OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- The Baltimore Ravens reached a three-year extension with Travis Jones on Thursday, avoiding a grievance on whether the starting nose tackle would become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season.

The extension for Jones is worth $40.5 million and keeps him under contract through the 2028 season, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

The deal with Jones got completed before Thursday's hearing where the NFL Players Association had filed a grievance over Jones' contract status. Jones, who is in the final year of his rookie contract, was not scheduled to be an unrestricted free agent because of failing to report to training camp by the mandatory date which stopped him from accruing a full season, a source said. If Jones' grievance had occurred and failed, he

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