2026 Offseason Thread

[RavensMania]

It was a shame Nnamdi went down. Him being there would have made the D so much more effective all around.

and we may still have Harbaugh

 

[UKRaven1827]

The camp battles that actually matter to watch out for in training camp for me:

1) Starting C: probably Pocic vs Pinter with Pocic going in as the favourite to win
2) LB2: Buchanan coming off the injury vs Simpson with a full offseason - Buchanan should be the favourite as long as the recovery continues to go well
3) WR3: Tez Walker vs the two rookies (Lane and Sarratt) - the hope should be that one of the rookies wins this because Walker winning would feel like a win-by-default
4) TE2/3: Can either of the rookies (Hibner and Cuevas) steal the TE2 spot from Smythe and if not, who wins the TE3 job
5) K: Tyler Loop vs........ literally nothing right now - not sure how that helps him deal with pressure in-season

In what has been a positive off season I haven't liked the noise around Loop. He was flat out bad last season and it culminated in a season ending mistake in a pressure moment. Whenever people have been asked about him it has just been "Tyler is going to be fine" hopefully the Ravens bring in a vet who can give him a serious challenge and not just a body there to be beat. Although I haven't seen which vets are available.