Even though he continues to run primarily with the second team, Ravens running back Willis McGahee said he doesn't mind backing up Ray Rice for now.
McGahee had been limited for most of the offseason after having arthroscopic knee surgery. Because Rice has been going with the starters during his absence, McGahee said he didn't expect to supplant Rice when he began fully practicing last week.
"It wouldn't be right," McGahee said Tuesday during the final minicamp for veterans. "I don't mind. Work is work. That's either with the first, second or third."
Unlike last year, McGahee has been attending voluntary minicamps. He is trying to rebound from last season, when he gained a career-low 671 yards.
But McGahee said he doesn't think he has to prove he can still play.
"Nobody expected me to get drafted in the first round. Nobody expected me to come back and play football [after a knee injury in college]," he said. "It doesn't bother me. I know what I can do. I know I can turn the light switch on when I need to. I'm ready to turn it on."
Mason: No time set for return
A couple of weeks after the Ravens seemed certain Derrick Mason would participate in training camp, the veteran wide receiver said Tuesday that there is no timetable for his return.
Mason has been limited because he is recovering from offseason shoulder surgery. The Ravens report to training camp in late July.
"You never know with Superman. I can come out with the cape, and it could be the first day [of training camp] or the second week," Mason said. "You never know. But I'm optimistic I'll be able to play when we play Kansas City [in the regular-season opener]."
Mason, who has led the Ravens in catches for three of his four seasons here, had surgery to repair his scapula and the labrum in his left shoulder in February.
