The Baltimore Ravens are competing for the three new starting spots on the offensive line. The sooner they figure out who the new trio of starters will be, the better off the unit could potentially be.
Andrew Voorhees is the clear front-runner at left guard, as he’s been spoken about quite favorably, early and often, during this training camp.
Nose tackle Michael Pierce scrimmages against the offensive line every day, and when asked about the OL competition, he singled out Vorhees individually for high praise.
“Vorhees is going to be really good,” Pierce said.
“He’s just learning and getting back.”
Vorhees is not technically a rookie, but he will see his first action in the National Football League this season.
A star at USC, he was projected to go somewhere between the late first and mid-third rounds in the 2023 draft.
Then he tore his anterior cruciate ligament at the combine that winter and thus slid way down the draft boards. The Ravens took a flier on him, selecting him in the 7th around, at pick #229.
They knew that he would be a project and that it would be well over a full year before he returned to the field.
With that in mind, there will be some ups and downs with him. It’s inevitable. However, Voorhees was filled with promise before he blew out his ACL.
Pierce is seeing that promise in action every day.