Baltimore Ravens Off-Season Preview

Baltimore (11-5 Divisional Playoff Round)

Current Situation: The Ravens bounced back from a 5-11 record with a rookie QB and head coach, but the second ranked defense led the way. However, that defense is aging and a lot of players are set to become free agents. Coach John Harbaugh is expected to keep the team in contention, but a step back is certainly a strong possibility.

Advice:
- Baltimore has to settle the situation with their three free agent LBs (Ray Lewis, Bart Scott, Terrell Suggs), since it is very unlikely that they will be able to keep them all. Lewis is the oldest, but is a fantastic veteran leader. Suggs is the youngest and most dynamic, but will demand a huge contract. Scott is the most consistent, but appears to be the odd-man out right now.
- The Ravens need to replace the departed LB, and it can't be through free agency.
- They need to resign C Jason Brown, who has become a very nice player for them and was a key component to their fourth ranked run offense.
- Draft a CB to replace departed Chris McAllister.
- Find Trevor Pryce's future replacement
- Baltimore really needs to look at WR. Derrick Mason is 35, and outside of him, Baltimore WRs only caught 55 passes for 918 yards combined.
- Evaluate whether LT Jared Gaither is the guy they want protecting their franchise QB's blindside. If not, this could be addressed, but with so much else going on, this is an afterthought.