Baltimore Beatdown
The Baltimore Ravens were among the league’s best as a team in a number of different offensive and defensive rankings last season. From an individual perspective, they similarly had several players rank highly and produce career-best campaigns.
As the 2025 season approaches, who will lead the Ravens in the major offensive and defensive statistical areas? Let’s break it down with some early predictions.
Prediction: QB Lamar Jackson
This is self-explanatory, as Jackson will undoubtedly lead the Ravens in every major passing category. The only question is how he’ll follow up a historic statistical season in 2024, where he threw a career-best 41 touchdowns with only four interceptions and crossed the 4,000-yard passing mark — while completing 66% of his throws. There’s only one possibility of Jackson not leading the team in each passing statistic, which is the worst-case scenario of an extended absence due to injury.
Prediction: RB Derrick Henry
Similar to above, it’s a no-brainer that Henry will pace the Ravens in the major rushing statistical areas. Henry instantly became the team’s workhorse last season and rushed for 1,921 yards with 16 touchdowns and a career-high 5.9 yards per carry. He may not be able to quite match these lofty numbers again in 2025, but Henry should once again thrive as the offense’s bell cow. Justice Hill and Keaton Mitchell are more likely to exceed Henry’s receiving production as third-down running backs, but will not come close to his rushing stats.
Prediction: WR Zay Flowers
Flowers comfortably led the team in receiving yards last season, crossing the 1,000-yard threshold in his sophomore campaign while also catching a team-high 74 passes. Between him, Rashod Bateman, Mark Andrews, Isaiah Likely, and newcomer Deandre Hopkins, the Ravens have a lot of mouths to feed in the passing game. However, Flowers has become Jackson’s go-to target, and he should continue to build upon his strong campaign in 2024. Flowers figures to continue leading the team in targets, which means he will also pace all pass-catchers in receptions as well. Even if his target share remains the same, Flowers combination of big-play ability and yards-after-the-catch prowess allow him to rack up receiving yardage.
Prediction: TE Isaiah Likely
This category is a tougher to predict. Andrews has now long been the team’s leading receiving touchdown scorer. Even as his production declined a little in 2024, Andrews recorded a career-high 11 touchdown catches. However, the momentum for a breakout season from Likely continues to build and there very well may be a more even-split between the two at tight end in 2025. Likely caught his own career-best six touchdowns last year with a mix of red zone targets and long scores. He’d need a few more than that next season to match or exceed Andrews and Rashod Bateman’s scoring to lead the Ravens in touchdown catches. Jackson may spread the ball around enough for that...
