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Ravens GM Eric DeCosta said the Jets have added "exceptional football guys" in former Ravens assistants Joe Douglas, Chad Alexander and Phil Savage.

After 12 seasons with the Ravens, guard Marshal Yanda decided this offseason to return for at least one more season — but only because he was healthy.

Defensive tackle Gerald McCoy reportedly plans to visit Baltimore on Tuesday and hear out the free-agent pitch from team officials.

Ravens executive vice president and general manager Eric DeCosta, who recently completed his first draft as GM, announced several adjustments to the team’s personnel/scouting department Thursday, while the team revealed Ozzie Newsome’s official title.

The NFL’s mostly frozen free-agent market is set to thaw out soon.

Peter Schmuck's light-hearted predictions for the Kentucky Derby, Orioles and Ravens notes and few other items.

As the Ravens set out during this weekend’s NFL draft to give Jackson weapons, their methodology on offense became clear over six rounds and eight selections: They were not just trying to build the team around Jackson. They were trying to build something like a track team for him, too.

The Ravens appear to have upgraded because they attempted to fill needs at wide receiver, edge rusher and on the offensive line.

As I was sitting there watching the melee unfold in front of me, I thought about what it would be like to coach a team where I could hand pick each of the players at the top of their game and put together the team that I wanted from a huge player pool.

The Ravens have somewhat pressing needs at interior offensive line and inside linebacker, and more depth is always welcome in the secondary.

With the first of two third-round draft picks Friday night, the Ravens took Louisiana Tech edge rusher Jaylon Ferguson 85th overall.

Instant analysis of the Ravens' selections during Day 2 of the NFL draft

After trading their No. 22 overall pick in the 2019 NFL draft to the Philadelphia Eagles, the Ravens selected Oklahoma wide receiver Marquise Brown at No. 25 overall on Thursday night.

General manager Eric DeCosta made a bold move by picking Oklahoma wide receiver Marquise Brown in the first round, but with top defensive prospects still available and questions about Brown's size and fit in the Ravens offense, the selection raises some concerns.

Check back here throughout the 2019 NFL draft for news and analysis as teams make their selections in Nashville, Tenn.

The Baltimore Sun's Ravens beat writers offer their instant reactions to the Ravens trading down and picking Oklahoma wide receiver Marquise Brown at No. 25 overall in the first round.

Miles Taylor’s celebrity status keeps growing. The 2013 Westminster High School graduate, who was born with cerebral palsy and gained recent fame from a video of him deadlifting 200 pounds, will announce a third-round pick for the Baltimore Ravens at the 2019 NFL Draft.

Kicker Justin Tucker, 29, signed a contract extension with the Ravens through 2023 reportedly worth $23.05 million, including $12.5 million fully guaranteed.

For most of the 23 years since the Ravens were established in Baltimore, the team has lacked a dominant, game-breaking wideout.

The move keeps Ronnie Stanley in Baltimore through at least 2020.

The Ravens have never drafted a center higher than 92nd overall. But with a group of high-end prospects at the position in 2019, could this be the year they break that pattern?

Yanda’s Pro Football Focus rating has slipped each of the past five years, but he still graded out as the third-best guard in the NFL in 2018.

For the first time in Ravens history, Ozzie Newsome won't run the team's draft room this year. But his picks have been essential to the team's identity, and his counsel will continue to inform the moves of current general manager Eric DeCosta.

No team in the NFL’s new age has ever built around a quarterback like Lamar Jackson. That is at once an unprecedented challenge and a seismic opportunity.

The 34-year-old Marshal Yanda had not said publicly whether he intended to return for his 13th season before agreeing to an extension with the Ravens on Thursday.

We begin our preview of the Ravens' draft possibilities with a look at the interior offensive line, where they need a young starter and where the 2019 class features an array of appealing first-round targets.

It is clear Eric DeCosta has zeroed in on the team’s needs for the 2019 season, writes Mike Preston.

The Ravens haven’t signed a pass rusher in free agency, and the team could pass on taking one in the first round of the draft. Eric DeCosta hopes Bowser and Williams can “take the next step."

Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta, who has the No. 22 overall pick and a need for improved play at wide receiver, acknowledged Tuesday that the team is looking at D.K. Metcalf.

Ever since the Ravens moved to Baltimore from Cleveland in 1996, Eric DeCosta has been in the shadows of either head coaches or general managers. Now, it’s his time to step into the spotlight and under the microscope.

For years, coach John Harbaugh has talked about being physical at the point of attack, but the Ravens haven’t invested a lot of top draft picks on offensive linemen.

It’s always a question of debate, but one that is easy to answer. Who is the greatest Ravens player in the team’s brief NFL history?

The four-year, $55 million deal that Earl Thomas signed Wednesday was “last minute,” he said Friday.

Instead of caving in to some public sentiment after the first days teams could negotiate with free agents, Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta waited until the high money was invested into the so-called top unrestricted free agents and then walked away with one of the best safeties in the NFL.

Ravens officials bid farewell Wednesday to longtime quarterback Joe Flacco and linebackers C.J. Mosley and Terrell Suggs.

In less than 18 hours spanning Monday night and Tuesday afternoon, three Ravens linebackers who underpinned their defensive success proved unwilling or unable to be retained.

Smith was considered the Ravens’ second-best pending free agent, after inside linebacker C.J. Mosley, who also is exiting Baltimore.

The Ravens have lost several of their starting unrestricted free agents on defense, but there’s no reason for any alarm. The players the Ravens have lost so far this offseason were either too old or simply not good enough to merit multiyear, lucrative contracts.

With the loss of C.J. Mosley, Terrell Suggs and others, the Ravens will have to rebuild their defense in a hurry and Baltimore will have to brace for a serious star-power shortage from both of its major professional teams.

The four-time All-Pro agreed to a five-year, $85 million deal with the New York Jets on Tuesday morning, according to multiple media reports.

Outside linebacker Terrell Suggs’ best chance of returning to the Ravens might have ended when Ozzie Newsome stepped down as general manager this offseason and was replaced by Eric DeCosta.

Pending free agent C.J. Mosley is going to be very rich very soon. And it appears unlikely the Ravens will be the team still signing the check.

He said after the Ravens’ playoff loss to the Los Angeles Chargers that he “would love to be a Raven for life."

Eric DeCosta has shortened the Ravens' to-do list considerably. He still must answer a handful of questions that could shape the team’s short- and long-term future.

The Ravens officially terminated the contract of veteran safety Eric Weddle, executive vice president and general manager Eric DeCosta announced Wednesday.

Eric DeCosta said last week that the Ravens’ preference “would always be to do a long-term deal with a player like C.J. He’s a great player.”

There was a wave of purple optimism throughout the stadium in the team’s final regular season win against Cleveland and sellout crowd for the wild-card game against the Chargers.

By designating inside linebacker C.J. Mosley with the franchise tag, the Ravens would have committed about $15.4 million to the former first-round draft pick for the 2019 season.

None of the top wide receivers in this year’s draft class were bashful about thumping their chest and proclaiming themselves the best wideout of the group.

"We’re going to try to build the best offense we can around our quarterback, which you always do,” coach John Harbaugh said.