Baltimore Ravens: 3 off-season story lines to follow closely

2019 will be a telling season for the Baltimore Ravens and we can hardly wait, but there’s plenty of story lines to follow this summer in the mean time.

Now that the 2019 NFL Draft has come and gone, there’s really not going to be too much to talk about until late-July regarding football, let alone the Baltimore Ravens. It’s simply the dull part of the off-season where chatter needs to be manufactured in order to stir up conversation. You can find all sorts of this throughout Twitter and other social media places, as analysts and media members are making all sorts of crazy claims in order to stay relevant.

Here, rather than give you content about why Lamar Jackson is the best quarterback in the NFL right now or why Matt Judon will break the NFL single-season sack record, claims that are pretty outrageous, we want to focus on what we know and what we anticipate. Which brings us to this article: three story lines to follow this off-season for the Baltimore Ravens.

The fact of the matter is that 2019 is an important season for the Ravens, particularly for Lamar Jackson, as we get to see how the young talent will develop. Right now, Baltimore possesses a remarkably youthful group of players, something we aren’t entirely used to seeing.

For a team that’s proud of its veteran leaders, there sure are a lot of guys on their rookie deals and/or playing under the age of 30. It’s a nice sight to see, and something that we want to monitor heavily this off-season.

There will be plenty of important position battles to watch, as well as some players who are simply fighting for their career with the team. With so much going on, it was hard to narrow this list down to just three story lines, but these three are certainly the most exciting, and perhaps most important, ones to keep a close eye on. Let’s take a look…