{"id":850270,"date":"2026-04-02T23:42:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T23:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/850270\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T23:42:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T23:42:43","slug":"ravens-reacts-survey-predicting-baltimores-2026-breakout-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/850270\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens Reacts Survey: predicting Baltimore\u2019s 2026 breakout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Ravens fans and fans across the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartsurvey.co.uk\/s\/EFIUQ7\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sign up here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Sign up here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Sign up here<\/a> to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">On Tuesday, Baltimore Beatdown\u2019s Frank Platko <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimorebeatdown.com\/baltimore-ravens-analysis\/81428\/4-breakout-candidates-for-the-ravens-in-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:wrote about four Ravens;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;wrote about four Ravens&quot;}\" class=\"link \">wrote about four Ravens<\/a> who could break out in 2026. Now, we want to know which of those players is your pick for a 2026 breakout!<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Nikhil\u2019s take: Color me unimaginative, but it is hard to see a player who benefits more from the Ravens\u2019 new defensive coaching staff than Malaki Starks. Jesse Minter came up coaching defensive backs, and he has added some of college football\u2019s top defensive minds to lead his secondary. A boosted Baltimore pass rush should also give Starks more turnover opportunities as opposing QBs panic and rush throws. He was reliable on the back end last year, but he could be a real playmaker in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Now, it\u2019s your turn! Answer the survey below and add your thoughts in the comments section!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":850271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2052],"tags":[184,117,2282,85,54,282,7,28684,10097,47813,890,9737,276,6,996,169,3081],"class_list":{"0":"post-850270","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baltimore-ravens","8":"tag-baltimore","9":"tag-baltimore-ravens","10":"tag-baltimoreravens","11":"tag-cleveland","12":"tag-cleveland-browns","13":"tag-dylan-sampson","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-huntington-bank","16":"tag-jesse-minter","17":"tag-ken-blaze-imagn","18":"tag-malaki-starks","19":"tag-mandatory-credit","20":"tag-mike-green","21":"tag-nfl","22":"tag-ohio","23":"tag-ravens","24":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116337766785892223","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850270","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=850270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/850271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}