The Baltimore Ravens’ 2019 season is far from over, with hopefully a deep playoff run still on the cards. However, the business of football goes on and it’s important to look ahead at what the Ravens roster could like look in 2020.
Going into this offseason, Baltimore has 21 players set to hit free agency, including 16 unrestricted free agents. While fans will key in on potential free agents the Ravens can sign, they’ll have their work cut out for them in retaining some of their own impact players.
Let’s take a look at the full list of pending free agents for Baltimore.
Ravens 2020 unrestricted free agents:
| Player | Position |
| Jimmy Smith | CB |
| Michael Pierce | DT |
| Patrick Onwuasor | ILB |
| Seth Roberts | WR |
| Domata Peko | DT |
| Anthony Levine | S |
| Pernell McPhee | OLB |
| Josh Bynes | ILB |
| Brynden Trawick | S |
| Justin Ellis | DE |
| De’Anthony Thomas | WR |
| Jordan Richards | S |
| Chris Moore | WR |
| Jihad Ward | DE |
| Hroniss Grasu | C |
| Matthew Judon | OLB |
UFAs are the ones you’ll hear the most about when free agency hits. They’re able to negotiate solely with their teams until free agency starts, where they then enter the open market and can then sign with any team.
The biggest names on this list are Jimmy Smith and Matt Judon. Smith has been with the Ravens for his whole NFL career but injury has kept him from playing a full season since 2015. This, plus the fact that the Ravens already have more cap salary dedicated to the cornerback position than any team in the NFL in 2020 may lead to a breakup.
Judon has enjoyed a career season with 9.5 sacks, 43 solo tackles and 14 tackles for loss. You would think the Ravens would love to keep him around based on these numbers but they did let Za’Darius Smith walk last season, remember. The classic Ravens tactic has been to let their free agents go out and find out what the market is and then give the team a chance to match or pass. This could be on the cards here again this offseason with Judon.
The other players on this list are mostly rotational players and given the stage of their careers, they may struggle to find better deals on the open market. However, there are players at positions that the Ravens could certainly look to get younger (and cheaper) at.
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