{"id":733023,"date":"2026-06-29T14:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/733023\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T14:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:52:10","slug":"ravens-s-malaki-starks-plans-to-work-with-jon-gruden-ahead-of-training-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/733023\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens S Malaki Starks plans to work with Jon Gruden ahead of training camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Ravens safety Malaki Starks reflected on his rookie season in May, he said it was <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/ravens-s-malaki-starks-rookie-year-didnt-meet-my-standard-im-expecting-better-this-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">not up to the standard<\/a> he set for himself. <\/p>\n<p>Starks\u2019s opinion of his work didn\u2019t change over the last few weeks. The 2025 first-round pick told Jeff Zrebiec of TheAthletic.com that he \u201c<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7366929\/2026\/06\/24\/ravens-safety-malaki-starks-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">probably would go<\/a> C-plus, B-minus\u201d on a report card and he also shared what he plans to do in order to raise that grade for his second season. <\/p>\n<p>Starks said he is integrating pilates into his offseason workouts and has added weight after playing at 202 pounds last year. Starks said he also plans to consult a Super Bowl-winning coach. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to get back with Jon Gruden,\u201d Starks said. \u201cI trained with him before the draft, so I\u2019m going to get back with him and pick his brain a little bit. . . . It\u2019s awesome. I trained with him for the draft. He prepped me for the draft and we\u2019ve been really cool ever since. Just to learn from a guy like him and have him as a resource, I think it will be huge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Ravens have a new head coach in Jesse Minter and Starks said that \u201ceverybody gets a new start\u201d in that situation. A little time with Gruden is part of his plan to make the most of that fresh start. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Ravens safety Malaki Starks reflected on his rookie season in May, he said it was not up&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":733024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-733023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733023","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=733023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/733024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}