The Ravens traded Jeremy Zuttah to the 49ers this offseason, but now that he’s a free agent again, Baltimore has interest in re-signing the veteran center, according to Mike Preston of the Baltimore Sun (Twitter link), who reports talks between the Ravens and Zuttah are “heating up.”
The injury bug has struck the Ravens at multiple spots along their roster, and the interior of the club’s offensive line has not been spared. Alex Lewis and Nico Siragusa are both sidelined for the entirety of the 2017 season with injuries, while John Urschel opted to retire at the age of 26. As such, Baltimore is now projected to start James Hurst and Ryan Jensen alongside All Pro right guard Marshal Yanda.
Zuttah, whom was sent to San Francisco in exchange for a swap of sixth-round draft choices, could offer improvement at center, and would likely come at a cheap price, which is essential for a Ravens team that ranks dead last in available cap space. In 2016, the 31-year-old Zuttah played nearly every offensive snap for Baltimore, grading as the NFL’s No. 13 center in the process, per Pro Football Focus. If Zuttah is re-signed, the Ravens would likely shift Jensen to left guard, tweets Jeff Zrebiec of the Baltimore Sun.
Of course, Zuttah isn’t the only interior lineman who might appear on Baltimore’s radar. The Ravens met with former Jets center Nick Mangold in April, while other available free agents include Austin Pasztor, Orlando Franklin, and Tre’ Jackson.
These ravens make the playoffs this year it will definelty be a miracle
Got rid of em cause he was a turd…..9ers just cut em cause he’s a turd, the Great GM Ozzie Newsome, who’s wonderful personnel skills have the Ravens again mortgaging their future restructuring deals, J.Smith a cpl days ago, to find money to help fill out the roster cause ur hurt avg QB makes 27 mill a yr, know they beat dysfunctional Skins other nite, Harbs really has that killer instinct for meaningless pre-season gms, 4-0 last yr, he’s always pre-season coach of the year, if re-acquiring Zuttah is in anyway a sign after 1 pre-season gm of what lies ahead for Raven’s fans, 8-8 might be a pipe dream…..hey Bmore, good news is O’s are still in it !
Don’t forget the two S.B wins. In Ozzie we trust.
20+ yrs…..1st SB was after Oz brought in offensive guru Billick n team went 5 straight gms w/o scoring a TD, winning w/a once in a lifetime D, what does he do after SB….gets rid of SB winning QB for “upgrade” Grbac, how’d that work out…? 2nd SB Ravens had NO business being in, were losing @Den w/min left, n if that DB on broken play respected Joe’s crazy arm strength n kept Jacoby in front of him….they lose! Let 9er’s come all the way back in that SB gm too n almost lost that! How bout some of Ozzie’s great high draft picks….? Not talking Ogden/Lewis, by the way….1996, yea…..Elam a #1, Arthur Brown #2, Pierce a #3, Jah Reid #3, Kindle n Cody both #2s, Clayton a #1, Dan Cody a #2, Kyle Boller another #1, goes on n on, I like Ozzie, have shaken his hand, great TE, game has past him bye….remember when Gibbs came back, wasn’t the same HOFr, the game evolves every yr, changing all the time….Oz should have counted his blessings n retired after that last SB win…..Ravens are a .500 team since that gm, play-offs once in 4 yrs….yea he’s doin a great job !
Thanks for pointing out how great of a job he’s doing. The rings are pretty nice!