7 Winners and 4 Losers from Ravens 29-28 loss to Washington
Loser: CB Kyu Kelly
The fifth-round pick from Stanford only played 17 defensive snaps against the Eagles in his debut as a professional player a little over a week ago.
Kelly got more chances against the Commanders' starters, but he was chasing ghosts all day long, to the point he even committed a holding penalty out of frustration while struggling mightily at covering opposing wideouts.
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The freshman had a game-saving tackle on a potential game-tying 2-point-conversion that probably saved his day overall, but it's hard to see him having done enough to convince the Ravens coaches to keep him around, let alone feature him on a weekly basis come regular-season time.
It's always hard for a franchise to cut one of his own, and Kelly was just drafted with a fifth-round pick mere months ago. That said, there is no real room for him in the current secondary. Perhaps the struggles, though, would help Baltimore waive-and-sign him to the practice squad without anybody else claiming him