The Ravens have already made their trade deadline splash.

Giving up a ransom for an offensive lineman with a deep injury, while still in concussion protocol, and taking on $17M a year in salary a few weeks back drew criticism around the NFL for Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta. And as we have explained, for a team already running a franchise-record payroll and with the least cap space in the NFL, the options for further moves are limited.

Unless, of course they shed significant salary and cap in a transaction that then allows them to add elsewhere in a more meaningful way.…