Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh indicated that the team intends to trade kicker/punter Kaare Vedvik this offseason.
“Kaare Vedvik, he’ll be back,” Harbaugh said during the NFL Annual League Meetings in Phoenix. “He was with us all season, he’s training now. He’ll be one of our camp kickers. Actually, I fully expect that he’ll kick well enough for us to trade him. That’s kind of, I would say, the goal. Now, if something changes, it’s always competitive. You never know. Watch out Tuck. But I think we’re really set with our specialists. Obviously, we’re not looking to make a change there in all seriousness. But he’s capable of kicking in the NFL. We probably could have traded him last year.”
Vedvik — who joined the Ravens last season as an undrafted rookie from Marshall University — garnered buzz for his prolific 2018 preseason performance. Vedvik converted eight of his nine preseason field goal attempts, including a 56-yarder in the preseason finale. However, Vedvik’s year was snapped short after he sustained injuries in a Sept. 1 downtown Baltimore assault that landed him on Reserve/Non-football injury list. Since then, Vedvik has been recovering and training with the team.
Prior to the incident, Harbaugh said the Ravens had received substantial interest for Vedvik on the trade market. With top-flight special teams talents in kicker Justin Tucker and punter Sam Koch already on the roster, Baltimore was trying to work out a deal to trade away Vedvik ahead of the 53-man roster deadline. While those talks fell apart after news of the assault broke, Harbaugh seems confident that Vedvik can pick up right where he left off and become an appealing acquisition for one of the many teams hungry for a reliable kicker.
