{"id":3354,"date":"2024-11-22T08:29:50","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T08:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=3354"},"modified":"2024-11-22T08:29:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T08:29:50","slug":"breaking-top-50-pick-a-healthy-scratch-for-3-of-last-4-ravens-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=3354","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Top-50 Pick a Healthy Scratch for 3 of Last 4 Ravens Games!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2172213680-e1732238146637.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"David Ojabo\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption\">\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Baltimore Ravens have a problem with a high-round draft pick who can&#8217;t get onto the field.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Baltimore Ravens\u00a0have a problem with\u00a0David Ojabo. Specifically, with how the 45th player taken in the 2022 NFL draft can\u2019t get onto the field even when he\u2019s healthy.<\/p>\n<p>Ojabo was inactive for Week 11\u2019s 18-16 defeat to the\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers. It marked \u201cthe third healthy scratch for David Ojabo in the past four weeks,\u201d per\u00a0Jeff Zrebiec of The Athletic.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_1_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-1 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ae2b9aa4eee67497c0dd9bc450be13a2\" class=\"embed_container\">\n<div class=\"lazy-embed lazy-embed--ssr embed-twitter-com lazy-embed--loaded\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeffzrebiec\/status\/1858186497419346345\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FJamesDudko&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1858186497419346345&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fheavy.com%2Fsports%2Fnfl%2Fbaltimore-ravens%2Fdavid-ojabo-healthy-scratch-ravens-games%2F&amp;sessionId=1f05c4985b60e1e150cf6591d1f0f5c491a36528&amp;siteScreenName=heavyonsports&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1858186497419346345\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That\u2019s a bad look for a second-round pick who could help an inconsistent defense in an area where it\u2019s struggling most. Generating pressure,\u00a0particularly on third downs, has been a season-long problem for the Ravens.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, they\u2019re still comfortable going into games without a once highly-touted edge-rusher like Ojabo. One reason the latter is hovering dangerously close to draft bust status thanks to the emergence of a mid-round pick from last year.<\/p>\n<h2>David Ojabo Not Making the Grade for Ravens<\/h2>\n<p>Injuries derailed the start of Ojabo\u2019s life in the pros. The former Michigan stud\u00a0tore his Achilles\u00a0at the Wolverines\u2019 pro day in 2022, all-but wiping out his rookie campaign with the Ravens.<\/p>\n<p>That the team still selected Ojabo knowing his injury status spoke volumes about what the Ravens thought of Ojabo\u2019s talent and potential. Their faith was supposed to be rewarded in 2023, but a torn ACL sidelined Ojabo after Week 3.<\/p>\n<p>This was set to be the year the\u00a06-foot-4, 252-pound 24-year-old emerged into his expected role as the headline act of Baltimore\u2019s pass rush. Yet rather than being a dynamic disruptor opponents need special plans to stop, Ojabo isn\u2019t even making game-day rosters.<\/p>\n<p>His absence has cleared the deck for other players, including a less-heralded edge defender, to earn extended playing time.<\/p>\n<h2>Ravens Have New Force on the Edge<\/h2>\n<p>Ojabo isn\u2019t wowing his coaches, but defensive coordinator Zach Orr and his staff have surely been impressed by\u00a0Tavius Robinson. The latter is fast becoming a force against both the run and the pass.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson\u2019s strength against the run was vividly illustrated during this rep highlighted by\u00a0Nate Tice of Yahoo! Sports. It showed Robinson lifting tight end\u00a0Pat Freiermuth\u00a0(88) off the ground before wrapping up running back\u00a0Cordarrelle Patterson.<\/p>\n<p>Greater sack numbers are sure to follow for a formidable physical specimen who has still generated 3.5 quarterback takedowns and 12 pressures, per\u00a0Pro Football Reference. The 6-foot-6, 262-pounder\u2019s emergence helps explain why the Ravens didn\u2019t\u00a0trade for pass-rush help, but he\u2019s not the only edge who\u2019s winning on a weekly basis.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson is being helped by\u00a0Odafe Oweh, who unlike Ojabo, is finally living up to his draft status. The 2021 first-round pick has\u00a0seven sacks, including 2.5 against the Steelers.<\/p>\n<p>As\u00a0NFL Network\u2019s Brian Baldinger\u00a0pointed out, Oweh and pass-rush specialist coach Chuck Smith have been working on new moves \u201cevery day,\u201d and it shows.<\/p>\n<p>Oweh and 2023 fourth-rounder Robinson are becoming the young bookends the Ravens need to drive their pass rush and underpin a more active front seven. Ideally, there would be a viable role in the rotation for Ojabo, but unless he gets on the field soon, he\u2019ll be classed as a rare draft miss from usually astute talent-spotter, general manager Eric DeCosta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Baltimore Ravens have a problem with a high-round draft pick who can&#8217;t get onto the field. The\u00a0Baltimore Ravens\u00a0have a problem with\u00a0David Ojabo. 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