The Baltimore Ravens enter the 2021 offseason in need of help at a few critical positions. We identify and look at each of the needs here.
The Baltimore Ravens are so close yet so far away from getting to another championship. As Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta takes the team into the offseason, one of the first things he has to do is look over the roster and see where his biggest needs are at.
Though Baltimore made it all the way to the divisional round of the playoffs, the Ravens enter this offseason with more than a few needs. Some are due to their pending free agents and others are rehashes of needs they’ve had for years but haven’t adequately addressed.
Before we here at Ravens Wire or even Baltimore can do anything this offseason, it all starts right here. Let’s take a look at the Ravens’ most pressing needs this offseason.
The Ravens have a little cap space to burn but a bunch of pending free agents and holes to fill. How can they kill it this offseason?
The Baltimore Ravens enter the 2020 NFL offseason with a bitter taste in their mouths. They’ll try to turn the disappointment of their playoff loss into action this offseason in an effort to get better and make a serious run at Super Bowl LV.
In order to do that, Baltimore will need to have a great offseason. That means getting values in free agency and picking the right players in the 2020 NFL Draft to bolster the roster and hopefully patch up their biggest holes. Though both free agency and the draft offer never-ending scenarios that will affect what the Ravens can do, we’ll take a look at what the perfect offseason would look like for Baltimore.
The Ravens are expected to have roughly $27.75 million in available cap space to start, according to Over The Cap. So let’s take a look at how they can free up a little more.
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Cutting players:
Baltimore has a number of players who could be on the chopping block as salary cap casualties this offseason. But I feel like two players are pretty much guaranteed to be cut.
Safety Tony Jefferson was replaced well by Chuck Clark and cornerback Brandon Carr is just too expensive given his role as a depth player and floater in the secondary. Cutting both players would add roughly $13 million to the Ravens’ salary cap, according to OTC, giving them $40.75 million to play with.
We’ll also assume guard Marshal Yanda returns for the 2020 season, which won’t free up any additional money but won’t create a new hole for Baltimore to fill. Though if Yanda does retire, that would add another $7 million to the Ravens’ available salary cap, according to OTC.
