Ravens left tackle Jared Gaither will report to the team on Monday. Baltimore coach John Harbaugh called out Gaither last week for missing the first week of voluntary offseason workouts. He is finishing up rehab on a right ankle injury. "I didn't want to abruptly stop it," Gaither said Sunday. "I'm done, and I'm going to get back with the team. I'm still rehabbing the strength more. The injuries I had last year just stripped me in those areas. That's really what I was doing."

This month, offensive coordinator Cam Cameron and new quarterbacks coach Jim Zorn took Joe Flacco out to the University of Southern California, where he trained with a baseball pitching coach. The weeklong sessions focused on his throwing motion and the small muscles around the shoulder, all of which are expected to help Flacco's accuracy, arm strength and longevity. The hope is all of this hard work will result in a breakthrough season for the third-year starter. "I want Joe to be a championship quarterback," coach John Harbaugh said Tuesday at the NFL owners meetings. "There are terms like 'elite quarterback' and 'franchise quarterback.' All of those things are where we expect Joe to go. He does even more so than we do. You know how Joe is. He already thinks he is the best quarterback in the NFL." Harbaugh added, "But he knows that he's always going to have a lot of work to do. I know physically he needs to get stronger. Mentally, he needs to get sharper. Technique-wise, he needs to get more pronounced. But the expectation is to be the winningest quarterback in the NFL."

John Harbaugh continues to assume that Pro Bowl safety Ed Reed is not retiring. They have been texting back and forth but haven't gotten into "any deep conversation," according to Harbaugh. "What I understand him saying is, the door is always open," Harbaugh said. "He isn't going to play beyond what his body is going to allow. At the same time, I think he's going to play this year. I think he's going to play next year and the year after that until he says he's not."

Free-agent cornerback Marlin Jackson will visit the Ravens on Tuesday, according to ESPN. Jackson, a first-round pick of the Colts in 2005, started in 2007 and 2008 but sustained torn knee ligaments in practice the last two seasons to finish on injured reserve. The Colts didn't tender Jackson, making him a free agent.

Derrick Mason could still return to the Ravens, but the addition of Anquan Boldin has lessened his importance. The team no longer views Mason as one of their priorities, a league source told the Baltimore Sun.

The Cardinals traded Anquan Boldin, a Pro Bowler who's been unhappy with his contract for nearly two years, and a fifth-round draft pick to the Baltimore Ravens for third- and fourth-round selections in the 2010 draft. Boldin received a contract extension upon completion of the deal, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. Boldin's arrival could mean free agent WR Derrick Mason, the Ravens' all-time leading receiver, may not be back.

The Baltimore Ravens are close to a trade for wide receiver Anquan Boldin, according to Peter King of Sports Illustrated.