The Ravens are adding a veteran right tackle to the mix. They agreed to terms with Morgan Moses on Tuesday night, Jeff Zrebiec of The Athletic tweets.
Formerly with Washington and the Jets, Moses will join the Ravens on a three-year deal worth $15MM. This marks a bump for Moses, who found himself a cap casualty midway through the 2021 offseason. He previously played for $3.6MM with the Jets.
Previously a rock in Washington, Moses started every game for the franchise from 2015-20. The Jets enjoyed the set-it-and-forget-it pattern with Moses, starting him in 16 games last season. Following Mekhi Becton‘s Week 1 injury, the Jets used Moses and George Fant at tackle throughout the season. Moses has not missed a game since his rookie 2014 season.
Moses, 31, will come to a Ravens team that has seen some instability disrupt what was one of the NFL’s best tackle tandems. Baltimore traded Orlando Brown Jr. to Kansas City and saw Ronnie Stanley go down with another significant injury. While Stanley is expected to be back to man the Ravens’ left tackle spot, the team just saw Alejandro Villanueva retire.
Moses stands to be a pivotal piece for the next Ravens O-line, which will likely feature the eight-year veteran as its starting right tackle. Patrick Mekari played there primarily for Baltimore in 2021, and although he signed a Ravens extension, the team could move the versatile blocker back inside. The former center may be a candidate there, with Bradley Bozeman a free agent. The Ravens also have Ja’Wuan James, a veteran and injury-prone right tackle whom they stashed as a rehab project last year, as an option. But Moses should be considered the favorite to start opposite Stanley.
The Jets expressed interest in retaining Moses, whose new Ravens contract does not match the five-year, $40MM extension he signed with Washington back in 2017. Gang Green has some options, one being moving Fant to right tackle — his position to start the 2021 season — and trying Becton again on the left side. Becton’s stock has freefallen since his promising rookie season, however. The Jets, who hold the Nos. 4 and 10 picks in next month’s draft, are also a candidate to take a tackle in Round 1.
The Ravens tend to know what they are doing in FA, 5MM a year for a right tackle ain’t bad.
A couple nice moves today, takes the pressure off needing the first round pick to be a tackle. I imagine their first few picks will be O Line, D line and corner.
Their first rounder was never going to be OL.
To make a comment like this shows you certainly don’t follow the Ravens too closely do you
They weren’t. Linderbaum is the only guy that made sense at 14. Baltimore had NEVER been a need team in the draft. There is no other OL at 14 that makes sense and Baltimore doesn’t draft high often so they’re not wasting it on a need pick rather than going for the best talent there.
But sure, tell me more about the made up stuff you don’t actually know about.
Looks like mekari going back to center
Looks like they’re drafting someone because going in with mekari as the starter is asking for problems.
Jets looking at a tackle?!?’ Mehkai got injured and just give up on a 1 rd pick who had a Gr8 rookie season ,all because he eats little
Got to admit, that Redskins uniform did look cool…
Good luck Lamar….Moses was not good on pass protection