(WBFF) — With the Ravens’ third and final preseason game in the books, attention now shifts from the field to the front office.

The team has until 4 p.m. Tuesday to cut its roster down to 53 players. Currently, 89 players are listed on the active roster, with two more – rookie OL Emery Jones Jr. and S Ar’Darius Washington – already on injury lists.

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While other injuries and cuts around the league mean the 53 players still standing on Tuesday will more than likely not be the 53 listed on the roster come Sunday, September 7, when the Ravens open the season in Buffalo, it’s still telling as to how the team sees certain players.

As such, here’s what the Ravens 53-man roster will look like when the dust settles, according to AJ Gersh.

Quarterbacks (2): Lamar Jackson, Cooper Rush

No real debate here. Devin Leary had a shaky preseason, but the team will likely try to stash him back on the practice squad for a second year in a row after selecting Leary in the 6th round out of Kentucky in 2024.

Running Backs (4): Derrick Henry, Justice Hill, Keaton Mitchell, Rasheen Ali

One of the bigger debates in performing this exercise has been whether Rasheen Ali makes the roster as the fourth running back, with the team having needs elsewhere and Henry, Hill, and Mitchell entrenched ahead of Ali on the depth chart. However, John Harbaugh has stated multiple times that Ali has made the team, so here he is, and in Baltimore he will be.

Wide Receivers (6): Zay Flowers, Rashod Bateman, DeAndre Hopkins, Devontez Walker, Tylan Wallace, LaJohntay Wester

Coming into training camp, Flowers, Bateman, and Hopkins were all locks to make the team, with Wallace and Walker both presumably on the right side of the bubble (a position both have only strengthened during the summer.) That left just one spot up for grabs between Wester, a rookie sixth-round pick out of Colorado, Dayton Wade, Keith Kirkwood, and Anthony Miller. While none of the four have stood out much beyond the others as receivers, Wester’s punt return heroics should not only land him on the 53-man roster as WR6, but also as the team’s starting returner.

Tight Ends/Fullback (4): Mark Andrews, Isaiah Likely, Charlie Kolar, Patrick Ricard

Barring injuries, this group was never much in doubt. However, Likely’s foot injury threw a minor wrench into the team’s plans. The question now becomes: will Likely be healthy enough to play in the season’s opening month? If the answer is no, the Ravens will put Likely on IR to start the season and open another roster spot elsewhere. Based on reports coming out of Owings Mills, it seems Likely will be healthy enough to avoid a trip to the injured list come Tuesday.

Offensive Line (9): Ronnie Stanley, Andrew Vorhees, Tyler Linderbaum, Daniel Faalele, Roger Rosengarten, Joseph Noteboom, Ben Cleveland, Carson Vinson, Corey Bullock

One of the biggest questions surrounding the Ravens this summer was who would start at left and right guard? Vorhees and Faalele were the favorites entering training camp, and both went wire to wire as Harbaugh confirmed the five starters in the trenches last week. As for the reserves, Noteboom is locked on as the team’s swing tackle, and Cleveland is the only guard with experience left on the roster, so he should be good to go. Vinson was a fifth-round pick this year, and has improved drastically each week of the NFL preseason, with his best outing coming this past Saturday versus the Commanders. That leaves one spot (most likely) for Corey Bullock, Nick Samac, Garrett Dellinger, or Darrian Dalcourt. However, Bullock has lined up as the second-team center the past several weeks and done nothing to show he doesn’t deserve that spot, so the ex-Terrapin gets the ninth slot.

Defensive Line (5): Nnamdi Madubuike, Travis Jones, John Jenkins, Broderick Washington, Aeneas Peebles

Another position that seemingly every year comes down to cut day before being decided, several guys not listed here have made strong cases for inclusion on the final roster. While Madubuike, Jones, and Washington entered the summer as veritable locks and Peebles’ status as a draft pick (along with a solid body of work) putting their names in ink on the roster list early on, the debate between John Jenkins, Brent Urban, C.J. Okoye, C.J. Ravenell, and others has raged on throughout camp. Our prediction? Jenkins lands the last spot on the official list as a veteran nose tackle, while Urban likely has a “handshake deal” with the front office to start on the practice squad before being promoted to the active roster once injuries hit as the season plays out. A longtime Raven, this wouldn’t be the first time Urban has been in a similar situation in Baltimore (2022). Okoye could land on the practice squad as an extra player via the NFL’s International Player Pathway, which permits an extra practice squad spot for players from outside the United States or Canada (Okoye is from Nigeria).

Outside Linebacker (5): Kyle Van Noy, Odafe Oweh, Tavius Robinson, Mike Green, David Ojabo

Perhaps the most interesting training camp position battle was between Ojabo, a second-round pick in 2022 who has struggled to stay healthy, and Adisa Isaac, a third-round pick last year who appeared in four games. Isaac seemed to have an early edge, but a dislocated elbow suffered in the Ravens second preseason game ended this contest. Ojabo wins the spot by default, despite the solid story that is local product Malik Hamm.

Inside Linebacker (4): Roquan Smith, Trenton Simpson, Teddye Buchanan, Jake Hummel

This position group may draw more interest for who doesn’t make it rather than who does. Smith and Simpson are locked in as the team’s starting backers, while Buchanan always seemed closer to a lock than the bubble as a rookie fourth-round pick. Hummel is an unheralded name, but the Ravens signed him specifically to replace core special teamers Chris Board and Malik Harrison (both left in free agency), and with the value Baltimore puts on special teams, Hummel shouldn’t have much to worry about come Tuesday.

Jay Higgins and Chandler Martin both signed with the Ravens as undrafted rookie free agents this spring, and both have stood out enough to warrant a debate on making the final roster, an impressive accomplishment in and of itself. Higgins forced two turnovers in the preseason and displayed a knack for being around the football. Martin has impressed on special teams during the summer, a key trait for players on the Ravens roster bubble. One of the two may still make the cut, but there doesn’t seem to be room for both.

Cornerback (7): Marlon Humphrey, Nate Wiggins, Jaire Alexander, Chidobe Awuzie, Jalyn Armour-Davis, T.J. Tampa, Keyon Martin

With Alexander and Awuzie’s signings in free agency, the front end of the CB room is among the best in football. But the back end is where the questions lingered throughout the summer. While Armour-Davis entered camp with a few doubts on his roster security after struggles to stay healthy throughout his career, his strong play has quieted any questions about his viability for a roster spot. Tampa spent time on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) and IR lists during his rookie season a year ago, but has looked solid when on the field. If a seventh cornerback was going to be kept, it was assumed the battle would come down to 6th-round picks Bihlal Kone and Robert Longerbeam. However, both suffered serious knee injuries during the summer. Enter Keyon Martin. The undrafted rookie didn’t even sign with Baltimore immediately after the draft like most rookie free agents do, but instead put his name on the dotted line after a tryout at rookie minicamp. All the Louisiana alum has done is make play after play all preseason long. With the Ravens well-known struggles to keep cornerbacks healthy, Martin may just land on the roster as the team’s latest undrafted free agent success story.

Safety (4): Kyle Hamilton, Malaki Starks, Sanoussi Kane, Reuben Lowery

When Ar’Darius Washington went down for the season with a torn achilles, a spot as the Ravens’ third safety (a regular on the field in defensive coordinator Zach Orr’s scheme) behind Hamilton and first-round rookie Starks opened up. The battle seemed to be between second-years Kane and Beau Brade, however undrafted free agent Reuben Lowery forced his way into the discussion with a strong summer. Kane seems to have locked up the third safety job, so it may come down to Brade’s special teams experience versus Lowery’s standout performances in the defensive backfield this preseason.

Specialists (3): Tyler Loop, Jordan Stout, Nick Moore

Just as this started with an easy group to project, so it ends as well. Since kicker John Hoyland was released about a week and a half into training camp, this group’s status hasn’t been in doubt.