{"id":862430,"date":"2026-04-09T16:27:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/862430\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T16:27:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:27:17","slug":"devontez-walker-among-young-ravens-teammates-expect-to-break-out-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/862430\/","title":{"rendered":"Devontez Walker Among Young Ravens Teammates Expect to Break Out in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  WR Devontez Walker<\/p>\n<p>Walker has needed patience over his first two seasons, but the wait may be over.<\/p>\n<p>His first three NFL catches all went for touchdowns, including two in Week 2 versus the Cleveland Browns last year. But after that game, Walker only saw four targets over the next nine games. He ended on a high note, however, catching a 38-yard touchdown in Pittsburgh in the regular-season finale.<\/p>\n<p>With DeAndre Hopkins still on the free-agent market and Tylan Wallace in Cleveland, the Ravens&#8217; No. 3 receiver spot is wide open. The Ravens could still draft a wide receiver early or sign a veteran. But for now, Walker is the clear favorite.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh, Tez is ready. Tez is going to step up this year,&#8221; wide receiver Zay Flowers said.<\/p>\n<p>Flowers said Walker is &#8220;willing to learn everything&#8221; this season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s attacking everything,&#8221; Flowers said. &#8220;He knows there&#8217;s a fire under him. We have to go now. You&#8217;re up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Walker has rare speed and the ability to stretch the field, which should be a good fit in Declan Doyle&#8217;s explosive offense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WR Devontez Walker Walker has needed patience over his first two seasons, but the wait may be over.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":862431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2052],"tags":[184,117,2282,13200,7,781,786,20472,890,276,6,169,1049],"class_list":{"0":"post-862430","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-devontez-walker","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-general","14":"tag-homepage-centerpiece","15":"tag-inline-news","16":"tag-malaki-starks","17":"tag-mike-green","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-ravens","20":"tag-ryan-mink"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116375692512030804","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862430","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=862430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}