While much of Baltimore is currently debating which receiver the Ravens should target ahead of the NFL’s November 1st trade deadline, perhaps bringing in another tight end could be more fruitful.
In 2019, the Ravens trio of tight ends allowed the Ravens to present defenses with a bevy of different looks from heavy personnel (12, 22, 13), which forced defenses to match with base defense against the best rushing attack in NFL history. This allowed the Ravens to use Hayden Hurst and Mark Andrews to push vertical against linebackers on play action passes from tight alignments, or spread the field with two vertical threat tight ends, using empty backfields.