{"id":26453,"date":"2025-02-16T07:37:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T07:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=26453"},"modified":"2025-02-16T07:37:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T07:37:21","slug":"ravens-pushed-to-make-afc-trade-to-help-mark-andrews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=26453","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Ravens Pushed to Make AFC Trade to Help Mark Andrews!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1827225607-e1739638368555.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1827225607-e1739638368555.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1827225607-e1739638368555.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1827225607-e1739638368555.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Mark Andrews\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"931\" data-dom-ready-time=\"22125\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">The Baltimore Ravens can do Mark Andrews a favor with this trade within the AFC.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>What could be his last game with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/baltimore-ravens\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"\">Baltimore Ravens<\/a>\u00a0proved to be a nightmare for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nfl\/player\/mark-andrews\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"\">Mark Andrews<\/a>, but the franchise can still do right by the All-Pro tight end by trading him within the AFC to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/los-angeles-chargers\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"\">Los Angeles Chargers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a trade\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the33rdteam.com\/nfl-trade-ideas-that-should-happen-before-free-agency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">The 33rd Team\u2019s Marcus Mosher<\/a>\u00a0would love to see happen before the start of free agency. He thinks the Ravens would get a third-round pick, the 86th overall in the 2025 NFL draft, from the Chargers for Andrews.<\/p>\n<p>Mosher also believes moving to the AFC West \u201cmight not be a bad thing for Andrews, especially if he can land in Los Angeles with another Harbaugh. Greg Roman is the offensive coordinator for the Chargers, and Andrews had some of his best seasons under him in Baltimore. It would be an easy fit for both parties, and Andrews would still play with a top-end quarterback who loves nothing more than throwing the ball down the middle of the field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The presence of head coach John Harbaugh and quarterback\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nfl\/player\/justin-herbert\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"\">Justin Herbert<\/a>\u00a0are indeed compelling reasons for Andrews to want to become a Charger. Yet, there are incentives for the Ravens to move on from a veteran whose career\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/baltimore-ravens\/john-harbaugh-mark-andrews-drop-bills\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"\">reached its lowest point<\/a>\u00a0during the defeat to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/buffalo-bills\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"\">Buffalo Bills<\/a>\u00a0in last season\u2019s Divisional playoffs.<\/p>\n<h2>Mark Andrews Should Welcome Chargers Change<\/h2>\n<p>Things could hardly have gone worse for Andrews in Buffalo, where he lost a key fumble and dropped what would\u2019ve been the game-tying two-point conversion. The 29-year-old expressed his feelings of dejection, but Andrews also indicated he\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/baltimore-ravens\/mark-andrews-reveals-reaction-playoff-drop\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"\">ready to \u201cmove forward\u201d<\/a>\u00a0with the Ravens.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps he\u2019d change his mind for the chance to play for Roman again. The former Ravens OC called plays when Andrews caught 10 touchdown passes from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nfl\/player\/lamar-jackson\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"\">Lamar Jackson<\/a>\u00a0in 2019, before\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nfl\/player\/mark-andrews\/#career-stats\" target=\"\" rel=\"\">snagging 107 receptions<\/a>\u00a0two years later.<\/p>\n<p>Andrews became the go-to target for the Ravens on Roman\u2019s watch, but things have changed somewhat since Todd Monken seized the headset in 2023. Monken has made expanding Jackson\u2019s repertoire as a passer his priority, and that\u2019s meant weening the quarterback off a reliance on Andrews.<\/p>\n<p>To his credit, the latter has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/baltimore-ravens\/john-harbaugh-mark-andrews-promise-targets\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"\">responded to a lighter workload<\/a>\u00a0by making the most of whatever reps he gets. Andrews reeled in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/teams\/rav\/2024.htm#all_rushing_and_receiving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">a team-<\/a>\u00a0and career-high 11 scoring passes from Jackson last season, becoming the Ravens\u2019 all-time leader in touchdowns in the process, per\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NFLonCBS\/status\/1868362331773612132\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">NFL on CBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Andrews still has value, but the Ravens already have a player primed to make the TE1 spot his own and maybe even elevate the position to new heights.<\/p>\n<h2>Ravens Have Perfect Replacement Already on the Roster<\/h2>\n<p>The presence of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nfl\/player\/isaiah-likely\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"\">Isaiah Likely<\/a>\u00a0has long since started the clock on the end of Andrews\u2019 career at M&amp;T Bank Stadium. Likely is a more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/baltimore-ravens\/isaiah-likely-reveals-learning-new-role\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"\">versatile and roving matchup nightmare<\/a>, a pass-catcher with a skill-set worthy of a bigger role.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s exactly the moment for the Ravens to make Likely a focal point, since the 139th pick in the 2022 NFL draft \u201cis entering the final year of his contract, and it\u2019s clear that he is the future at tight end,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the33rdteam.com\/nfl-trade-ideas-that-should-happen-before-free-agency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">according to Mosher<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Likely offered a few exciting glimpses of what the future can look like with plays like this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NFL\/status\/1831892165720502291\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">49-yard catch and run<\/a>\u00a0for a score against the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>\u00a0from Week 1.<\/p>\n<div id=\"03e04e0a452a2d132406c4f31024accb\" class=\"embed_container\">\n<div class=\"tweet-container\">\n<article class=\"tweet-container_article\">\n<div class=\"tweet-container_header tweet-verified-business\">\n<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<p>The time is ripe for Likely and fellow 2022 fourth-round pick\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nfl\/player\/charlie-kolar\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"\">Charlie Kolar<\/a>\u00a0to take over the rotation at tight end. Particularly when Andrews \u201cis set to count nearly $17 million against the cap\u201d this year, per Mosher. Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta could use some spare cash to help\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/baltimore-ravens\/trade-difference-making-jets-davante-adams\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"\">trade for a six-time Pro Bowler<\/a>\u00a0who can assume the mantle as Jackson\u2019s new no. 1 target.<\/p>\n<p>Those factors are bad news for Andrews, but being dealt to the Chargers would represent the softest of landings for a deserving Ravens great.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty The Baltimore Ravens can do Mark Andrews a favor with this trade within the AFC. 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