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Updated at 3:22 p.m., Friday, March 13, 2009

NFL: Rolle expects to be released by Ravens

By DAVID GINSBURG
AP Sports Writer

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens are expected to release former Pro Bowl cornerback Samari Rolle in the next few days, the player's agent said Friday.

After Baltimore signed free agent Domonique Foxworth, Rolle figured his playing time with the Ravens would be reduced.

Rolle, however, might be invited back to play a fourth season in Baltimore.

The Ravens will save $4.1 million in salary-cap room.

That leaves Foxworth and Fabian Washington as the top two cornerbacks on the depth chart.

Foxworth signed a four-year, $27.2 million contract with the Ravens that included $16.5 million in guaranteed money. He was drafted in the third round of the 2005 draft by Denver and traded last year to the Atlanta Falcons.

Washington, obtained in a draft-day trade with Oakland last April, took over at cornerback for Chris McAlister in October. He started 12 games during the regular season and all three of Baltimore's playoff games.