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News: Rainey signed an exclusive-rights tender worth $480,000 with the Ravens, the Baltimore Sun reports.
Impact: Rainey was on the team's active roster just three times last year as a rookie, but his season was cut short due to a knee injury, which landed him on IR in November. He appears unlikely to see significant playing time in 2013, barring an injury to Ray Rice or Bernard Pierce.

News: Brown will be sidelined for at least a month while he recovers from sports hernia surgery.
Impact: Brown, the Ravens' second-round draft pick, had the operation two weeks ago following the team's first rookie minicamp. He did not practice Wednesday at a voluntary offseason camp and is also expected to miss the mandatory three-day minicamp that begins June 11. He is expected to be fully recovered by the time Baltimore begins training camp in late July.

News: Brown is recovering from a sports hernia and will be out for four-to-six weeks, the Baltimore Sun's Aaron Wilson reports.
Impact: Brown is expected to start at one inside linebacker spot, but this injury could threaten his availability for the beginning of training camp. Assuming he is healthy and wins a starting job, Brown should be an intriguing IDP option.

News: McClain (back) was a limited participant in Tuesday's OTAs, the Baltimore Sun's Aaron Wilson reports.
Impact: McClain is recovering from a spinal cord contusion that ended his 2012 season in December. He looks like a good bet to hold down one starting inside linebacker spot, that is if he's healthy. While the early reports have been positive, the injury necessitates a cautious approach.

News: Webb (knee) participated on a limited basis in Tuesday's OTAs, the Baltimore Sun's Aaron Wilson reports.
Impact: Webb is rehabbing a torn ACL that he suffered last October. The Ravens are currently operating under the expectation that they will have their No. 1 cornerback available for Week 1.

News: The Ravens say McClain is retiring from the NFL.
Impact: Baltimore general manager Ozzie Newsome Newsome said Wednesday, "Rolando let me know that he plans to retire from the NFL." Newsome says the 23-year-old McClain has been placed on the reserve/retired list. McClain signed with the Ravens as a free agent on April 12. Ten days later, he was arrested in Alabama and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

News: A city judge has dismissed a charge accusing Baltimore Ravens linebacker Rolando McClain of lying to police about his identity. The charge stemmed from McClain writing profanity on a ticket for a window-tint violation on April 21 instead of signing his name. Circuit Clerk Jessica Hayes said Thursday municipal Judge Billy Cook Jr. dismissed the charge at the prosecution's request. She says McClain pleaded guilty to the window tint violation and paid a $182 fine.
Impact: The former Butkus Award winner at Alabama still has other cases pending in his hometown. McClain is scheduled to appear in Circuit Court June 20 on reckless driving and no proof of insurance citations from May 2011. He also has a July 9 municipal court date on charges of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.

News: The Baltimore Ravens have acquired center A.Q. Shipley from the Indianapolis Colts for a conditional 2014 draft pick. The trade, announced Thursday by the Ravens, will be finalized after Shipley passes a physical. Shipley will compete with Gino Gradkowski to replace 2012 starter Matt Birk, who retired during the offseason.
Impact: Shipley played in 14 games last season with the Colts, getting five starts. He participated on special teams for Indianapolis in an AFC wild-card game in Baltimore last season. The 6-foot-1, 309-pound Shipley was selected in the seventh round of the 2009 draft by Pittsburgh. He was a member of the Steelers' practice squad in 2009 and on Philadelphia's practice squad in 2010 before signing with Indianapolis in 2012.