ravens in the Super Bowl, have more players than the Ravens from that title game in New Orleans. There are 18 49ers remaining from that runner-up team, including five starters on offense and four on defense.
Here is a look at the Ravens' players who remain from the Super Bowl 53-man roster (not including players on injured reserve such as cornerback Lardarius Webb) and the ones who are gone:
UNDER CONTRACT WITH RAVENS (14)
QB Joe Flacco, G Kelechi Osemele, G Marshal Yanda, LB Terrell Suggs, LB Courtney Upshaw, LB Albert McClellan, C Gino Gradkowski, DT DeAngelo Tyson, P Sam Koch, K Justin Tucker, CB Jimmy Smith, TE Dennis Pitta, LS Morgan Cox and CB Asa Jackson.
FREE AGENTS (2)
SS Bernard Pollard and NT Terrence Cody.
WITH OTHER TEAMS (19)
DT Haloti Ngata (Lions), WR Torrey Smith (49ers), WR-KR Jacoby Jones (Chargers), LB Pernell McPhee (Bears), RB Bernard Pierce (Jaguars), WR Anquan Boldin (49ers), OT Michael Oher (Panthers), LB Paul Kruger (Browns), DT Arthur Jones (Colts), LB Dannell Ellerbe (Saints), CB Corey Graham (Bills), TE Ed Dickson (Panthers), CB Cary Williams (Seahawks), WR Tandon Doss (Jaguars), CB Chykie Brown (Giants), SS James Ihedigbo (Lions), LB Josh Bynes (Lions), WR Deonte Thompson (Bills) and QB Tyrod Taylor (Bills).
OUT OF NFL FOR PAST SEASON (18)
LB Ray Lewis, FS Ed Reed, RB Ray Rice, OT Bryant McKinnie, C Matt Birk, FB Vonta Leach, NT Ma'ake Kemoeatu, WR David Reed, RB Anthony Allen, SS Sean Considine, LB Brendon Ayanbadejo, G Bobbie Williams, TE Billy Bajema, CB Chris Johnson, FS Omar Brown, LB Adrian Hamilton, OT Ramon Harewood and LB Bryan Hall.
