{"id":51450,"date":"2025-05-27T02:36:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T02:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=51450"},"modified":"2025-05-27T02:36:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T02:36:59","slug":"ravens-13-2m-star-defender-may-price-himself-out-of-baltimore-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=51450","title":{"rendered":"Ravens\u2019 $13.2M Star Defender \u2018May Price Himself out of Baltimore\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"l-article__header\"><\/header>\n<div class=\"l-article__meta\">\n<div class=\"l-article__meta-item l-article__meta-item--dates\">\n<ul class=\"c-meta c-meta--post c-meta--list c-meta--dates\">\n<li class=\"c-meta__item c-meta__item--updated\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__content\">\n<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<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\/05\/GettyImages-1776741327.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1776741327.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1776741327.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1776741327.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Ravens outside linebacker Odafe Oweh has played so well during his rookie contract that he's in position to &quot;price himself out of Baltimore&quot; in 2025.\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-img-load-time=\"273\" data-dom-ready-time=\"404\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Odafe Oweh #99 of the Baltimore Ravens reacts after a play during the first half in the game against the Seattle Seahawks at M&amp;T Bank Stadium on November 05, 2023 in Baltimore, Maryland.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/baltimore-ravens\/\">R<\/a>avens\u00a0are among the league\u2019s best teams when it comes to drafting and developing young talent. That\u2019s traditionally been a cornerstone of success in the NFL, and there are few teams who have done it better, especially in recent years. Unfortunately, one of the main downsides of developing top young talent is that they can often find a bigger payday somewhere else. For fifth-year outside linebacker\u00a0Odafe Oweh,\u00a0The Athletic\u2018s Jeff Zrebiec writes that he\u2019s in a position where he \u201cmay price himself out of Baltimore\u201d with another impressive season in 2025.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Ravens May Prioritize Other Extension Candidates over Oweh<\/h2>\n<p>With other big names entering free agency following this season \u2013 including superstar\u00a0Lamar Jackson\u00a0\u2013 the Ravens will likely be forced to choose which defensive players to extend. 24-year-old star safety\u00a0Kyle Hamilton\u00a0will be one of their top candidates and will \u201calmost certainly\u201d be the highest-paid safety in the league when the Ravens extend him after this season.<\/p>\n<p>As Zrebiec points out, \u201cquality young edge rushers typically find a lot of interest \u2013 and money \u2013 on the free-agent market.\u201d Even with Oweh coming off a double-digit sack season, he has struggled with a lack of consistency, and has only started 23 games across his first four seasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOweh has battled consistency issues throughout his young career, making it hard to know what his ceiling is and whether he\u2019s close to hitting it,\u201d writes Zrebiec. \u201cThe Ravens have many key players due for extensions, and you can\u2019t pay everyone. They could view rookie second-rounder\u00a0Mike Green\u00a0as Oweh\u2019s replacement.\u201d<\/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 id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As Zrebiec points out, though, the Ravens haven\u2019t acted like a team that was prioritizing a deal to keep Oweh around long-term, meaning that another season with high-level production could mean that he will \u201cprice himself out of Baltimore.\u201d With Mike Green playing on a rookie deal, the Ravens will need to make a decision about the future of their defense. They may not come to the same view as Oweh when it comes time for contract negotiations next offseason.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Fellow Edge Rusher May Be in Similar Territory Following 2025 Season<\/h2>\n<p>PFF\u2018s Ryan Smith ranked the top 32 edge defenders in the NFL coming into the 2025 seasons, ranking Oweh at No. 26. He was followed closely by his teammate\u00a0Kyle Van Noy, who came in at No. 30.<\/p>\n<p>Smith notes that Oweh has \u201cplenty to play for\u201d with free agency looming in 2026. The Ravens picked up his fifth-year option last season and Oweh responded with career highs in sacks (11), quarterback hits (16) and total pressures (55), including the playoffs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_2_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-2 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_2\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Clifton Brown of\u00a0BaltimoreRavens.com\u00a0notes that the Ravens may consider an extension, which \u201ccould also help the Ravens create cap space to make other moves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of those other moves could be choosing to bring back 11-year veteran Kyle Van Noy, who earned his first Pro Bowl nod in 2024. Luckily for Baltimore, Van Noy has been extremely productive considering his price tag. With a base salary of just $2.75 million for 2025, he is capable of playing far above his cap hit of $6.125 million.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_3_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-3 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_3\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>With 21 1\/2 sacks in his two seasons as a Raven, Brown writes that Van Noy has \u201coutperformed his contract, but he\u2019s also 34, and the Ravens presumably are content going year to year.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Odafe Oweh #99 of the Baltimore Ravens reacts after a play during the first half in the game against the Seattle Seahawks at M&amp;T Bank Stadium&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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