The Baltimore Ravens will have plenty of tough decisions to make over the course of the 2022 offseason. Among those are figuring out who to re-sign and who to let walk out of their current group of players scheduled to hit free agency, which is a very talented bunch.
One of those players is center Bradley Bozeman, who just came off of his first season suiting up at the position he played in college. When asked about what his priority was entering free agency, Bozeman became emotional as he talked about how much the organization has meant to him over his first four years in the NFL.
“I’ll just continue to take care of my body, continue to try to grow as a football player, grow as a man, take some time to recover [and] do the things I need to do. We’ll let our agents handle all the backend stuff, and we’ll see what happens. I’ve been very blessed. This place has been so amazing to me, everyone involved from the ground up – from all my teammates, to the coaches, to the fans, everyone. It’s been a great place for me. So, I’m just very grateful.”
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Bozeman also talked about the city of Baltimore and what it’s meant to him over the last four years.
“The city has just opened its arms to us. [My wife] Nikki and I have our foundation; we started as a little non-profit, and now we’ve grown into what we are now where we’ve fed over 3 million meals to families in Baltimore. We’ve done so many great things with this city in mind, and it’s been amazing. It’s been an amazing journey. [I am] just so, so, so grateful and blessed to have called myself a Raven for the last four years. I hope it’s the next four more, but we don’t really know right now. But we’ll figure that out this offseason and see what happens. It’s just been a great place to call home the last four years.”
From the center’s comments, it’s easy to come to the conclusion that he wants to stay with the Ravens. However, anything can happen in free agency, and Bozeman has certainly earned a hefty pay day after performing well on his rookie deal. It would be wise for Baltimore to bring back the player that stabilized the center position after a few years of not having a consistent option there, although any deal would have to make sense for both parties.