Baltimore Ravens

Projected Cap Space: $10.9 million

Draft Picks: 11

• 1st (No. 14)
• 2nd (No. 45)
• 3rd (No. 80)
• 4th (No. 115)
• 5th (No. 152)
• 5th (No. 160, LAC)
• 5th (No. 172, comp)
• 5th (No. 173, comp)
• 6th (No. 209, DEN)
• 7th (No. 249, comp)
• 7th (No. 252, comp)

Notable Free Agents: 

• C Tyler Linderbaum
• TE Isaiah Likely
• S Alohi Gilman
• DL Dre’Mont Jones
• OLB Kyle Van Noy
• TE Charlie Kolar
• S Ar’Darius Washington
• CB Chidobe Awuzie
• WR DeAndre Hopkins
• OL Daniel Faalele
• P Jordan Stout
• OT Joseph Noteboom
• RB Keaton Mitchell (RFA)
• OLB David Ojabo
• FB Patrick Ricard
• QB Tyler Huntley
• DT Brent Urban

Top Three Needs

1 – Defensive Tackle

Ravens DT Nnamdi Madubuike might not be a household name but he’s become a pivotal piece of Baltimore’s defense the last few years, especially as a disruptive pass rusher. So when he went down with a career-threatening neck injury, it was a tough blow. Most defensive players aren’t “irreplaceable” in the sense that the dropoff to the backup is usually small enough for a team to overcome. In Madubuike’s case, he was the team’s best pass rusher and there wasn’t anyone else on the roster who could come close. 

It’s still not clear if Madubuike will play another down for the Ravens. With that in mind, it is a great time for Baltimore to overhaul the group. Travis Jones is a quality nose tackle and just signed an extension ahead of last year. But the Ravens could easily do a clean sweep to rebuild the rest of the room and the league wouldn’t bat an eye. They can get better in every fashion at defensive tackle: younger, cheaper, more dynamic, better against the run, more pass rush juice, you name it. 

2 – Edge Rusher

This is always a spot the Ravens have eyes on addressing, and some of it is because of how they do business. Baltimore is a draft-and-develop team. Thanks to how much success it’s had in the last few decades, the Ravens are usually picking at the back of the order. It’s harder to get top talent at premium positions as a result, and those guys either aren’t available in free agency or the Ravens don’t have the money to land them. It forces the team to get creative. 

The system the Ravens run also doesn’t just put edge rushers out wide and tell them to pin their ears back. They’re leaned on for a lot of other duties, and there’s a lot of rushing as a group. It means the Ravens can have success without a Myles Garrett or Micah Parsons, but they need more players above a certain level to compensate. 

With Jones, Van Noy and Ojabo on expiring deals, the Ravens need reinforcements to a group that includes 2025 second-rounder Mike Green, Tavius Robinson and Adisa Isaac. Green is a smaller, bendy type, while Robinson is a blue-collar, classic Ravens dirty work guy. Isaac is between the two, maybe a little closer to Robinson, but has played four games in two seasons since being drafted. 

3 – Interior Offensive Line

Under former HC John Harbaugh, the Ravens were usually good about building through the line of scrimmage and keeping both offensive and defensive lines as areas of strength. That wasn’t quite the case in 2025 and it probably played a role in why Harbaugh was fired. Baltimore banked on guards Andrew Vorhees and Faalele taking a step forward, but that didn’t happen.

With Linderbaum on an expiring contract and the Ravens unable to tag him because of how much that would elevate his salary over the rest of the center market, this position group could turn into a huge concern. The Ravens used a third-round pick last year on Emery Jones and would ideally like for him to take one starting job. They’ll leave the light on for Vorhees in a contract year. But some veteran insurance here is probably needed, and if Linderbaum leaves the Ravens might have to go out of character and make a major investment. 

One Big Question

What does the new era of Ravens football look like?

Harbaugh leaves the Ravens after 18 seasons, 12 playoff appearances and a Super Bowl, a terrific run. All good things must come to an end, though, and in the last few years, the Ravens have been defined as much for their struggles in big games as they have been by all the other things that have been equated to “Ravens football” the last 30 years. Owner Steve Bisciotti told reporters after the season that it was just time for a change. 

However, the identity of the organization is not going to change at a fundamental level. The Ravens turned to Jesse Minter, a former Harbaugh assistant who was the defensive coordinator of the Chargers the past couple of years, to lead them into the next era of the franchise. It’s clear they want to try to replicate some of the success former Ravens DC Mike Macdonald has had with the Seahawks. Minter runs the same scheme and is close friends with Macdonald. 

In that regard, the Ravens should look a lot like they have the last few years, at least on defense. Offense will be interesting. New OC Declan Doyle is just 29 and a rising coachin star who’s worked for Bears HC Ben Johnson and Broncos HC Sean Payton the past two years. It feels like he’ll shift the Ravens to more under-center looks than what they’ve run with QB Lamar Jackson in the past, and that transition will be interesting.

The Ravens are approaching an interesting inflection point with Jackson, too. He and Harbaugh probably weren’t feuding but it’s probably safe to say Jackson wasn’t opposed to a big change. He has two years left on his contract and the two sides are once again going to go back into negotiations to try and work out an extension. That has not been an easy task in the past.

There are also questions about how Jackson’s game, which has been built on his elite speed and change of direction, will fare as he ages. He turned 29 in January, so his 30s are just around the corner. Historically, mobile quarterbacks have aged less gracefully than their pocket passing archetype counterparts. But the NFL is a lot different than it was even 10 years ago. 

Overall, there’s more unknown about the Ravens going forward than there has been in a long, long time. A lot of it will look the same. Jackson will still be under center in Week 1, and Minter will run a scheme that Ravens fans are used to seeing. But plenty is going to be different.