With the first wave of free agency nearly finished, the 2020 NFL Draft is next up on the list. While every team is hoping they find Hall of Fame talent and fill important needs to push them closer to a Super Bowl, the Baltimore Ravens’ starting lineup is nearly all figured out already.
Baltimore re-signed most of their own free agents, including a few before the 2019 season was even finished. The Ravens return 10 of their offensive starters after right guard Marshal Yanda’s retirement. With the additions of Calais Campbell and Derek Wolfe this offseason, Baltimore’s defense has 10 starters at least penciled in already.
With just two starting jobs still up in the air, all eyes will be on those positions during the 2020 NFL Draft and the second wave of free agency. But right now, let’s see how the Ravens’ starting depth chart looks:
Ravens starting lineup – Offense
| Position | Player |
| QB | Lamar Jackson |
| FB | Patrick Ricard |
| RB | Mark Ingram III |
| WR | Marquise Brown |
| TE | Mark Andrews |
| LT | Ronnie Stanley |
| LG | Bradley Bozeman |
| C | Matt Skura |
| RG | Ben Powers |
| RT | Orlando Brown Jr. |
| WR | Willie Snead |
Right guard remains a bit of a mystery following Yanda’s retirement. While Baltimore has continued to build depth among their interior offensive line through the draft in recent years, there’s no guaranteed starter on the roster right now.
It seems likely the Ravens are going to create a competition for the starting right guard job, much like they did last season at left guard. That means Powers will battle with the likes of R.J. Prince, Will Holden and potentially Patrick Mekari this offseason. It’s also a prime position of need Baltimore could look to shore up in the 2020 NFL Draft as well, either finding a definitive starter there or at least another entrant into the competition.
While I have Skura as the starter at center, that will depend a lot on his health. After tearing multiple ligaments and dislocating his knee last season, his timeline for a return isn’t clear yet. However, Mekari stepping in admirably for Skura last season and the starting job would seem to be his if Skura isn’t able to go.
There could also be a competition for the wide receiver spot opposite Brown. Though naming a starter is a bit of a fallacy since offenses swap their wide receivers out so much depending on what packages they want to run, earning a “starting” job there really means getting more snaps. Since Snead is still the most experienced wide receiver on the Ravens’ roster, the job is going to be his until someone else takes it from him. But look for Miles Boykin in his second year to take a step up and challenge Snead for the right to be called a starter.
Click on the next page to see the defensive starting lineup for the Ravens.
Much like wide receiver on offense, the entire defense ends up getting subbed in and out depending on what packages are being run. However, there are players who will get the most snaps at any given position and be labeled as starters.
Along the defensive line, it’ll be Baltimore’s most experienced player in Brandon Williams matched up with their two new additions in Wolfe and Campbell.
The only spots with any question marks are the two inside linebacker spots and outside linebacker opposite Matthew Judon. But with L.J Fort getting a contract extension and currently being the team’s most experienced inside linebacker, it makes sense that he’s at least penciled into one of the starting jobs.
Opposite Fort is Chris Board, who was given a chance to earn the starting job last year. However, With Board not only failing to win the competition last season but barely getting any playing time on defense, the Ravens are expected to find a definitive starter there either in the 2020 NFL Draft or free agency.
I currently have Jaylon Ferguson as the other starting outside linebacker but just like at right guard, there’s going to be a competition there. Though he hasn’t made the leap forward many expected, Tyus Bowser a lot of snaps last season and was the team’s second-most productive pass rusher with five sacks and 10 quarterback hits. However, I expect the job is Ferguson’s to lose more than Bowser, so I put the second-year player in the starting lineup for the time being instead.
Ravens starting lineup – Defense
| Position | Player |
| DT | Derek Wolfe |
| NT | Brandon Williams |
| DE | Calais Campbell |
| OLB | Matthew Judon |
| MLB | Chris Board |
| WLB | L.J. Fort |
| OLB | Jaylon Ferguson |
| CB | Marlon Humphrey |
| SS | Chuck Clark |
| FS | Earl Thomas |
| CB | Marcus Peters |
