Heading into the bye week, the Baltimore Ravens’ 2025 season is on life support. While they made strides as a unit in their Week 6 loss to the Los Angeles Rams, several issues remained clear, and one of those is the below-average play on the offensive line.
The team’s offensive guards are struggling to start the year, but six weeks in, it may finally be time for a change. Andrew Vorhees, despite an improved showing against the Rams, has largely been ineffective. For Daniel Faalele, his 2025 campaign has been inconsistent, allowing opposing defensive linemen to gain leverage early and often. He has also shown limited athletic abilities, falling to the ground on countless occasions.
Through six games, Vorhees has posted a 58.1 grade, per Pro Football Focus (PFF), and Faalele has a 57.3 grade thus far.
Still, offensive line coach George Warhop remains confident in the two and went as far as to say that he does not have many negative things to say about them in his press conference on Tuesday.
“I think [Vorhees and Faalele] every week get better,” Warhop said. “Maybe the Houston game wasn’t one of their best games, but other than that, I really don’t have a lot of negative to say about those two guys. Every week, if you watch them play, they get better. And there’s been some challenging fronts we've had to deal with.”
Of course, this could be the typical media-trained answer fans hear from the Baltimore coaching staff every year, but the the line has not improving like Warhop is making it seem.
Ravens' stubbornness at offensive guard may sink their season
It is true that Vorhees has looked better in recent weeks, especially in Week 6, where he posted a 77.3 PFF grade, which was the best offensive grade on the team. Still, his campaign has not been pretty. Faalele has been a problem all year, and the unit as a whole has been anything but strong.
Quarterback Lamar Jackson is expected to return from a hamstring injury in Week 8, and they must keep him healthy. Injuries have popped up every now and then throughout Jackson’s career, and if the Ravens want to get back on the right track; they must protect their superstar under center.
Simply put, Faalele cannot continue starting if he is going to continue playing at the level he is at. He has caused issues on the offensive front and has made life difficult for those playing alongside him in center, Tyler Linderbaum, and right tackle Roger Rosengarten.
In-house fixes for the offensive line could be backup interior linemen Ben Cleveland and Corey Bullock, but they are not guaranteed to provide starting-caliber play. If the Ravens truly want to improve and compete this year, the trade market feels like the place to go to improve the line play.
Regardless of what the fix is, Baltimore cannot keep ignoring the offensive line problems.