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Ar’Darius Washington expected to return from torn Achilles this season

Ar’Darius Washington expected to return from torn Achilles this season

Baltimore Ravens safety Ar’Darius Washington said he’s aiming to return before the end of the 2025 NFL season.

On May 12, Baltimore Ravens safety Ar’Darius Washington reportedly suffered a torn Achilles, which all but ruled him out for the 2025 season. But according to Head Coach John Harbaugh during OTA media availability, the timeline has changed.

“It was a clean tear, if you want to call it that. So, it’s one of those ones that’s a more quick-healing version. So, Ar’Darius tells me that he’ll be back in November and he’s always been a quick healer, so I’m looking at...

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Three different NFL data projection models expect the Ravens to be elite

Three different NFL data projection models expect the Ravens to be elite

Data experts and projection models all see the Ravens among the upper echelon of NFL teams in 2025.

For the third time this offseason, an analytics-based model forecasting the 2025 season has been published and the results indicate the Ravens should be in the upper echelon of teams. Most recently, it’s ESPN with their Football Power Index for the 2025 season.

“The NFL’s 2025 oligarchy consists of a clear top tier: the Eagles, Chiefs, Ravens, Lions and Bills,” ESPN’s Seth Walder wrote. “These teams are separated by at most a single point in FPI rating, meaning none of them would...

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Discussion: How many sacks will Odafe Oweh have in 2025?

Discussion: How many sacks will Odafe Oweh have in 2025?

As he enters a contract year, how many sacks do you predict for Baltimore Ravens OLB Odafe Oweh

Frequently, Baltimore Ravens players hit their developmental peak in their contract year. Most recently, defensive end Nnamdi Madubuike in 2023, going from 8.5 career sacks and 16 quarterback hits in three seasons to 13 sacks and 33 quarterback hits in 2023. And with each impact play, his price-tag rose, resulting in a four-year, $98 million deal with $48.5 million guaranteed.

Now, outside linebacker Odafe Oweh has his opportunity to do the same.

So today’s Question of the Day is:

**How many sacks...

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Which game presents the toughest challenge on the Ravens’ schedule?

Which game presents the toughest challenge on the Ravens’ schedule?

Another trip to Kansas City

As members of the brutal AFC North, the Baltimore Ravens are no strangers to tough schedules. 2025 looks no different, with the Ravens facing five of the final eight playoff teams from last season in addition to the usual gauntlet of divisional games.

Today’s Question of the Day is:

Which game presents the toughest challenge on the Ravens’ schedule?

My answer: Week 4 vs. Kansas City Chiefs

The Ravens will face the Chiefs on the road in Arrowhead Stadium again this year after a nail-biting loss there in Week 1 of last season. This...

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Top veteran safeties the Ravens could sign to bolster their secondary

Top veteran safeties the Ravens could sign to bolster their secondary

Last week, the Baltimore Ravens received unfortunate news on the injury front when Ar’Darius Washington suffered a torn Achilles during offseason conditioning. Washington was an X-factor for the team’s defense last season, assuming a starting safety role and emerging as a key playmaker as the year progressed.

While the Ravens did draft safety Malaki Starks with their first-round pick this year, the hope was that the rookie could work in tandem with Washington and Kyle Hamilton as a versatile trio. Instead, now Starks will be set to fill Washington’s shoes alongside Hamilton as the starting safety duo.

Starks is an...

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What is the biggest trap game on the Ravens schedule in 2025?

What is the biggest trap game on the Ravens schedule in 2025?

In the NFL, a “trap game” is commonly used to describe a matchup where a superior team that is favored to win could play down to their competition against an inferior opponent. It can be easy to identify potential trap games ahead of time or not realize it’s happening until the actual game occurs.

For the Baltimore Ravens, like most other teams, they’ve been victim to this situation plenty of times before. While the Ravens have been one of the league’s most successful regular season teams in recent years, they’ve still fallen short of expectations in some contests where they...

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Rashod Bateman named Ravens’ most underappreciated player entering 2025 season

Rashod Bateman named Ravens’ most underappreciated player entering 2025 season

Rashod Bateman had a little bit of a breakout in 2024 as he finished first among Ravens wide receivers with nine touchdowns.

After being selected in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft, wide receiver Rashod Bateman has had a slow start to what many thought would be a strong professional career seeing as he was drafted to be Lamar Jackson’s next go-to wide receiver. However, through his first three seasons in the NFL (and injuries did take a toll, to be fair), he totaled just 1,167 yards, four touchdowns, and 93 receptions in 34 games played.

That’s a...

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Ravens ranked No. 8 in list of Top 10 QB-WR duos

Ravens ranked No. 8 in list of Top 10 QB-WR duos

High praise for Baltimore’s quarterback and wide receiver combination.

The quarterback-wide receiver duo is considered one of the most important combinations for a team to have in the modern-day NFL. Having a good or elite connection between signal-caller and wideout is often the main driving factor in how potent an offense is.

The Baltimore Ravens’ lack of premier talent at the wide receiver position in their franchise history has been well-documented. While they long struggled to draft and develop players at the position, that tide may be beginning to turn thanks to Zay Flowers.

Flowers, the team’s first-round pick in...

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The Ravens voted to keep the tush push. Do you agree?

The Ravens voted to keep the tush push. Do you agree?

The NFL finally voted to keep or ban the tush push. The Ravens — among 10 total teams — kept the play. Do you agree with them?

On Wednesday, the NFL voted to either keep or ban the infamous tush push. The NFL needed 24 votes to ban the play, but only 22 teams voted to ban.

The Baltimore Ravens were one of the 10 dissenting teams to keep the play, but the debate over the play rages on.

So, today’s Question of the Day is:

Do you agree or disagree with the Ravens keeping the tush push play?...

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Isaiah Likely wants a jersey change to No. 8, but only after Lamar Jackson fulfills his promise

Isaiah Likely wants a jersey change to No. 8, but only after Lamar Jackson fulfills his promise

Early in his career, Lamar Jackson said he wants to change his jersey number to No. 1 after winning a Super Bowl. If that happens, Likely wants to wear No. 8.

In 2021, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson shared he wants a jersey number change in his career.

He joined the Ravens’ team podcast, “The Lounge,” and his dream would be be to go from No. 8 to No. 1, but only after winning a Super Bowl.

“If we win the Super Bowl, I’m going to No. 1,” Jackson said. “I want the No. 1. That’s my first number ever....

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Which Ravens game should have been primetime?

Which Ravens game should have been primetime?

Which Baltimore Ravens game do you wish was primetime?

Ravens fans have become used to a nationalized schedule. Call it the “Lamar Jackson Effect,” but since his first MVP year, the Ravens are scheduled for nationally televised games with frequency.

Currently, the Ravens have four nationally televised games, four at night against the Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins and Cincinnati Bengals. They also have two in the mid-game window against the Kansas City Chiefs and Cleveland Browns.

But what is weird is that despite Lamar Jackson’s impact, there are 10 teams with more night primetime games than the Ravens....

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Joe Burrow would like a Ravens-Bengals prime-time game in Cincinnati, and I don’t blame him

Joe Burrow would like a Ravens-Bengals prime-time game in Cincinnati, and I don’t blame him

Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow expressed his displeasure for having to face the Ravens in prime time in their stadium for the fourth consecutive season.

Each season, the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals face off twice. But for the past three — and again in 2025 — the Ravens’ home game will be nationally broadcast, this time on Thanksgiving. And Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow isn’t thrilled about it.

“Playing in Baltimore for the fourth straight prime-time year isn’t ideal,” Burrow said on Tuesday, via ESPN. “Maybe we can get one of those in Cincinnati next year. Please.”

And I have...

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