The Ravens may have found their answer at center with Ethan Pocic, but there’s still another easy move sitting right in front of them: adding more juice to the pass rush.
Baltimore’s outside linebacker group already has a strong top end. Trey Hendrickson is in place to be the edge presence the defense has been missing for nearly a decade, and the room also includes Mike Green, Zion Young and the versatile Tavius Robinson. Even with that mix, there’s still a case for one more proven body.
That’s where Jadeveon Clowney comes in.
You can never really have too many pass rushers, and Clowney checks a lot of boxes for the Ravens. He’s a 12-year veteran with 66.5 career sacks, and he already showed what he can do in Baltimore.
In 2023, he had 9.5 sacks during his one-year run in Charm City. Last season with the Dallas Cowboys, he added 8.5 more, so there’s little reason to think he’s suddenly out of gas.
If the Ravens brought him back, he’d fit as the fifth pass rusher in the rotation and still have a chance to matter. That kind of depth can change the feel of a defense, especially when the player behind it is a known producer rather than a hopeful projection.
It would also likely squeeze Adisa Isaac off the roster. The 2024 third-round pick has been an intriguing name, but injuries have kept him off the field, and even when healthy, he hasn’t done much to create momentum. As Jesse Minter tries to reshape the defense in 2026, Baltimore could decide it wants the safer bet.
The timing makes sense, too. After signing Pocic to a one-year deal worth up to $4.5 million, the Ravens are clearly operating in the bargain stretch of the offseason. That’s when veteran help tends to surface, and Clowney feels like exactly the kind of move that could still be waiting for Baltimore.
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