The Baltimore Ravens have one of the league’s strongest all-around rosters with few glaring holes. However, no team can ever be completely perfect without flaws, and the Ravens are no exception. While the Ravens possess high-level talent on both sides of the ball, there are some areas that profile as potential weaknesses and concerns for the 2025 season.
Today’s Question of the Day is:
What is the Ravens’ weakest position group?
My answer: Offensive Guard
The Ravens have been shuffling through starting offensive guard combinations for the past several seasons, or at least so it feels. Last year, they began the season trotting out Andrew Vorhees and Daniel Faalele, both first-time starters. Vorhees was quickly replaced by veteran Patrick Mekari after suffering an injury, and the latter went on to start for the remainder of the year.
Mekari departed the team in free agency, leaving another void for the taking at left guard. Vorhees is the early favorite to reclaim the starting role, as is Faalele on the opposite side at right guard. The Ravens did not make a splash move this offseason at the position aside from re-signing Ben Cleveland and drafting two LSU offensive lineman — Emery Jones Jr. and Garrett Delinger.
While both Vorhees and Faalele are young with room to grow, they’ve yet to establish themselves as quality high-level starters. Vorhees has very limited starting nfl experience and Faalele had an up-and-down, inconsistent 2024 season.
Fortunately, the Ravens’ offensive scheme and infrastructure, as well as the star abilities of Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry, help mitigate deficiencies and any cracks in the lineup. Still, though, On the Ravens’ offensive line as a whole, the two guard spots are the clear weaker points.
For the Ravens to reach their ultimate ceiling and hold up against some of the league’s better defensive line fronts, they can’t afford to have below-average play from their starting guards. So, the development and growth of Vorhees and Faalele, should they in fact win the starting roles, will be a key storyline this season.