Three Young Players Who Need to Show Growth in 2025
While the Ravens will look to bolster their roster in free agency and the draft, Baltimore Positive’s Luke Jones said improvement from within is essential.
Jones named several young players who need to show growth in 2025. Here’s a look at three:
“The 2023 third-round pick out of Clemson had his moments starting the first 13 games, but his playing time began to dwindle in late November and evaporated after the bye week with Simpson seeing a total of 15 defensive snaps over the final six games including the playoffs. … Veteran role players Malik Harrison and Chris Board eventually began splitting the weak-side job. With Harrison and Board scheduled to become free agents, the athletic Simpson must learn from his struggles and solidify a starting role as the Ravens try to address some premium positions this offseason.”
“Had Vorhees never suffered an ankle injury on the final drive of the Week 3 win at Dallas, you wonder if the Ravens would have stuck with him instead of pivoting to Patrick Mekari at left guard and ultimately sticking with that alignment for the remainder of the season. The 2024 campaign wasn’t what he anticipated after rehabbing a serious knee injury for his entire rookie year, but Vorhees, 26, turned in his best performance filling in for a sick Mekari in Week 18, which was a positive way to head into his offseason.”
“No matter how much you might like the starting wide receiver duo of Zay Flowers and Rashod Bateman, the Week 18 knee injury to Flowers emphasized the need for more quality depth, especially with veterans Nelson Agholor and Tylan Wallace set to become free agents. Walker is the only other wide receiver currently under contract who wasn’t on last year’s practice squad, so the Ravens will be counting on the 6-foot-1, 198-pound North Carolina product to improve his route-running ability to become…
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