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The Baltimore Ravens have a couple key wide receiver decisions to make this offseason.

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As it stands, Zay Flowers and Rashod Bateman are the top-two wideouts on their WR depth chart. Will it remain that way?

ESPN’s Dan Graziano, in a new article after the NFL Combine, believes both are staying put.

For Flowers, the Ravens have to decide on his fifth-year contract option (which impacts his status for the 2027 NFL season).

“I got the impression from my conversations that the Ravens plan to pick up the fifth-year option on 2023 first-round pick Zay Flowers, and that will put him in line to earn $27.298 million in 2027 after making $2.664 million in 2026,” Graziano writes.

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Flowers was a Pro Bowler in 2025 after an under-the-radar huge season.

Bateman had been really good in 2024 but not as good in 2025. The Ravens could choose to move on from him, but at least at this point, that doesn’t seem like their path forward.

“Rashod Bateman is coming off a down year but is guaranteed $6.5 million this year, and the Ravens seem inclined to give him another shot in the new offense they’re installing under new coordinator Declan Doyle,” Graziano writes.

It could behoove the Ravens to draft one WR from an impressive class, maybe in the middle rounds, to potentially grow into a replacement for Bateman.

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It also isn’t a bad idea for Baltimore to see how things work for Lamar Jackson and company in a new offensive system. Maybe it’ll be an upgrade for everyone.

Flowers and Bateman are both clearly talented, and it’ll just be about the Ravens finding a way to maximize both of their abilities.

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