2018 Baltimore Ravens season

2018 Baltimore Ravens season
Head coach John Harbaugh
General manager Ozzie Newsome
Owner Steve Bisciotti
Home field M&T Bank Stadium
Results
Record 3–2
Division place 2nd AFC North

The 2018 season is the Baltimore Ravens' 23rd season in the National Football League and their 11th under head coach John Harbaugh.

Draft

2018 Baltimore Ravens Draft
RoundSelectionPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
125 Hayden HurstTESouth Carolinafrom Tennessee
32 Lamar JacksonQBLouisvillefrom Philadelphia
2016 Heisman Trophy winner
383 Orlando Brown Jr.OTOklahoma
86 Mark AndrewsTEOklahomaFrom Kansas City
4118 Anthony AverettCBAlabama
122 Kenny YoungILBUCLAFrom Kansas City
132 Jaleel ScottWRNew Mexico Statefrom Philadelphia
5162 Jordan LasleyWRUCLAfrom Tennessee
6190 DeShon ElliottSTexas
212 Greg SenatOTWagnerCompensatory pick
From Oakland
215 Bradley BozemanCAlabamaCompensatory pick
From Tennessee
7238 Zach SielerDEFerris StateFrom Arizona

Draft trades

  • The Ravens traded their first- and fifth-round selections (16th and 154th) to Buffalo in exchange for Buffalo's first and third round selections (22nd and 65th).
  • The Ravens traded their first- and sixth-round selections (22nd and 215th) to Tennessee in exchange for Tennessee's first- and fourth-round selections (25th and 125th).
  • The Ravens traded their second- and fourth-round selection (52nd and 125th) and a second-round selection in the 2019 NFL Draft to Philadelphia in exchange for Philadelphia's first- and fourth-round selections (32nd and 132nd).
  • The Ravens traded their third-round selection (75th) to Kansas City in exchange for Kansas City's third- and fourth-round selections (86th and 122nd).
  • The Ravens traded their fifth-round selection (152nd) to Tennessee in exchange for Tennessee's fifth- and sixth-round selections (162nd and 215th).
  • The Ravens traded this third-round selection (65th) to Oakland in exchange for Oakland's third-, fifth-, and sixth-round selections (75th, 152nd, and 212th).
  • The Ravens traded a seventh-round selection (238th) to Arizona in exchange for center Tony Bergstrom, the pick later traded back to the Ravens.[1]
  • The Ravens were awarded a sixth-round compensatory pick (215th overall); later traded to Tennessee, then traded back to the Ravens.[2]

Staff

Baltimore Ravens staff
Front office
  • Owner – Steve Bisciotti
  • President – Dick Cass
  • Executive vice president/general manager – Ozzie Newsome
  • Assistant general manager – Eric DeCosta
  • Senior vice president of football administration – Pat Moriarty
  • Director of pro personnel – Vince Newsome
  • Director of college scouting – Joe Hortiz
  • Director of football administration – Jessica Markison
  • Senior personnel assistant – George Kokinis
  • Assistant director of pro personnel – Chad Alexander
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
  
Defensive coaches
  • Defensive coordinator – Don Martindale
  • Defensive line – Joe Cullen
  • Assistant defensive line/Outside Linebackers – Drew Wilkins
  • Linebackers – Mike MacDonald
  • Secondary – Chris Hewitt
  • Defensive quality control – Sterling Lucas
Special teams coaches
Coaching support staff
  • Assistant to the head coach – Dan Parsons
  • Senior football analyst – Eugene Shen
  • Senior opponent analyst – Scott Cohen
  • Football analyst – Daniel Stern
  • Football Information manager – Megan McLaughlin
  • Coaching analyst – Jesse Minter
  • Coaching analyst = Brian Duker
  • Coaching analyst – T.J. Weist
  • Specialists – Randy Brown
Strength and conditioning
  • Strength and conditioning – Juney Barnett
  • Performance coach – Steve Saunders
  • Staff assistant – performance – Brian Ellis
  • Staff assistant – performance – Ron Shrift
  • Staff assistant – performance – Travis Switzer
  • Analytics assistant – performance – Sam Rosengarten

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Current roster

Baltimore Ravens roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

 Reserve lists

Practice squad

Rookies in italics

Roster updated October 13, 2018
Depth chart • Transactions
53 Active, 11 Inactive, 10 Practice squad

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Preseason

On February 13, the NFL announced that the Ravens will play the Chicago Bears in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game on Thursday, August 2, at the Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio.[3]

The remainder of the Ravens' preseason opponents and schedule were announced on April 11, 2018.

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordGame siteNFL.com
recap
HOF August 2 vs. Chicago Bears W 17–16 1–0 Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium
(Canton, Ohio)		 Recap
1 August 9 Los Angeles Rams W 33–7 2–0 M&T Bank Stadium Recap
2 August 20 at Indianapolis Colts W 20–19 3–0 Lucas Oil Stadium Recap
3 August 25 at Miami Dolphins W 27–10 4–0 Hard Rock Stadium Recap
4 August 30 Washington Redskins W 30–20 5–0 M&T Bank Stadium Recap

Regular season

Schedule

The Ravens' 2018 schedule was announced on April 19.

WeekDateKickoff (ET)OpponentResultRecordGame siteTVNFL.com
recap
1 September 9 1:00 p.m. Buffalo Bills W 47–3 1–0 M&T Bank Stadium CBS Recap
2 September 13 8:20 p.m. at Cincinnati Bengals L 23–34 1–1 Paul Brown Stadium NFLN/WBAL Recap
3 September 23 1:00 p.m. Denver Broncos W 27–14 2–1 M&T Bank Stadium CBS Recap
4 September 30 8:20 p.m. at Pittsburgh Steelers W 26–14 3–1 Heinz Field NBC Recap
5 October 7 1:00 p.m. at Cleveland Browns L 9–12 (OT) 3–2 FirstEnergy Stadium CBS Recap
6 October 14 4:25 p.m. at Tennessee Titans Nissan Stadium CBS
7 October 21 4:05 p.m. New Orleans Saints M&T Bank Stadium Fox
8 October 28 1:00 p.m. at Carolina Panthers Bank of America Stadium CBS
9 November 4 1:00 p.m. Pittsburgh Steelers M&T Bank Stadium CBS
10 Bye
11 November 18 1:00 p.m. Cincinnati Bengals M&T Bank Stadium CBS
12 November 25 1:00 p.m. Oakland Raiders M&T Bank Stadium CBS
13 December 2 1:00 p.m. at Atlanta Falcons Mercedes-Benz Stadium CBS
14 December 9 1:00 p.m. at Kansas City Chiefs Arrowhead Stadium CBS
15 December 16 1:00 p.m. Tampa Bay Buccaneers M&T Bank Stadium Fox
16 December 22 or 23[4] TBD[4] at Los Angeles Chargers StubHub Center CBS
17 December 30 1:00 p.m. Cleveland Browns M&T Bank Stadium CBS

Notes

  • Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
  • Networks and times from Weeks 7–17 are subject to change as a result of flexible scheduling.
  • As the result of Saturday flexible scheduling during Week 16, the date, time and network for the Week 16 game at the Los Angeles Chargers will be finalized at a later date — by no later than the end of Week 8.[4]
  • CBS games broadcast on WJZ-TV; Fox games broadcast on WBFF.

Game summaries

Week 1: vs. Buffalo Bills

Week 1: Buffalo Bills at Baltimore Ravens – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Bills 0 0 303
Ravens 14 12 14747

at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

Game information

Week 2: at Cincinnati Bengals

Week 2: Baltimore Ravens at Cincinnati Bengals – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Ravens 0 14 3623
Bengals 14 14 0634

at Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

Game information

Week 3: vs. Denver Broncos

Week 3: Denver Broncos at Baltimore Ravens – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Broncos 14 0 0014
Ravens 10 10 7027

at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

Game information

Week 4: at Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 4: Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Ravens 14 0 3926
Steelers 0 14 0014

at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game information

Week 5: at Cleveland Browns

Week 5: Baltimore Ravens at Cleveland Browns – Game summary
1 2 34OTTotal
Ravens 3 0 3309
Browns 0 6 30312

at FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Date: October 7
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
  • Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C), cloudy
  • Game attendance: 67,431
  • Referee: Clay Martin
  • TV announcers (CBS): Andrew Catalon, James Lofton and John Schriffen
  • Recap, Gamebook
Game information

Week 6: at Tennessee Titans

Week 6: Baltimore Ravens at Tennessee Titans – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Ravens 0 0 000
Titans 0 0 000

at Nissan Stadium, Nashville, Tennessee

  • Date: October 14
  • Game time: 4:25 p.m. EDT/3:25 p.m. CDT
  • Referee: Carl Cheffers
  • TV announcers (CBS): Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon and Steve Tasker
  • Preview
Game information

Standings

Division

AFC North
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Cincinnati Bengals 4 2 0 .667 1–1 3–1 174 158 L1
Baltimore Ravens 4 2 0 .667 1–2 4–2 153 77 W1
Pittsburgh Steelers 3 2 1 .583 1–1–1 1–2–1 171 154 W1
Cleveland Browns 2 3 1 .417 1–0–1 2–1–1 114 113 L1

Conference

# Team Division W L T PCT DIV CONF SOS SOV STK
Division leaders
1 Kansas City Chiefs West 5 1 0 .833 2–0 4–1 .500 .466 L1
2[lower-alpha 1] New England Patriots East 4 2 0 .667 1–0 4–1 .514 .542 W3
3[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] Cincinnati Bengals North 4 2 0 .667 1–1 3–1 .500 .458 L1
4[lower-alpha 3] Tennessee Titans South 3 3 0 .500 2–0 2–3 .528 .500 L2
Wild Cards
5[lower-alpha 4] Los Angeles Chargers West 4 2 0 .667 1–1 3–1 .500 .283 W3
6[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 4] Baltimore Ravens North 4 2 0 .667 1–2 4–2 .472 .438 W1
In the hunt
7[lower-alpha 4] Miami Dolphins East 4 2 0 .667 1–1 3–2 .514 .435 W1
8 Pittsburgh Steelers North 3 2 1 .583 1–1–1 1–2–1 .557 .471 W2
9[lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 5] Houston Texans South 3 3 0 .500 1–1 2–2 .389 .333 W3
10[lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 6] Jacksonville Jaguars South 3 3 0 .500 0–1 2–2 .528 .444 L2
11[lower-alpha 5][lower-alpha 6] New York Jets East 3 3 0 .500 0–1 2–3 .414 .294 W2
12 Cleveland Browns North 2 3 1 .417 1–0–1 2–2–1 .557 .583 L1
13[lower-alpha 7] Buffalo Bills East 2 4 0 .333 0–0 1–3 .571 .542 L1
14[lower-alpha 7] Denver Broncos West 2 4 0 .333 1–1 1–3 .611 .333 L4
15[lower-alpha 8] Oakland Raiders West 1 5 0 .167 0–2 1–3 .597 .417 L2
16[lower-alpha 8] Indianapolis Colts South 1 5 0 .167 0–1 0–4 .571 .600 L3
Tiebreakers[lower-alpha 9]
  1. 1 2 New England wins tie break over Cincinnati based on best win percentage in conference games.
  2. 1 2 Cincinnati wins tie break over Baltimore based on head-to-head win percentage.
  3. 1 2 3 Tennessee wins tie break over Jacksonville and Houston based on head-to-head win percentage.
  4. 1 2 3 LA Chargers, Baltimore, and Miami are ranked based on best win percentage in conference games.
  5. 1 2 Houston wins tie break over NY Jets based on best win percentage in conference games. Division tie break was initially used to eliminate Jacksonville (see below).
  6. 1 2 Jacksonville wins tie break over NY Jets based on head-to-head win percentage.
  7. 1 2 Buffalo wins tie break over Denver based on best win percentage in common games.
  8. 1 2 Oakland wins tie break over Indianapolis based on best win percentage in conference games.
  9. ↑ When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest ranked remaining team from each division.
Legend
w — Clinched wild card
x — Clinched playoff berth
y — Clinched division
z — Clinched first-round bye
* — Clinched home-field advantage

References

  1. ↑ "Source: Ravens release former OL starter Jeremy Zuttah". espn.com. September 1, 2017. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  2. ↑ Wesseling, Chris. "Cowboys big winners in compensatory draft haul". nfl.com. NFL. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Sessler, Marc (February 13, 2018). "Ravens to play Bears in 2018 Hall of Fame Game". NFL.com. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 "NFL Announces the 2018 Regular Season Schedule". NFL Communications. April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
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