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On paper, the Ravens entered last season with one of the NFL’s best rosters.
In reality, it was a flawed team. Flawed enough to miss the playoffs. Flawed enough to get coach John Harbaugh fired.
Now, after an offseason reset, the Ravens are back with Super Bowl aspirations. Coach Jesse Minter will have quarterback Lamar Jackson as his headliner, but the two-time NFL Most Valuable Player, like so many of his big-name teammates, is coming off a season to forget.
Ahead of the start of training camp Wednesday, The Banner ranked the top players on the Ravens’ roster based on their projected impact this season. The order was determined by the consensus vote of reporters Jonas Shaffer, Giana Han and Vivian Yao, columnist Kyle Goon, “Banner Ravens Podcast” co-host Paul Mancano and editor Brandon Weigel.
Here are Nos. 20-11, with the top 10 coming Tuesday.
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20. OLB Mike Green
Highest ranking: 14 | Lowest ranking: Unranked | 2025 ranking: Unranked
Green’s transition from the Sun Belt Conference to the NFL was not especially smooth. At Marshall, where he had a Football Bowl Subdivision-leading 17 sacks in 2024, Green could overwhelm offensive linemen with his burst and explosiveness. As a rookie in Baltimore, the second-round pick’s athletic advantages were not so clear. He finished with just 3.5 sacks.
Even with Tavius Robinson and Zion Young better suited for early-down roles in 2026, Green will need to prove his worth in obvious passing situations. Green’s pressure rate improved over the second half of last season, but from Week 10 to Week 18, Kyle Van Noy and Dre’Mont Jones earned more snaps on third- and fourth-and-longs (7-plus yards to go). Green had five pressures and no sacks in those 29 pass rushing snaps, according to Sports Info Solutions. He should be better, but so should the competition.
19. OLB Tavius Robinson
Highest ranking: 8 | Lowest ranking: Unranked | 2025 ranking: Unranked
Robinson arrived in Baltimore as a hard-nosed run defender, but he’s made strides as a pass rusher, his win rate rising from 2.6% as a rookie to a decent 9.3% over his first six games last year, according to Pro Football Focus. A broken foot in mid-October limited Robinson’s down-to-down impact after he returned, but he still finished the year with a sack in three of his four final games and a career-high 4.5 overall.
With Trey Hendrickson expected to line up primarily over the opposing left tackle, the Ravens will need a sturdy edge setter on the other side. Robinson fits the bill, though he was out of place and washed out too often last season for an inconsistent run defense. Former pass rush coach Chuck Smith once called Robinson a “glass eater.” The Ravens will need that take-no-prisoners mentality up front to make the most of Minter’s coverage wizardry.
18. RT Roger Rosengarten
Highest ranking: 11 | Lowest ranking: Unranked | 2025 ranking: 20
Rosengarten entered 2025 on a promising trajectory. A slow start dampened that enthusiasm — the low point coming in Week 6, when he allowed two sacks in a loss to the Los Angeles Rams — but a resurgent second half reaffirmed him as a potential cornerstone piece in Baltimore. Rosengarten finished the season ranked behind only Buffalo Bills star Dion Dawkins in ESPN’s pass block win rate among tackles.
But it’s in the run game where Rosengarten’s potential is perhaps most exciting. After Week 8, he ranked among the NFL’s top 15 tackles in run blocking, according to PFF. If the Ravens lean more into outside-zone schemes, his quickness off the snap and lateral mobility could be a weapon. Improved play at right guard could also make Rosengarten’s life easier.
17. ILB Teddye Buchanan
Highest ranking: 14 | Lowest ranking: Unranked | 2025 ranking: Unranked
Buchanan had an uncommon rookie season for an inside linebacker. Few at the position start regularly in Year 1; far fewer look even competent. But Buchanan, a fourth-round pick with just one year of Power Four conference experience, started 13 of the Ravens’ first 14 games, played 652 defensive snaps — only four rookie linebackers earned more — and had 93 tackles, including five for loss.
Buchanan tore his ACL in mid-December and will have to hold off Trenton Simpson this preseason to win the starting job under first-year defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver. But his explosiveness as a weak-side linebacker complements starter Roquan Smith well, and his instincts and coverage ability should only improve in Minter’s scheme.
16. WR Rashod Bateman
Highest ranking: 13 | Lowest ranking: 20 | 2025 ranking: 12
Bateman’s long-awaited breakout in 2024 (756 receiving yards, nine touchdowns) raised hopes that the Ravens had a reliable WR2. A strong training camp last summer suggested that maybe the 2021 first-round pick could be more than that. Then the season started, and Bateman all but disappeared inside a dysfunctional offense.
He finished with 224 yards (in 13 games) and averaged just 0.7 yards per route run, according to PFF, both career lows. He had a handful of untimely drops. He had another bothersome injury, this one a high-ankle sprain. Bateman’s participation in offseason workouts was limited, only intensifying the scrutiny of the Ravens’ wide receiver room. Team officials believe in his potential — general manager Eric DeCosta signed him to a contract extension last offseason through 2029 — but another disappointing season would have to shake their faith in his future.
15. CB Marlon Humphrey
Highest ranking: 13 | Lowest ranking: Unranked | 2025 ranking: 5
Maybe no one in the NFL had a steeper drop-off last season than Humphrey. In 2024, as a first-team All-Pro, he graded out as the league’s No. 3 cornerback among regular starters, according to PFF. He made up for his 518 yards allowed in coverage and 11 penalties with six interceptions and two forced fumbles. Last year, Humphrey tumbled to No. 74 at the position, last in the league. He still found the ball (four interceptions and two forced fumbles), but he gave up an NFL-worst 909 yards in coverage, almost 300 yards more than his previous high.
Humphrey, 30, is in the last year of a deal that will pay him $15.3 million this season, the team’s third-highest base salary. A fresh start with Minter, a defensive backs coach in Baltimore when Humphrey earned Pro Bowl honors in 2019 and 2020, should serve him well. But, if Humphrey can’t find his footing, the Ravens have young cornerbacks who could push him for snaps.
14. DL Calais Campbell
Highest ranking: 11 | Lowest ranking: Unranked | 2025 ranking: N/A
Campbell arrived in Baltimore in 2020 as an aging wonder. Now just months away from his 40th birthday, he returns to the Ravens as an almost ageless wonder. Campbell finished behind only the Kansas City Chiefs’ Chris Jones and Tennessee Titans’ Jeffery Simmons in ESPN’s pass rush win rate among defensive tackles last season. His 6.5 sacks with the Arizona Cardinals would have led the Ravens.
If the Ravens’ defensive line depth holds, Campbell could be deployed situationally. The six-time Pro Bowl selection played only 46% of Arizona’s defensive snaps last season, a career low, and a less-is-more approach might be prudent. Campbell, a valued locker room leader, will also have to tend to personal matters as he grapples with the recent death of his mother.
13. S Malaki Starks
Highest ranking: 10 | Lowest ranking: 19 | 2025 ranking: Unranked
The Seattle Seahawks’ Nick Emmanwori, drafted eight picks after Starks, developed into a Kyle Hamilton-esque force for the eventual Super Bowl champions. The Atlanta Falcons’ Xavier Watts, drafted two rounds after Starks, had five interceptions, tied for second most in the NFL. Both overshadowed Starks, the first safety off the board last year.
But it wasn’t because the No. 27 overall pick fell far short of Year 1 expectations. After a slow start, Starks’ play stabilized: Over the regular season’s final nine weeks, he ranked 15th among PFF’s 69 safeties with at least 300 defensive snaps. Minter said in April that Starks will become a “household type of name in the secondary” this season. His versatility and intelligence should be assets in a defense that came unglued at times last season.
12. TE Mark Andrews
Highest ranking: 8 | Lowest ranking: 20 | 2025 ranking: 8
Andrews, a three-time Pro Bowl pick and the Ravens’ all-time leading receiver, is coming off the most disappointing season of his career. He had just 422 receiving yards and 8.8 yards per catch, both career lows. His 1.23 yards per route run and 2.1 yards after the catch per reception were also career lows and ranked near the bottom of the NFL’s most targeted tight ends, according to PFF.
Andrews’ chemistry with Jackson should endure, even if injuries have sapped some of his athleticism. But the 30-year-old is starting over with a new tight ends coach, Zack Grossi — predecessor George Godsey, now Georgia Tech’s offensive coordinator, was one of the NFL’s best — and a new play-caller, Declan Doyle.
11. RG Vega Ioane
Highest ranking: 9 | Lowest ranking: Unranked | 2025 ranking: N/A
When the Ravens drafted Ioane with the No. 14 overall pick in April, DeCosta acknowledged the team’s goal is for him to become a Pro Bowl-level player, ideally sooner than later: “I firmly believe that this guy is going to be a really, really good player with us for the next five years, and hopefully longer than that.”
Early reports on Ioane’s development have been glowing, and his ability in pass protection should be an upgrade on predecessor Daniel Faalele’s. Now he’ll have to show he’s an NFL-level processor. The Ravens’ communication up front could suffer if center Tyler Linderbaum’s not adequately replaced, putting additional strain on Ioane as he tries to pick up stunting linemen and second-level pass rushers.
Honorable mention: K Tyler Loop, S Jaylinn Hawkins, CB Chidobe Awuzie, ILB Trenton Simpson, OLB Zion Young
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