Can you smell the stadium grass and pigskin in the air? I can!
As training camp begins, here’s how I see the Ravens’ two-deep. Naturally, injuries and poor/excellent performances will wreak havoc on this, but it’s a good jumping-off point.
What follows is (of course) subject to change.
OFFENSE
WR (X): John Brown, Chris Moore
LT: Ronnie Stanley, James Hurst
LG: James Hurst, Nico Siragusa
C: Alex Lewis, Matt Skura
RG: Marshal Yanda, Andrew Donnal
RT: Orlando Brown, Jr., Alex Lewis
TE: Hayden Hurst, Nick Boyle
QB: Joe Flacco, Lamar Jackson
FB: Patrick Ricard, Christopher Ezeala
RB: Alex Collins, Javorius Allen
WR (Z): Michael Crabtree, Jaleel Scott
SLOT (Y): Willie Snead IV, Tim White
X — denotes split end (downfield/speed) receiver
Z — denotes flanker (possession) receiver
DEFENSE
DE: Brent Urban, Carl Davis
NT: Brandon Williams, Michael Pierce
DT: Michael Pierce, Willie Henry
Rush: Terrell Suggs, Za’Darius Smith
Will: Patrick Onwuasor, Kenny Young
Mike: C.J. Mosley, Albert McClellan
Sam: Matt Judon, Tyus Bowser
CB: Marlon Humphrey, Brandon Carr
SS: Tony Jefferson, Anthony Levine
FS: Eric Weddle, Chuck Clark
CB: Jimmy Smith, Jaylen Hill
SLOT/NICKEL: Tavon Young, Maurice Canady
SPECIAL TEAMS
P: Sam Koch, Kaare Vedvik
K: Justin Tucker, Kaare Vedvik
KO: Justin Tucker, Sam Koch
H: Sam Koch
LS: Morgan Cox, Trent Sieg
KR: Chris Moore, Tim White
PR: Tim White, Chris Moore
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About Joe Platania
Veteran Ravens correspondent Joe Platania is in his 45th year in sports media (including two CFL seasons when Batlimore had a CFL team) in a career that extends across parts of six decades. Platania covers sports with insight, humor, and a highly prescient eye, and that is why he has made his mark on television, radio, print, online, and in the podcast world. He can be heard frequently on WJZ-FM’s “Vinny And Haynie” show, alongside ex-Washington general manager Vinny Cerrato and Bob Haynie. A former longtime member in good standing of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association and the Pro Football Writers of America, Platania manned the CFL Stallions beat for The Avenue Newspaper Group of Essex (1994 and ’95) and the Ravens beat since the team’s inception — one of only three local writers to do so — for PressBox, The Avenue, and other local publications and radio stations. A sought-after contributor and host on talk radio and TV, he made numerous appearances on “Inside PressBox” (10:30 a.m. Sundays), and he was heard weekly for eight seasons on the “Purple Pride Report,” WQLL-AM (1370). He has also appeared on WMAR-TV’s “Good Morning Maryland” (2009), Comcast SportsNet’s “Washington Post Live” (2004-06), and WJZ-TV’s “Football Talk” postgame show — with legend Marty Bass (2002-04). Platania is the only sports journalist in Maryland history to have been a finalist for both the annual Sportscaster of the Year award (1998, which he won) and Sportswriter of the Year (2010). He is also a four-time Maryland-Delaware-District of Columbia Press Association award winner. Platania is a graduate of St. Joseph’s (Cockeysville), Calvert Hall College High School, and Towson University, where he earned a degree in Mass Communications. He lives in Cockeysville, MD.
