OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens normal supervisor Eric DeCosta was noncommittal Tuesday when requested if he anticipated tight finish Mark Andrews to stay with the workforce.
“I by no means know what is going on to occur,” DeCosta stated on the Ravens’ predraft information convention. “And I might by no means wish to say this or that. However I can inform you this: Mark Andrews is a warrior. He is performed his butt off for us.”
Andrews, 29, is getting into the ultimate 12 months of his four-year, $56 million contract and is coming off some of the irritating seasons of his profession. He averaged 39.6 receiving yards per recreation final season, which was the worst since his 2018 rookie season.
The low level for Andrews got here throughout Baltimore’s 27-25 AFC divisional-round playoff loss in Buffalo, the place he dropped a 2-point conversion that might have tied the sport with 1:33 remaining. All of this has led to hypothesis as as to if Baltimore could be open to buying and selling Andrews through the draft.
However Andrews is a three-time Professional Bowl tight finish who has been Lamar Jackson’s favourite goal. After seven seasons, Andrews ranks third in franchise historical past with 436 receptions (36 shy of the Ravens document) and second with 5,530 yards receiving (248 shy of the workforce mark). Final season, Andrews surpassed Jamal Lewis because the Ravens’ all-time landing chief and has totaled 51 for his profession.
“His competitiveness, his expertise, his angle, his management is so valued right here,” DeCosta stated. “He is an amazing participant. And I feel we’re within the enterprise of protecting as many nice gamers as we will. So, there’s at all times plenty of unpredictability with the draft. You simply by no means know.”
The Ravens picked up Andrews’ $4 million roster bonus on March 17. His wage cap quantity is $16.9 million, which ranks third on the workforce. Baltimore would achieve $11 million in cap house by parting methods with Andrews.
The Ravens have loads of depth at tight finish with rising backup Isaiah Probably, who set profession highs final season in receptions (42), receiving yards (477) and landing catches (six). Coming into the ultimate 12 months of his rookie deal, Probably has repeatedly stepped up when Andrews has been injured and could possibly be a main candidate to obtain a contract extension.
However Ravens coach John Harbaugh offered a vote of confidence for Andrews on the annual league assembly final month.
“I do absolutely anticipate him to be taking part in for us subsequent 12 months,” Harbaugh stated on March 31. “He is simply too good a participant. Mark could be one of many few guys I might anticipate to be right here, so we’ll see what occurs. My plans are that we have got Mark, we have Isaiah, we have Charlie [Kolar, and] we have Pat Ricard all in place doing all these jobs.”
DeCosta additionally declined to enter specifics a couple of potential contract extension with working again Derrick Henry. In his first season in Baltimore, Henry ran for 1,921 yards, the Eleventh-most in an NFL single season. His 18 touchdowns set a brand new franchise single-season document.
Henry, 31, is scheduled to make $6 million within the ultimate 12 months of his contract, which ranks fifth amongst working backs in 2025. Final month, Saquon Barkley signed a two-year, $41.2 million extension with the Philadelphia Eagles to turn into the league’s highest-paid working again.
“So we’ve got plenty of completely different balls within the air proper now,” DeCosta stated. “That is in all probability what I might say on that. I am not going to speak about what we’re doing, what we’re not doing behind the scenes business-wise with these guys. I do not assume it is good for me to do this.”
