Ravens Named a Trade Deadline Winner
While the Ravens didn’t land a go rusher earlier than the commerce deadline, they did get higher by including depth at large receiver and cornerback and gave up little in doing so.
The Ravens acquired cornerback Tre’Davious White and a 2027 seventh-round choose in alternate for a 2026 seventh-round choose yesterday. Last week, Baltimore despatched a fifth-round choose to the Carolina Panthers for large receiver Diontae Johnson and a 2025 sixth-round choose.
Those strikes had been sufficient for The Athletic’s Mike Jones to place the Ravens on his record of commerce deadline winners.
“The Ravens scored on a number of fronts,” Jones wrote. “First: The Panthers had been so determined, they had been keen to half with Johnson for just about nothing (a late-round choose swap). Johnson, who earned Pro Bowl honors in 2021 with Pittsburgh after recording 1,161 receiving yards, averaged 873 receiving yards per season getting into 2024 and may assist enhance a unit that options Zay Flowers and Rashod Bateman.
“Second: The Ravens additionally received assist for his or her protection by buying Tre’Davious White from the Rams. White earned Pro Bowl honors in 2019 and 2020 however has since battled accidents. The 29-year-old has performed in solely 4 video games this season however may deliver depth to Baltimore’s secondary if he can keep wholesome. If not, Baltimore gave up subsequent to nothing (seventh-round choose swap) to get him.”
It was extensively believed that the Ravens had been out there for a go rusher. Baltimore has a 37-percent go rush win price, which ranks twenty second, in response to ESPN Analytics.
The most outstanding go rusher traded was former Raven Za’Darius Smith, who was acquired by the Detroit Lions (together with a 2026 seventh-round choose) from the Cleveland Browns in alternate for a 2025 fifth-round choose and a 2026 sixth-rounder. It’s unknown whether or not the Ravens had been occupied with Smith, however it’s unlikely the Browns would have traded him to an AFC North rival.
The New York Giants reportedly obtained calls about outdoors linebacker Azeez Ojulari, however he ended up staying put.
