Miles Boykin popped up in trade rumors just ahead of free agency, but the Ravens were not able to deal him. As they start their offseason program, the Ravens waived the former third-round pick.
This comes after Boykin tumbled down Baltimore’s depth chart, catching just one pass in eight games last season. This move will save the Ravens just more than $2.5MM in cap space.
A hamstring issue led to Boykin beginning last season on IR, but the Ravens had used another first-round pick on a wide receiver (Rashod Bateman) last year and had signed Sammy Watkins to play alongside Marquise Brown. After starting 24 games over his first two seasons, Boykin was relegated to backup duty during the games in which he was active. Boykin totaled 32 receptions for 464 yards and seven touchdowns from 2019-20, but he entered the Ravens’ 2021 training camp on their roster bubble.
The Ravens let the injury-prone Watkins walk in free agency and did not replace him with a veteran. Baltimore’s run-centric offense led to some big-name receivers turning down offers last year, but the team does return Brown, Bateman and 2020 third-rounder Devin Duvernay, an All-Pro return man who moved past Boykin on the depth chart last year.
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There are many things that the Ravens have consistently done well. Drafting wide receivers has not been one of those things.
How’s Perriman performing for them ??
Texans or 49ers after Debo hood out.
You want the 49ers to replace their star #1 receiver with a guy who couldn’t see the field for the Ravens?
As a Seahawks fan. Yes
He might not leave the division. The Steelers just lost a lot of depth at WR.
My thinking exactly
better than Reagor
The guy who got ONE target last year?
I liked him coming out but he plays like he is Hollywood Brown’s size a lot.
With that said, I expect him to go somewhere else and be serviceable. It just wasn’t going to happen in Baltimore with how they drafted guys and how he lacked connection with Lamar.
Great replacement for Auden Tate in Cincy .. big red zone target. He’s be a good 4th receiver
He’d probably take a place with more opportunities. Tate, or whoever else was the 4th WR never saw any targets. Going to Cincinnati, he knows he’s #4 going in. If he goes somewhere else, he has a chance of getting in the rotation more often.
Not sure all the ins and outs of Boykin’s career, but there are not a ton of opportunities to catch a lot of passes in Baltimore’s offense.
And yet they have a WR + TE each w/ 1,000 yards last year
Sure. Seattle had two WR with 1,000 yards in 2020. That’s what I’m saying. The read are WR, TE or run. It isn’t WR1, WR2, Slot WR, TE, Back, or Run. Greg Roman’s offense doesn’t have a lot of reads or targets. It is effective. I like what they do, but they aren’t exactly distributing the ball like Tom Brady.
He is probably relieved. Perhaps he can go somewhere that has a QB that can pass.