Ravens News 5/21: Serving Youth and more
Top priority: Lean on your rookie class.
First-round wideout Rashod Bateman was brought on board to start right away inside an offense looking to “expand our profile” and “play with the kind of balance that we really want to play with,” according to Baltimore’s play-caller, Greg Roman. Feisty fourth-round receiver Tylan Wallace
feels like a Raven, while third-round guard Ben Cleveland has a shot to win a starting job. On defense, first-round pass rusher Odafe Oweh is all but locked in for a lead role after Baltimore’s other edges Tyus Bowser, Pernell McPhee and Jaylon Ferguson collectively piled up just seven sacks in 2020. It cuts against the grain of Baltimore’s typical approach to youth, but the Ravens can’t ignore the newbies in 2021.
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One last week of the most unique and trying regular season ever in the history of the National Football League. We’ve been picking games the entire time. Hopefully, there will be four more Steelers games to prognosticate. Who will it be with bragging rights this week against the Browns?
Michael Beck, Deputy Editor,
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I see a world where Baker Mayfield crumbles under the pressure and coughs up the ball on a number of occasions. But the cast surrounding Mason Rudolph will feature a lot of borderline NFL players that just won’t be able to put up enough points. The Steelers will lose the game but win the day when they escape Cleveland with a healthy team.