Ravens left tackle Ronnie Stanley’s press conference highlights after re-signing with the team.
On Monday, Baltimore Ravens left tackle Ronnie Stanley joined media via Zoom to talk about re-signing with the Ravens on a three-year, $60 million deal. Below are the highlights from the press conference.
On why Stanley re-signed with the Ravens prior to reaching free agency with the speculation of an impending bidding war:
“I think it just goes back to the fact that they drafted me straight out of college. Took a chance on me. So, I’m always going to give them first dibs when it comes to things like that, out of respect.”
On if he was ever curious about going elsewhere:
“Yeah, I was very open to whatever was going to happen. I knew the cap situation we were in and how many players we need to pay — current and future with the younger guys. So, I knew it wasn’t going to be like a personal thing. So, going into it I was kind of open to what was going to happen. Ended up working for the best.”
On how important legacy is to him and playing in one place for his whole career:
“That’s a good question because that definitely gets brought up to me a lot, especially going into my tenth year and all of them are going to be in Baltimore. That’s something that, ever growing up — I never even — that wasn’t even like a goal of mine. That wasn’t something I ever thought about. But that being said, it actually happening, I’m realizing how rare of a thing that is and I think it’s a really cool thing to be able to spend ten years of my career plus with the same team that I got drafted with. I don’t know the percentages of things like that happening but I think that’s a really cool thing. I’m happy and appreciative that I could be one of those players that experience that.”
On if he kept in mind the Ravens’ cap situation and what they needed to do to build the roster as they were re-signing him:
“Yeah, that’s definitely something that crosses my mind but I don’t think that was the main driver for it all. I knew I was going to give Baltimore the best bargain that I would offer to any other team. But that being said I still wanted to be happy with what I’m making and make sure I’m getting the value that I feel like I deserve just from the job description and the things that go into what my job has to do. I think the deal was a good balance that could help the team and something I’m still happy with.”
On if there’s a feeling of unfinished business:
“For sure. I don’t think there’s — we’ve broken so many records the last however many years and I don’t think we care about it, to be honest. Especially the guys that have been here. I think the only thing we really care about is winning a Super Bowl. All that other stuff, for sure is nice and all, but yeah, definitely, unfinished business. I don’t think any one is really happy.”
On if re-signing with the Ravens was a factor with his relationship with Lamar [Jackson] and how the offense has been built around him and if he spoke to Jackson before or after re-signing:
“First of all, my decision to come back, I think the players for sure had the biggest role to do. The locker room and the type of players that we have, including Lamar. I was talking to Lamar a lot, but not about contracts. Me and Lamar, we talk all the time but he never really brings that stuff up. I never really brought that stuff up to him when he was going through his deal. I think we just talk more like brothers. We talked through the whole process, not once about contracts. But the players are definitely the biggest driver of why I like being in Baltimore.”