As harsh as it sounds, the Baltimore Ravens are now in offseason mode, and that means figuring out which players they want to stick around and which ones they don't.
Yes, the loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers that ended their season is still fresh in the mind, but the NFL waits for no one, and there's work to be done.
One player whose future is uncertain at best is tight end Isaiah Likely.
Set to be a free agent in the offseason, Likely gave his thoughts on what is potentially coming down the pipeline for him.
"I really just leave it to my agent," Likely said. "I feel like everybody says a vanilla answer like that, but it's honestly my first time ever not knowing. So, just really just keeping one foot in front of the other. Blessed to be getting out of the season healthy, being able to just put everything I do on tape and really just going from there."
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Will Likely remain a Raven?
When Mark Andrews signed his contract extension, which was a surprise, many thought it signaled the end of the line for Likely in Baltimore.
That might not be the case, given how often the Ravens use both tight ends in their offense.
But while fans want Isaiah to return in 2026, does the tight end want to be back in Baltimore for Year 5?
"For sure," he added. "At the end of the day, this is the team that took a chance on me coming out of college. I tell the Ravens, tell the fans every time I get a chance to, I give y'all everything I got because y'all the ones that took a chance on me when I came out."
So, Likely wants to return in 2026, but whether or not the Ravens want a reunion is unknown.
There will be a team out there willing to pay big money to Isaiah, and he can have security, but fans hope that it is in Baltimore.
And Isaiah does too.
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