{"id":631628,"date":"2026-04-27T09:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T09:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/631628\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T09:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T09:57:11","slug":"ryan-eckley-is-ready-to-adapt-to-the-nfl-and-ravens-special-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/631628\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Eckley is ready to adapt to the NFL and Ravens&#8217; special teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eckley Embraces <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/baltimore-ravens\/366\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ravens;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Ravens&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Ravens<\/a>\u2019 Specialist Standard<\/p>\n<p>The Ravens\u2019 reputation on special teams isn\u2019t something Ryan Eckley is just learning about; it\u2019s something he\u2019s already studied.<\/p>\n<p>When discussing both his understanding of Baltimore\u2019s specialist history and where he still needs to grow, Eckley made it clear he respects the standard while also knowing what comes next.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, to touch on the specialist lineage down in Baltimore, you have Sam Koch, you have Jordan Stout, some of the best two punters. Something I kind of did with the Michigan State where we had Bryce [Baringer] before me, and then we had a huge lineage of NFL partners come out of Michigan State. So, being able to follow that up is one \u2013 I love being able to represent such a special teams-proud team, which is awesome. The biggest thing I can work on \u2013 it&#8217;s just the new NFL scheme. It&#8217;s different than college, where college is just the formations can be a little more spread out, where the pro style of a punt is a little more compact. So, I think it&#8217;ll be good to adjust to something like that and hopefully have a long career in that formation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That balance stands out. He\u2019s not just walking into Baltimore appreciating what came before him \u2014 he\u2019s already thinking about how to adapt, improve, and fit into it.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Ravens Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/ravenswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/ravens\/2026\/04\/27\/ravens-new-punter-ryan-eckley-embraces-the-legacy-in-baltimore\/89802797007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ravens&#039; new punter Ryan Eckley embraces the legacy in Baltimore;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Ravens&#039;&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Ravens&#8217; new punter Ryan Eckley embraces the legacy in Baltimore<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eckley Embraces Ravens\u2019 Specialist Standard The Ravens\u2019 reputation on special teams isn\u2019t something Ryan Eckley is just learning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,236446,514,236445,132393,82,236447],"class_list":["post-631628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-eckley-embraces","tag-nfl","tag-ryan-eckley","tag-special-teams","tag-sports","tag-understanding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}