Ravens 2024 place assessment: Tight Ends

With the 2024 season formally within the books and the beginning of the brand new league 12 months per week away, it’s the proper time to assessment the Baltimore Ravens one place group at a time earlier than utterly turning the web page ahead to gearing up for 2025.

Within the subsequent installment of this text collection, the tight ends are up after a 12 months the place they mixed for practically 20 receiving touchdowns and continued to be integral to each the working and passing recreation.

Mark Andrews

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Andrews completed the season third on the staff in targets (69), second in receptions (55) third in receiving yards (673) and hauled in a career-high 11 receiving touchdowns to steer the staff. There’s an opportunity that he might need performed his final snap in a Ravens uniform however as dangerous of a style as his final recreation left within the collective mouths of followers, his contributions to the staff’s success throughout his first seven years within the league shouldn’t be overlook or underappreciated.

Isaiah Probably

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Regardless of nonetheless not being full-time beginning or persistently closely featured function within the offense, the 2022 fourth-rounder continued to extend his manufacturing in his third season and set new profession highs. Probably completed fourth on the staff in targets (58), receptions (42) and receiving yards (477) and his career-high six receiving touchdowns have been the third-most on the staff. Along with persevering with to be electrical and elusive after the catch, he additionally confirmed a higher sense of physicality with the ball in his arms that manifested in damaged tackles and harsh stiff arms. Two points of his recreation the place he made probably the most vital strides have been as a blocker within the run recreation, particularly because the lead blocker on designed quarterback runs and along with his reference to Jackson on off-schedule and prolonged performs.

It appeared like a whole lot of the time when Jackson wanted a play made after shopping for extra time or getting flushed from the pocket, he was capable of finding Probably uncovered downed discipline together with on what was practically the game-tying rating within the divisional spherical. He may very nicely be the Ravens’ full-time starter heading right into a contract 12 months and even get prolonged this offseason. Both means, Probably most definitely will issue into the Ravens’ future plans on the place whether or not his veteran mentor and pal is retained by the staff or not.

Charlie Kolar

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Regardless that he was third on the depth chart and missed 4 video games within the second half of the season on account of a damaged forearm he suffered whereas blocking for Derrick Henry, the Ravens’ different 2022 fourth-rounder on the place nonetheless managed to have a profession 12 months. Kolar set a brand new profession excessive in offensive snaps performed with 251 and noticed a rise in his manufacturing throughout the board with 9 receptions on 11 targets for 131 receiving yards and a landing.

Kolar was additionally a fixture on particular groups with 289 snaps (78%) and tied his profession career-high in whole tackles with 4 together with a pair of solos. His major function was a conventional ‘Y’ tight finish which meant he spent extra time blocking within the run recreation than working routes. Nevertheless, he was in a position to flash his capability as a vertical risk when given the possibility particularly off of play motion when he generally wasn’t accounted for by the protection leading to him common a career-high 14.6 yards per catch.

Patrick Ricard

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After having his function and future with the staff questioned two years in the past within the first 12 months underneath offensive coordinator Todd Monken, the previous transformed defensive lineman had among the finest seasons of his profession. Not solely did he obtain his fifth profession Professional Bowl nod after having his consecutive streak snapped final 12 months however he additionally was named to the AP All Professional First Staff for the primary time in his profession after being named to Second Staff in 2023. He helped pave the way in which within the floor recreation for his five-time Professional Bowl working again newcomer in Henry to eclipse 1,900 dashing yards for the second time in his profession, making him the primary participant in NFL historical past to attain the spectacular feat. Ricard performed 39% of the Ravens’ whole offensive snaps for the second 12 months in a row and regardless that he’s slated to be an unrestricted free agent in lower than per week, the staff re-signing him looks like a formality.