The Baltimore Ravens are going into the 2024 season with many new faces on their offensive line. They lost three out of their five starters from last year, and are replacing those veterans with young players who will need to step up.
Offensive tackle Ronnie Stanley has been a mainstay on the team’s line, and despite his recent injury history has had a rather remarkable career. He talked about how he and his unit take pride in setting a physical tone, as well as blocking for quarterback Lamar Jackson.
“Yes. That’s always the mantra. We know we’re the start of it all. We’re the tip of the spear, so us and the D-line, we’re the ones setting the line, so we set the tone on both sides of the ball. We take pride in that and knowing that we can help ‘L.J.’ [Lamar Jackson] make all these fantastic plays that he does, and we can make these things easier for him, [and] give him less anxiety to where he can really perform at the highest of levels.”
Stanley is now entering the final year of his contract after restructuring his deal, and will be more important than ever to Baltimore’s offensive line play this year. The key word for Stanley has always been health, and he needs a strong year in that department for multiple reasons.