{"id":43772,"date":"2025-04-25T03:03:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T03:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=43772"},"modified":"2025-04-25T03:03:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T03:03:00","slug":"mark-andrews-reports-could-shake-up-baltimores-draft-week-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=43772","title":{"rendered":"Mark Andrews reports could shake up Baltimore\u2019s draft-week plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-intro mb-4 text-darkGrey font-group-large md:font-group-normal lg:font-group-large\">You gotta let us know&#8230; will he stay or will he go?<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex items-center justify-between text-darkGrey font-group-bigger\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n<div class=\"mb-0 md:mb-9 relative md:mx-10 md:mb-9\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"AFC Championship - Kansas City Chiefs v Baltimore Ravens\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_155,w_5443,h_3061\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/26\/01jsf18vgfz4h2q1yhhx.jpg\" alt=\"AFC Championship - Kansas City Chiefs v Baltimore Ravens\" width=\"5443\" height=\"3061\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"AFC Championship - Kansas City Chiefs v Baltimore Ravens\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"ALT\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\">AFC Championship &#8211; Kansas City Chiefs v Baltimore Ravens | Patrick Smith\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap\">\n<div class=\"flex mr-4 lg:w-[calc(70%-3em)] max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"hidden md:block md:mx-4 hidden md:block\" data-testid=\"share-menu\">\n<div class=\"sticky top-20 mb-3\" data-testid=\"share-menu-inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><main class=\"min-w-0 flex-1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewablity-block\">\n<figure class=\"player-wrapper relative aspect-video mb-[18px] bg-grey rounded-md hidden player-wrapper-lg md:block\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Draft week\u00a0isn\u2019t just about new faces\u2014sometimes it\u2019s about saying goodbye to old ones.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">With the 2025 NFL Draft now just days away, most Baltimore Ravens fans are rightfully laser-focused on who\u2019s coming in. But if you\u2019ve been paying close attention to what General Manager Eric DeCosta has been saying (and more importantly, not saying), there\u2019s a different kind of subplot building around\u00a0one of the most important players in franchise history.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_4\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Mark Andrews could be on the move. And it\u2019s not just speculation anymore.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter\u00a0recently included Andrews on his list of notable veterans who could be dealt during the draft. It\u2019s a surprising name to see on paper. But the more you think about it, the more it tracks. Andrews is entering the final year of his deal with a $16 million cap hit. He\u2019s turning 30 in September. And while still productive, he\u2019s not the dominant, uncoverable monster he was from 2019 to 2021.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Isaiah Likely, meanwhile, is younger, cheaper, and starting to flash. Inserts Scooby-Doo&#8217;s &#8220;Ruh-roh.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Trade winds are blowing around Baltimore\u2019s star tight end<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">DeCosta didn\u2019t do much to shut down the noise during his pre-draft presser either. When asked about Andrews\u2019 future, the\u00a0GM said:<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_5\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\"><em>\u201cI never know what\u2019s going to happen, but I can tell you this, Mark Andrews is a warrior. He\u2019s a great player and we\u2019re in the business of keeping as many great players as we can.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">That\u2019s&#8230; not exactly a vote of confidence.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">NFL Network\u2019s Ian Rapoport\u00a0also weighed in, saying the situation is \u201cvery, very much up in the air\u201d and that it wouldn\u2019t be surprising to see a team make Baltimore \u201can offer they can\u2019t refuse.\u201d Rapoport added that Likely\u2014who\u2019s also entering a contract year\u2014looked like a true No. 1 tight end when Andrews was sidelined. And that\u2019s a critical part of all this.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">If the Ravens truly believe in Likely\u2019s upside, this is the moment to commit. Keeping both long term probably isn\u2019t happening, and dealing Andrews now could bring back solid draft capital and open up more room to re-sign players like Kyle Hamilton and Tyler Linderbaum,\u00a0who are both due to break the bank\u00a0in the next year or so.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_6\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">As for potential suitors? They\u2019re out there. The LA Chargers make sense with Greg Roman now in Cali. The Colts, Jets, Panthers, and Jaguars\u00a0have been floated as teams that need\u00a0reliable pass-catching help. It wouldn\u2019t take a &#8216;godfather offer&#8217; to move Andrews, but it would need to make sense. Think Day 2 pick with a quality backup on the offensive line or defensive front, or more draft capital.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Because here\u2019s the hard truth: Andrews isn\u2019t the elite tight end he was years ago. He\u2019s still reliable, still tough in the red zone, and still Lamar\u2019s favorite target when healthy. But he\u2019s about to turn 30. He\u2019ll be a free agent next spring. And if you believe Likely can be the future, and you don\u2019t want to lose both for nothing, now\u2019s the time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_7\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Trading Andrews wouldn&#8217;t be fun.\u00a0It would mark the end of an era. 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