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The Rationale Supporting the Diontae Johnson Trade

For most Ravens fans, the news of the Diontae Johnson trade amounted to a big nothingburger. And from a trade perspective that’s exactly what it was. The Ravens exchanged a 2025 5th-round pick for a Carolina Panthers 6th-round pick (essentially 19 picks apart for the moment), agreed to absorb just $625K in salary plus they get a wide receiver, and a pretty good one at that.

Based on this, the Ravens will be paying 10/18ths of the minimum vet salary of $1.125M (=$625K). Johnson had a base salary of $7M with $3.