BALTIMORE -- Shannon Sharpe has been informed by the Baltimore Ravens that he'll be let go from the team this week, and the tight end wasn't going quietly, The Baltimore Sun reported.

Sharpe, two seasons into a four-year, $13.2 million contract that included a $4.5 million signing bonus, said he expected it to happen.

He also expressed dismay about the departures of linebacker Jamie Sharper and return specialist Jermaine Lewis. They were selected Monday by the Houston Texans in the expansion draft.

Sharpe criticized the Ravens for losing Sharper and Lewis and questioned coach Brian Billick's handling of quarterback Elvis Grbac last season.

"I had a long conversation with Ozzie," Sharpe told the Sun, referring to Ozzie Newsome, the Ravens' senior vice president of football operations, "and I don't have a problem with being waived. I can see where they are headed when they take a linebacker like Jamie Sharper, who is 27 and one of the three best in the league outside of Ray Lewis, and put him on expansion. I can see where they are headed when they take a player like Jermaine Lewis and put him out there.

"I don't agree with them. I don't care what Sharper's (salary) cap number is. When you have a player that young, with so many good years remaining, you pay him. Jermaine is about the same age, and when our offense stalled last season, he was the only one to give us a spark. He is the only player on the team who can turn the game around with one touch. But Ozzie Newsome was executive of the year and Brian Billick is able to write books. What do I know? That's why they make the big bucks."