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At 6-foot-4 and 301 pounds, Spencer brings some interesting talent to the table but he comes with some weight-management concerns and a hit-or-miss motor. However, he finished the 2020 season with 17 stops, 8.5 tackles for a loss, three sacks, and one forced fumble. He even picked off a pass.  Under the wing of Broncos venerated  D-line coach Bill Kollar, Spencer will soon face a do-or-die situation where a lackluster motor will not be tolerated. If any team can make something of Spencer, its...

2020 stats: 10 games, 45 tackles, 4.5 sacks, 10 tackles for loss "Calais Campbell and Derek Wolfe wont play forever. The Ravens are talented but older up front and will need to begin churning, especially as the midseason wear and tear hits some of their veteran players. Williams logged 10 sacks over his final two seasons with the Bulldogs." No. 104: S Hamsah Nasirildeen, Florida State 2020 stats: 2 games, 13 tackles, 1 interception, 1 pass defended "He looks like a Madden create-a-player at a t...

Ravens News 4/22: Needing a Splash and more Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images The good: Baltimore kept some of its key in-house free agents in linebackers Tyus Bowser and Pernell McPhee along with defensive tackle Derek Wolfe. Baltimore’s best outside free agent signings include offensive guard Kevin Zeitler, a player the Ravens surely hope can be a better replacement for Marshal Yanda, who retired after the 2019 season. It also includes receiver Sammy Watkins, a much-needed addition to ...

Ravens News 4/21: Young Contributors and more “Draft picks will be more important than ever,” DeCosta said. Why? The Ravens and Lamar Jackson are negotiating a new deal, which is going to be big, really big. Whenever he signs – and in my view, it’s not a question of if, only when – he’ll start gobbling up a lot more of the salary cap. “We understand that if we do sign a long-term deal with Lamar Jackson, that’s going to change the way we’ve operated the last couple of years,�...

Copied! One doesnt expect startling revelations at the Ravens pre-draft press conference, but if you tuned in Monday, you heard a startlingly succinct summary of the franchises operational philosophy. One sentence spoke volumes. If youve wanted to hear the Ravens explain why they obsessively accumulate compensatory draft picks and trade back to acquire more picks instead of trading up to acquire bigger-name prospects, here was your moment. It came after a questioner asked General Mana...

Set: Quarterback, running back, cornerback As the title suggests, the focus of this article is on needs.  We’ll discuss some depth moves as well but the Bengals have both Joe Burrow and Joe Mixon under contract until 2025 so they’re relatively “set” with starters.  They may have released Gio Bernard but Trayveon Williams actually graded out surprisingly well in pass blocking (which was Gio’s specialty) and they have him and Samaje Perine under cheap deals until 2023 so I don’t s...

Derek Wolfe believes that Justin Madubuike has ‘All Pro’ potential The Ravens veteran defensive lineman loves what he saw from him as a rookie and has high hopes for his future. Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images The Baltimore Ravens boast one of the best starting interior defensive lines in the league when healthy. That wasn’t the case for chunks of the year in 2020, because Pro Bowl veterans Brandon Williams and Calais Campbell missed a combined seven regular-season games due to injuries a...

Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports At just over 20-years-old, Sammy Watkins ran a 4.43s 40-yard dash in Indianapolis during the 2014 NFL Combine. That included a 1.55s 10-yard split. When thinking of Watkins at Clemson University, or his early days with the Bills, you think speed. The Super Bowl LIV champion who made one of the plays of the game against the 49ers 2019 All-Pro cornerback, Richard Sherman, still has some speed to his game. I’m not here to tell you “he’s not the same burner he ...

Ravens News 3/26: Next Level Pieces and more Mitch Stringer-USA TODAY Sports “You have to surround him with the things that he needs,” Lewis told ESPN’s First Take. “Anytime you get into playoffs, you’re dealing with a Patrick Mahomes and all of those guys who are throwing the ball to legit wide receivers, right. We have to add to Hollywood Brown. We have to add to the tight end. We have to put a guy at the ‘X’ position [split end], at the ‘Z’ position [flanker].” “When yo...

Ravens News 4/13: Prospect Musings and more Defensive line Again, this would be a luxury for a team that just added Justin Madubuike to a crew of quality veterans. We know the Ravens love drafting defensive linemen, and they’re perhaps a year or two away from needing a younger core to step in for Brandon Williams, Calais Campbell and Derek Wolfe. Given these truths, we can’t rule out a Day One or Day Two pick at the position. The player who’d really make the Ravens think is Christian Barm...