With free agency set to begin on March 1, the Baltimore Ravens have a lot of work to do with the $14.8 million they currently have in cap space. Baltimore still has to decide who, if anyone, they will be able to re-sign from their own pending free agents while also looking at others on the market to bolster their roster.

A big part of the Ravens’ offseason will likely include trimming down their roster to free up salary cap room in order to make some much-needed moves. But who do you cut first if you are general manager Ozzie Newsome. We look at a few options that could have their pink slip already filled out.

Shareece Wright – CB:

Baltimore cornerback Shareece Wright is likely to get cut first with his salary cap hit being $5.8 million in 2017 while having limited production. The move would free up a little less than $3.2 million for the Ravens, enough to likely make a move elsewhere or help or assist in re-signing DT Brandon Williams.

It is unlikely that Wright returns for another season with the Ravens despite signing a three-year deal worth $13 million during the 2016 offseason. Wright was re-signed last season because he made strides towards the end of the 2015 season in being a stable and quality cornerback. That certainly wasn’t the case in 2016 and with the play of Tavon Young, Wright simply has too high of a salary for what he brings to the table.

Jeremy Zuttah – C

Center Jeremy Zuttah has to be feeling the heat. With Ryan Jensen and John Urschel both sitting behind him waiting, Zuttah fits the type of player that gets cut first. The Ravens will get back just under $2.4 million of his $4.6 million 2017 salary while having his replacement likely already on the roster.

It doesn’t help that Baltimore got to test out options in 2015 with Zuttah on injured reserve and a 2016 season that wasn’t exactly masterful. All of that points to Zuttah being the odd-man out.

Mike Wallace – WR

Despite a fantastic 2016 campaign in which he accounted for 1,017 receiving yards, Mike Wallace has a heavy cap hit in 2017 with little dead money. That makes it far easier to cut him if the Ravens need some more money to make moves this offseason. If cut, Wallace would free up $5.75 million in cap space for 2017.

Still, it’s difficult to cut the best receiver on the team and certainly even harder to make him first. While it’s likely that Baltimore works with Wallace to either get his cap number down or cuts him outright, it probably won’t be until after the draft when they hopefully have more depth on the roster.

Benjamin Watson – TE

With five other tight ends already on the roster and Benjamin Watson missing 2016 due to injury, it could be as simple as shedding dead weight. But Watson has the added bonus of getting $3 million back from his $4 million 2017 salary if cut.

It already looks as though Watson will be gone, but will he be first is the biggest question. With the amount of cap space the Ravens would get and the depth at tight end, it seems like an obvious choice to get the axe first.