The Ravens and 31 other teams across the NFL are focused on 2025, and we’re less than a month away from the start of a new league year. For Baltimore, a team with Super Bowl aspirations still has star power at key positions but will look different after free agency and the 2025 NFL draft.
General manager Eric DeCosta and head coach John Harbaugh will decide who stays and who goes.
According to Over The Cap, the Ravens will have 23 players test some free agency, with 19 players set to hit the open market, not including a potential Justin Tucker dismissal.
We’re looking at five players that Baltimore could part ways with to help save or create salary cap space.
DB Marlon Humphrey
ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK – JANUARY 19: Khalil Shakir #10 of the Buffalo Bills is tackled by Marlon Humphrey #44 of the Baltimore Ravens during the second quarter during the AFC Divisional Playoff at Highmark Stadium on January 19, 2025 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
Humphrey said that after the playoff loss to Buffalo, he’s not sure what his future holds. According to Over The Cap, the Ravens could save $12.7 million by releasing him. However, Humphrey would be a significant loss after an All-Pro campaign and a team-high six interceptions.
K Justin Tucker
ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK – JANUARY 19: Justin Tucker #9 of the Baltimore Ravens kicks a field goal against the Buffalo Bills in the second quarter during the AFC Divisional Playoff at Highmark Stadium on January 19, 2025 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
The Baltimore Banner is reporting that seven new women have accused the Ravens kicker of inappropriate sexual behavior.
Last season, Tucker missed a career-high eight field goals, and this comes after a 2023 season in which he only made one of five field goals from beyond 50 yards. Tucker finished the 2024 season by making his final 28 kicks (five field goals and 23 extra points). Tucker has three years left on a four-year, $24 million contract extension, but there is no guaranteed money in 2025, 2026, or 2027.
Tucker, 35, is a seven-time Pro Bowl player and the most accurate kicker in NFL history. He is the longest-tenured player on the Ravens and the last remaining player from their 2012 Super Bowl championship team.
LB David Ojabo
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – NOVEMBER 07: Andrei Iosivas #80 of the Cincinnati Bengals is hit after his reception by David Ojabo #90 of the Baltimore Ravens during the first quarter at M&T Bank Stadium on November 07, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
The former Michigan pass rusher has one year left on his rookie deal and no guaranteed money. Ojabo saw action in 13 games last season, but he only has four sacks in three NFL seasons.
TE Mark Andrews
ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK – JANUARY 19: Mark Andrews #89 of the Baltimore Ravens drops a pass on a two-point conversion during the second half of an NFL football divisional playoff game against the Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium on January 19, 2025 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)
The Ravens have Isaiah Likely ascending, and while a contract extension may not fit the plan, restructuring Andrews can create almost $5 million. Andrews signed a four-year, $56 million contract with the Ravens on September 6, 2021. He’s out of guaranteed money and has a roster bonus due on March 20.
LB Trenton Simpson
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA – NOVEMBER 17: Najee Harris #22 of the Pittsburgh Steelers stiff arms Trenton Simpson #23 of the Baltimore Ravens in the third quarter of a game at Acrisure Stadium on November 17, 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images)
Simpson began 2024 as the starting weak-side linebacker and was eventually benched and replaced by Malik Harrison and Chris Board.
Bonus –CB Jalyn Armour-Davis
CLEVELAND, OHIO – OCTOBER 27: Jalyn Armour-Davis #5 and Eddie Jackson #39 of the Baltimore Ravens tackle Cedric Tillman #19 of the Cleveland Browns in the first quarter of a game at Huntington Bank Field on October 27, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images)
Armour-Davis has played in just 19 games over his first three years in the NFL and the former fourth-round pick could be the odd man out in a revamped secondary.
