Baltimore Ravens Not Worried About Roster Turnover In Free Agency ... Yet

The Baltimore Ravens aren't concerned at the number of players who have left at this point ... because there's a plan.

Nov 16, 2023; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Baltimore Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta on the / Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports

The Baltimore Ravens have had an incredible amount of roster losses this offseason.

After a run to the AFC Championship game last season, and a disappointing loss to the eventual Super Bowl-winner Kansas City Chiefs, the team hardly seems poised to run it back without a top-notch offensive line.

Nov 16, 2023; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Baltimore Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta on the / Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports

But the recent losses don't scare general manager Eric DeCosta, who knows the long game pays off.

“We’re in the same place as we were last year at this time. Go back and look at what some of you wrote last year and see how we ended up. We have a lot of time to make moves,” DeCosta said when asked whether the Ravens are in a state of “reloading” or “retooling” given the roster turnover. “A lot of these players that we lost are excellent players. A lot of these guys were acquired in August, right? Some of these guys were acquired in September, so we’re still building, and a big part of that is going to be through the draft, which is why we’re all here today.”

DeCosta even compared the Ravens' current situation to where they were last year at this time.

“There are a lot of different opportunities along the way to add players,” DeCosta added. “We’ve traded for players. We’ve drafted players. We’ve signed guys, unrestricted free agents. We’ve signed guys, ‘street’ players who have made it. We’ve worked guys out. Our coaches do a great job working guys out, giving us a chance to find guys like Ronald Darby [and] those types of players [like] Arthur Maulet and players like that, so I think we’re just really getting started. A big part of that is certainly going to be the draft, but the destination is September, not May.”