The Baltimore Ravens' 2025 NFL season already feels like it has slipped away from them. With a 1-4 record and star quarterback Lamar Jackson dealing with an injury, the franchise is in incredibly murky water right now with no clear direction as to where to go.
Typically, when teams get down in the dumps like this, they pawn off whatever valuable players they have and have a firesale ahead of the trade deadline. That process may have begun for the Ravens on Tuesday afternoon when they traded edge rusher Odafe Oweh to the Los Angeles Chargers.
In return, they received a promising safety in Alohi Gilman, who played with Kyle Hamilton at Notre Dame, as well as a fifth-rounder. Since the team got a relatively strong return for Oweh, trading away Mark Andrews may seem like a painfully obvious next move to make.
Mark Andrews may be next Ravens player to be traded
Andrews has been the subject of trade rumors for some time now, and with a handful of tight end-needy teams out there, general manager Eric DeCosta could strike while the iron is hot and get a package that could benefit the team for the long-term.
Whether the constant trade rumors have weighed on him, or he's been beaten down by his brutal fourth quarter in the playoffs last year against the Buffalo Bills, Andrews just hasn't looked like the same player this year for the Ravens.
Plus, with Isaiah Likely ramping back up and expected to take on a big role in Baltimore, Andrews could be expendable. A team hoping to make a deep postseason run might not be opposed to sending a mid-round pick for the former All-Pro tight end.
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Dishing Oweh was especially smart because he was set to hit the open market next offseason anyway. Andrews will also be an unrestricted free agent in 2026, so the Ravens would be smart to at least get some compensation for him now and not wait for the compensatory pick formula to play out.
Andrews has been a legendary figure in Baltimore since his arrival in 2018, and he earned a massive second contract for his contributions as the team chased a Super Bowl. But with the team in its current state, he may best be used as a trade piece.
Depending on the severity of his injury, Jackson could still make a triumphant return and try to salvage this season. But Andrews doesn't feel like as pivotal a part of the winning equation in Baltimore as he used to, so he should be the next to go after Oweh.