2 months ago
The Baltimore Ravens reconstructed their coaching staff and strengthened several areas of the roster after falling short of the postseason. Those changes created renewed optimism, but they also increased the pressure on several returning players.
Baltimore's established stars will drive the team's championship pursuit. The Ravens' ability to close the gap in the AFC, however, could be determined by younger contributors becoming more consistent in expanded roles.
Here are five Ravens who must improve in 2026.
Simpson possesses the athletic tools to become a productive three-down linebacker, but Baltimore needs greater consistency from him alongside Roquan Smith. He must diagnose plays faster, take cleaner pursuit angles, and become more dependable in coverage. Teddye Buchanan and Jay Higgins IV give the Ravens additional options, placing even more importance on Simpson converting his physical ability into reliable production.
Rosengarten has gained valuable experience at right tackle, but the Ravens need him to take another step as a pass protector. His ability to handle speed rushers without consistent ****** istance would give Declan Doyle greater freedom with formations and route combinations. Baltimore cannot allow pressure from the right side to disrupt Lamar Jackson or force the offense away from deeper-developing concepts.
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Baltimore's established stars will drive the team's championship pursuit. The Ravens' ability to close the gap in the AFC, however, could be determined by younger contributors becoming more consistent in expanded roles.
Here are five Ravens who must improve in 2026.
Simpson possesses the athletic tools to become a productive three-down linebacker, but Baltimore needs greater consistency from him alongside Roquan Smith. He must diagnose plays faster, take cleaner pursuit angles, and become more dependable in coverage. Teddye Buchanan and Jay Higgins IV give the Ravens additional options, placing even more importance on Simpson converting his physical ability into reliable production.
Rosengarten has gained valuable experience at right tackle, but the Ravens need him to take another step as a pass protector. His ability to handle speed rushers without consistent ****** istance would give Declan Doyle greater freedom with formations and route combinations. Baltimore cannot allow pressure from the right side to disrupt Lamar Jackson or force the offense away from deeper-developing concepts.
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2 months ago
The Baltimore Ravens placed 10 rookies on their initial active roster, with eight members of the 2026 draft class joined by undrafted free agents Joe **** nano and Ethan Burke. Baltimore selected 11 players during the 2026 NFL draft. Seventh-round picks Rayshaun Benny and Evan Beerntsen were waived, while fifth-round running back Adam Randall was placed on injured reserve with a designation to return.
The active rookie group includes potential starters, rotational players, developmental prospects and two undrafted players who forced their way onto the team with productive preseason performances.
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The No. 14 overall pick is projected to start at right guard. Ioane gives Baltimore a powerful interior blocker who can become a foundational piece of the offensive line alongside Ronnie Stanley, Roger Rosengarten and John Simpson.
Baltimore selected Young with the No. 45 pick in the second round. He joins a deep edge group featuring Trey Hendrickson, Tavius Robinson, Mike Green and fellow rookie Ethan Burke.
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The active rookie group includes potential starters, rotational players, developmental prospects and two undrafted players who forced their way onto the team with productive preseason performances.
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The No. 14 overall pick is projected to start at right guard. Ioane gives Baltimore a powerful interior blocker who can become a foundational piece of the offensive line alongside Ronnie Stanley, Roger Rosengarten and John Simpson.
Baltimore selected Young with the No. 45 pick in the second round. He joins a deep edge group featuring Trey Hendrickson, Tavius Robinson, Mike Green and fellow rookie Ethan Burke.
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3 months ago
The Baltimore Ravens placed veteran offensive tackle Kendall Lamm on the reserve/retired list Friday, ending his brief tenure with the organization.
Baltimore signed Lamm on Aug. 5 after Hakeem Adeniji was placed on the reserve/retired list. The Ravens hoped the 34-year-old could provide experience behind starting tackles Ronnie Stanley and Roger Rosengarten, but Lamm stepped away before appearing in a preseason game for the team.
Lamm played 11 NFL seasons after entering the league as an undrafted free agent from Appalachian State in 2015. He appeared for the Houston Texans, Cleveland Browns, Tennessee **** ans and Miami Dolphins, providing experience at both tackle positions. He spent the previous four seasons with Miami and appeared in 13 games last year.
His departure leaves Baltimore evaluating its tackle depth again. Carson Vinson enters his second season after being selected in the fifth round of the 2025 draft, while Gerad Lichtenhan and undrafted rookie Diego Pounds are also competing for reserve positions. Emery Jones Jr. offers additional flexibility as a guard-tackle option.
The Ravens have now placed two veteran tackles on the reserve/retired list since training camp began. Adeniji stepped away eight days after signing, and Lamm's stay lasted little more than a week.
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Baltimore signed Lamm on Aug. 5 after Hakeem Adeniji was placed on the reserve/retired list. The Ravens hoped the 34-year-old could provide experience behind starting tackles Ronnie Stanley and Roger Rosengarten, but Lamm stepped away before appearing in a preseason game for the team.
Lamm played 11 NFL seasons after entering the league as an undrafted free agent from Appalachian State in 2015. He appeared for the Houston Texans, Cleveland Browns, Tennessee **** ans and Miami Dolphins, providing experience at both tackle positions. He spent the previous four seasons with Miami and appeared in 13 games last year.
His departure leaves Baltimore evaluating its tackle depth again. Carson Vinson enters his second season after being selected in the fifth round of the 2025 draft, while Gerad Lichtenhan and undrafted rookie Diego Pounds are also competing for reserve positions. Emery Jones Jr. offers additional flexibility as a guard-tackle option.
The Ravens have now placed two veteran tackles on the reserve/retired list since training camp began. Adeniji stepped away eight days after signing, and Lamm's stay lasted little more than a week.
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3 months ago
The Baltimore Ravens haven't lacked talent in recent seasons, or most seasons for that matter. What's been unique to these new Ravens, however, is their identity. For much of this team's history, the vocal leaders and faces of this franchise played on defense: Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, Terrell Suggs, Tony Siragusa, etc.
This is now, unquestionably, Lamar Jackson's team, and that's hardly a criticism. We're talking about a team built around one of the best quarterbacks of his generation. With that, however, came a cultural shift. An organization once defined by Hall of Fame defenders is now recognized for an offense capable of overwhelming opponents. Under new offensive coordinator Declan Doyle, many believe that ceiling is even higher.
Anytime the Ravens have a healthy Lamar Jackson, they enter the game with a chance to win. This is a team that has championship aspirations, but the problem hasn't always been getting into position to win. It's been finishing.
Third-year right tackle Roger Rosengarten believes one of the lessons this team has carried into training camp under first-year head coach Jesse Minter is developing the mindset to put teams away. Speaking with reporters after Baltimore's first padded practice, Rosengarten acknowledged that the Ravens have left too much on the field late in games during his first two NFL seasons.
"One hundred percent... It showed from my rookie year to second year, and now going into my third year... Myself, as a player, and as a team, finishing in the fourth quarter has not been our best. I feel like that's not Ravens football. We talk about Ravens football and the history behind it. You want to be talked about like one of the greats, but that's about finishing in the fourth quarter."
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This is now, unquestionably, Lamar Jackson's team, and that's hardly a criticism. We're talking about a team built around one of the best quarterbacks of his generation. With that, however, came a cultural shift. An organization once defined by Hall of Fame defenders is now recognized for an offense capable of overwhelming opponents. Under new offensive coordinator Declan Doyle, many believe that ceiling is even higher.
Anytime the Ravens have a healthy Lamar Jackson, they enter the game with a chance to win. This is a team that has championship aspirations, but the problem hasn't always been getting into position to win. It's been finishing.
Third-year right tackle Roger Rosengarten believes one of the lessons this team has carried into training camp under first-year head coach Jesse Minter is developing the mindset to put teams away. Speaking with reporters after Baltimore's first padded practice, Rosengarten acknowledged that the Ravens have left too much on the field late in games during his first two NFL seasons.
"One hundred percent... It showed from my rookie year to second year, and now going into my third year... Myself, as a player, and as a team, finishing in the fourth quarter has not been our best. I feel like that's not Ravens football. We talk about Ravens football and the history behind it. You want to be talked about like one of the greats, but that's about finishing in the fourth quarter."
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3 months ago
The Baltimore Ravens signed veteran offensive tackle Kendall Lamm following a workout on Monday, per the NFL's daily transaction report, filling the roster spot vacated by Hakeem Adeniji's sudden retirement over the weekend.
Lamm, 34, is entering his 12th NFL season. He spent the last four in Miami with 46 total appearances, including 15 starts in 2023 and 2024. Last year, he appeared in 13 games, but played just seven snaps on offense and 52 on special teams.
Most of Lamm's pro experience came with the Texans between 2015 and 2018. He first signed in Houston as an undrafted free agent and made the 53-man roster as a rookie as the team's swing tackle. He continued in that role for the subsequent two seasons before earning the right tackle job in 2018, his lone year as a full-time starter.
After leaving Houston during the 2019 offseason, Lamm signed a two-year deal with the Browns, where he again served as the swing tackle, and spent the 2021 season in the same role in Tennessee. He has generally earned solid pass-blocking grades in his career from Pro Football Focus with a 5.9% pressure rate and a 96.5 pass blocking efficiency. (For context, Ronnie Stanley owns a 5.5% pressure rate and a 97.0 PBE, while Roger Rosengarten sits at 6.3% and 96.5 in each category.)
The Ravens badly needed depth at offensive tackle following Hakeem Adeniji's sudden retirement over the weekend. The 28-year-old just signed in Baltimore last week and participated in Saturday's training camp practice at the University of Maryland's SECU Stadium. Head coach Jesse Minter characterized Adeniji's abrupt departure as a "personal situation" and said that the team would quickly fill his spot on the roster, indicating Lamm's signing was already in the works.
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Lamm, 34, is entering his 12th NFL season. He spent the last four in Miami with 46 total appearances, including 15 starts in 2023 and 2024. Last year, he appeared in 13 games, but played just seven snaps on offense and 52 on special teams.
Most of Lamm's pro experience came with the Texans between 2015 and 2018. He first signed in Houston as an undrafted free agent and made the 53-man roster as a rookie as the team's swing tackle. He continued in that role for the subsequent two seasons before earning the right tackle job in 2018, his lone year as a full-time starter.
After leaving Houston during the 2019 offseason, Lamm signed a two-year deal with the Browns, where he again served as the swing tackle, and spent the 2021 season in the same role in Tennessee. He has generally earned solid pass-blocking grades in his career from Pro Football Focus with a 5.9% pressure rate and a 96.5 pass blocking efficiency. (For context, Ronnie Stanley owns a 5.5% pressure rate and a 97.0 PBE, while Roger Rosengarten sits at 6.3% and 96.5 in each category.)
The Ravens badly needed depth at offensive tackle following Hakeem Adeniji's sudden retirement over the weekend. The 28-year-old just signed in Baltimore last week and participated in Saturday's training camp practice at the University of Maryland's SECU Stadium. Head coach Jesse Minter characterized Adeniji's abrupt departure as a "personal situation" and said that the team would quickly fill his spot on the roster, indicating Lamm's signing was already in the works.
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4 months ago
NFL redrafts often reveal how quickly priorities can change, especially after the fact. Some teams discover they missed on a player. Others simply recognize that a different position may have offered even greater long-term value. The Baltimore Ravens fell into the latter category during a recent CBS Sports reimagining of the 2024 NFL Draft,
Baltimore passed on its original first-round selection, cornerback Nate Wiggins. They instead used the 30th overall pick on former Georgia Bulldogs offensive tackle Amarius Mims. The massive lineman originally came off the board 18th overall to the division-rival Cincinnati Bengals, but the redraft gave the Ravens another opportunity to strengthen the trenches.
Something of note here. The Mims selection wasn't necessarily an indictment of Wiggins. Instead, it reflected the importance of maintaining one of the NFL's most physical offensive identities. CBS Sports pointed to Mims' size and upside, while noting that he would have been an ideal fit in Baltimore's run-heavy offense. With Derrick Henry serving as the centerpiece of the ground game and Lamar Jackson's mobility constantly stressing defenses.
The theory makes sense. Mims obviously adds another powerful blocker to the offensive front, which is an easy case to make. The projection also benefits from hindsight.
Baltimore eventually found starting right tackle Roger Rosengarten in the second round of the original draft, making the Ravens' offensive line one of the league's strengths. In a redraft, however, Mims' development over two NFL seasons makes him worthy of first-round consideration regardless of positional need.
Baltimore passed on its original first-round selection, cornerback Nate Wiggins. They instead used the 30th overall pick on former Georgia Bulldogs offensive tackle Amarius Mims. The massive lineman originally came off the board 18th overall to the division-rival Cincinnati Bengals, but the redraft gave the Ravens another opportunity to strengthen the trenches.
Something of note here. The Mims selection wasn't necessarily an indictment of Wiggins. Instead, it reflected the importance of maintaining one of the NFL's most physical offensive identities. CBS Sports pointed to Mims' size and upside, while noting that he would have been an ideal fit in Baltimore's run-heavy offense. With Derrick Henry serving as the centerpiece of the ground game and Lamar Jackson's mobility constantly stressing defenses.
The theory makes sense. Mims obviously adds another powerful blocker to the offensive front, which is an easy case to make. The projection also benefits from hindsight.
Baltimore eventually found starting right tackle Roger Rosengarten in the second round of the original draft, making the Ravens' offensive line one of the league's strengths. In a redraft, however, Mims' development over two NFL seasons makes him worthy of first-round consideration regardless of positional need.
