{"id":744616,"date":"2026-02-11T11:32:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T11:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/744616\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T11:32:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T11:32:17","slug":"4-offensive-guard-targets-for-the-baltimore-ravens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/744616\/","title":{"rendered":"4 offensive guard targets for the Baltimore Ravens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 11, 2026, 5:28 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p>The Baltimore Ravens fired John Harbaugh and hired Jesse Minter as head coach after missing the playoffs.Baltimore&#8217;s top priorities include signing quarterback Lamar Jackson to an extension and rebuilding the offensive line.The Ravens&#8217; offensive line struggled in 2025, ranking 28th in pass-blocking efficiency.Baltimore has 22 unrestricted free agents, including key players like Tyler Linderbaum and Isaiah Likely.The team is evaluating several free-agent offensive guards to improve their starting lineup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">After missing the playoffs for just the second time in eight seasons, the Ravens fired John Harbaugh, hired Jesse Minter, and the defensive-minded head coach has taken early steps to build a juggernaut coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Minter&#8217;s next step will be to sign quarterback Lamar Jackson to an extension and rebuild an offensive line that took a big step backward in 2025, both as a unit and individually. They finished just 28th in PFF pass-blocking efficiency rating (82.8) after allowing 155 pressures, 17 sacks, on 501 snaps. Offensive guards Andrew Vorhees and Daniel Faalele were the primary issue. Baltimore&#8217;s offensive guards finished the season with a cumulative 52.1 PFF run-blocking grade, which ranked only 27th in the NFL. Star center Tyler Linderbaum continued to be one of the best run-blocking centers in the NFL. His 83.1 PFF run-blocking grade ranked fourth at the position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Baltimore has 22 unrestricted free agents, according to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ravenswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/ravens\/2026\/01\/07\/ravens-have-seven-starters-set-to-enter-2026-nfl-free-agency-market\/88035998007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Over The Cap<\/a>, with big names like Tyler Linderbaum, Isaiah Likely, Kyle Van Noy, Dre&#8217;Mont Jones, Alohi Gilman, Chidobe Awuzie, and Ar&#8217;Darius Washington among those Eric DeCosta will evaluate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">With the off-season underway, we&#8217;re looking at four offensive guards the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/baltimore-ravens\/366\" data-autotag=\"6f9d8950-4e8a-4277-ba96-ee5ce9eb842e\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Baltimore Ravens<\/a> could target to replace Daniel Faalele and Andrew Vorhees in the starting lineup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The sixth-year pro out of Wisconsin has logged nearly 5,000 snaps at left guard in his NFL career and finished 2025 logging a 71.4 PFF grade in 1,035 snaps.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:7|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a>New York Jets: OL Alijah Vera-Tucker<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Before his 2025 injury, Vera-Tucker earned three straight seasons of 70.0-plus PFF overall grades and allowed the fourth-lowest pressure rate (2.8 percent) among guards in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The veteran offensive guard logged a 77.7 PFF grade in 324 snaps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Ingram was the Texans&#8217; starting right guard for the 14 regular-season games and had a 71.5 PFF grade in 929 snaps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A four-year starter with the Raiders, Parham is a solid offensive guard who is only 26 and offers some upside.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Chargers: OL Zion Johnson<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Johnson is a young, durable interior blocker who fits both zone and gap run schemes and earned a 90.7% pass block win rate over his four-year career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 11, 2026, 5:28 a.m. ET The Baltimore Ravens fired John Harbaugh and hired Jesse Minter as head&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":744617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2052],"tags":[95878,184,117,2282,7,6,169,96963,96964,101545,100769,95882,99902,102300,95898,96033,102301,95957,99897,107110,97034,106864,95953,102302,96705,95885,95896,95888,95895,95899,95883,96012,102303,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-744616","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baltimore-ravens","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-baltimore","10":"tag-baltimore-ravens","11":"tag-baltimoreravens","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-ravens","15":"tag-sstssportsnflravens","16":"tag-sstsnravens","17":"tag-tagalijah-vera-tucker","18":"tag-tagalohi-gilman","19":"tag-tagamerican-football","20":"tag-tagandrew-vorhees","21":"tag-tagardarius-washington","22":"tag-tagbaltimore-ravens","23":"tag-tagbuffalo-bills","24":"tag-tagchidobe-awuzie","25":"tag-tagcleveland-browns","26":"tag-tagdaniel-faalele","27":"tag-tagdavid-edwards","28":"tag-tagdremont-jones","29":"tag-tagdylan-parham","30":"tag-taghouston-texans","31":"tag-tagisaiah-likely","32":"tag-taglamar-jackson","33":"tag-taglas-vegas-raiders","34":"tag-tagnational-sports","35":"tag-tagnfl","36":"tag-tagnfl-hub","37":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","38":"tag-tagsports-news","39":"tag-tagstory-highlights-ai-enabled","40":"tag-tagtyler-linderbaum","41":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/744617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}