{"id":523376,"date":"2026-03-14T15:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T15:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/523376\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T15:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T15:33:07","slug":"the-smoke-has-cleared-and-the-ravens-still-have-something-cooking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/523376\/","title":{"rendered":"The Smoke Has Cleared and the Ravens Still Have Something Cooking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Was the first week of NFL free agency wild enough for you?<\/p>\n<p>Who needs reality TV or soap operas? Each day you woke up wondering what would happen next, and Ravens were major stars in a show that was truly unscripted.<\/p>\n<p>Now that the smoke has cleared after a frenetic week, here&#8217;s what I think. The Ravens bounced back well from the trade that didn&#8217;t happen.<\/p>\n<p>No, they didn&#8217;t get Maxx Crosby, and <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoreravens.com\/news\/free-agency-tracker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">some talented players walked out the door this week.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, they acquired another elite pass rusher in Trey Hendrickson. They made significant moves like signing guard John Simpson, safety Jaylinn Hawkins, blocking tight end Durham Smythe, and guard\/center Jovaughn Gwyn. They re-signed two other key players, cornerback Chidobe Awuzie and backup quarterback Tyler Huntley.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve still got work to do, as General Manager Eric DeCosta said at Hendrickson&#8217;s introductory press conference on Friday. But with 11 draft picks, it&#8217;s not like the Ravens don&#8217;t have ammunition to address their needs.<\/p>\n<p>Here are 10 thoughts on the Ravens after a wild week, all in 50 words or less:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Was the first week of NFL free agency wild enough for you? Who needs reality TV or soap&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[181502,234516,19683,19686,6403,257,11179,349,99],"class_list":["post-523376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-2026-free-agency","tag-2026-free-agency-tracker","tag-50-words-or-less","tag-clifton-brown","tag-free-agency","tag-general","tag-homepage-centerpiece","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}