The Ravens ripped off the Band-Aid in Phase 1 of the offensive line rebuild final 12 months, opting to not re-sign veterans Kevin Zeitler, Morgan Moses, and John Simpson. If Phase 2 means letting Stanley and Mekari depart, the Ravens have some choices.
The Ravens may flip to Andrew Vorhees at left guard. In his first true season, Vorhees initially gained the beginning job out of coaching camp however suffered an early-season ankle damage and Mekari supplanted him.
“One factor we have seen through the years with that place is guys get higher as they become older and extra established. They get within the weight room, they get stronger and play higher, in order that’s going to be the case with the blokes we’ve got,” DeCosta stated.
If Stanley did not return, the Ravens may flip Roger Rosengarten to the left facet after his extremely profitable rookie 12 months at proper sort out. DeCosta famous that Rosengarten has performed each side earlier than. Baltimore may then look to strike gold with one other sort out within the draft prefer it did with Rosengarten on the finish of the second spherical and develop him shortly.
“We’re blessed to have actually good coaches and a few good younger gamers, but additionally, we understand we’ll have – conservatively – 10 or 11 draft picks this 12 months, free company, and nonetheless an opportunity to get some offers signed with a few of these guys,” DeCosta stated.
In abstract, all choices are on the desk. But one of many Ravens’ takeaways heading into this offseason was that Phase 1 was a hit, even when painful at first.
“I feel our purpose is to at all times have the very best offensive line that we are able to have,” DeCosta stated. “We made a troublesome name final 12 months to go youthful and have some youthful guys play, and we knew we might have just a few rising pains. I feel we had just a few, however trying again on it, I feel it was completely the appropriate factor to do, and we noticed our guys enhance and get higher and actually mesh as a unit and gel.”
