After finishing in first place in the AFC North, winning their wild-card matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers and losing in the divisional round to the Buffalo Bills, the Baltimore Ravens have had an intriguing offseason.
Despite this being the time to go all in and capitalize on quarterback Lamar Jackson's prime, Baltimore has lost more than they've gained.
On the offensive side of the ball alone, they watched Patrick Mekari, Diontae Johnson, Kristian Welch, Josh Jones, Josh Johnson, Steven Sims and Qadir Ismail sign elsewhere, while they've only added Cooper Rush, DeAndre Hopkins and Joseph Noteboom.
These decisions have some wondering whether or not they'll keep tight end Mark Andrews around for the 2025 season. In fact, For The Win's Cory Woodroof recently predicted that the Ravens will send the veteran to the Los Angeles Chargers in a trade for tight end Will Dissly and a conditional 2026 fifth-round pick.
"The Chargers have a decent tight end room, but nobody on the roster quite has what Andrews has," Woodroof wrote. "The Harbaugh brothers do each other a solid here, as the Ravens send Andrews to the West Coast to be the de-facto starter for a contending Los Angeles team and reunite with his former Ravens offensive coordinator in Greg Roman."
Andrews, 29, was a third-round pick (No. 86 overall) of the Ravens in the 2018 NFL draft out of Oklahoma after winning a John Mackey Award and earning All-Big 12 honors three times and All-American honors once.
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Since entering the league, Andrews has been one of the best tight ends in football, catching 436 passes for 5,530 yards and 51 touchdowns (a Ravens record) on his way to three Pro Bowls and one All-Pro selection.
Andrews is entering the final season of his four-year, $56 million deal he signed back in 2021. He has a cap hit of $16.91 million this year, but he'll only make $11 million between base salary and roster bonus this year.
The former Sooner is still a huge target who can dominate the red zone and make plays in the open field. Los Angeles could form a decent tight duo for Justin Herbert to target with Andrews and Tyler Conklin, who they signed earlier this offseason, to really take their offense to the next level.
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