Baltimore Ravens offered Ray Rice a job after cutting him

ESPN’s Outside The Lines released a bombshell report on Friday, detailing just how unbelievably poorly the Baltimore Ravens handled Ray Rice’s domestic dispute.

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One of the stranger revelations in the piece is that the Ravens actually offered Rice a job immediately after releasing him from the football team in September.

Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti to Rice over text:

"Hey Ray, just want to let you know, we loved you as a player, it was great having you here. Hopefully all these things are going to die down. I wish the best for you and Janay.When you’re done with football, I’d like you to know you have a job waiting for you with the Ravens helping young guys getting acclimated to the league."

Confused? So was Rice. OTL says Rice “was flabbergasted,” considering Bisscioti had just released a statement calling Rice’s actions “violent and horrifying.”

OTL asked the Ravens about the text messages.

"The team did not deny Bisciotti had sent them: “His text messages to Ray reflect his belief that everyone is capable of redemption and that others, including players, can learn from Ray’s experience.”"

What a strange development to an already insane story. Why the Ravens would fire Rice and then make an attempt to re-hire him moments later is almost hard to fathom.

But as OTL’s piece illustrates, the Ravens did little right in handling of this whole ordeal.

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