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With today\u2019s signing of center Ethan Pocic<\/strong>, the Ravens\u2019 offensive line is beginning to fall into place. With Pocic favored to secure the team\u2019s starting center job, the remaining of the starting five and backup spots will be projected as training camp nears.<\/p>\n <\/a>Assuming Pocic can beat out Danny Pinter<\/strong>, Corey Bullock<\/strong>, and Jovaughn Gwyn<\/strong> to begin in the center, he\u2019ll join returning starting tackles Ronnie Stanley<\/strong> and Roger Rosengarten<\/strong> on the first-team offense. The guard spots are expected to go to free agent addition John Simpson<\/strong>, who returns to Baltimore after two seasons in Latest York, and rookie first-round pick Olaivavega Ioane<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0In keeping with Jeff Zrebiec of The Athletic, the team\u2019s third- and fifth-round picks from 2025, Emery Jones Jr.<\/strong>\u00a0and Carson Vinson<\/strong>, are Baltimore\u2019s top backup tackle options<\/a>.<\/p>\n Assuming they\u2019re locked into roster spots alongside the starting group, Zrebiec predicts that only two or three spots could be left on the eventual 53-man roster. Pinter, Bullock, Gwyn, and undrafted rookie Nick Dawkins<\/strong> represent depth options for a essential backup center spot; last yr\u2019s starter at left guard Andrew Vorhees<\/strong>, 2025 UDFA Jared Penning<\/strong>, and seventh-round rookie Evan Beerntsen<\/strong><\/a> will compete as options at guard; and undrafted rookie Diego Kilos<\/strong><\/a> adds one other tackle option.<\/p>\n Vorhees and Pinter look like obvious keeps for the inside line, given their starting experience. Vorhees graded out last yr because the 59th-best guard within the league (out of 79 players graded on the position), per Pro Football Focus (subscription required<\/a>), and Pinter only has 10 starts in six years, but each likely would have been in line for starting jobs had Simpson and Pocic not arrived in free agency. The staff in Baltimore has shown quite a lot of faith in Bullock\u2019s potential since signing the undrafted lineman last yr, so in the event that they plan on holding 10, he might be the last guy.<\/p>\n That may leave Kilos, Penning, Beerntsen, Gwyn, and Dawkins on the skin looking in. It wouldn\u2019t be too surprising for Kilos and Dawkins to fall short as undrafted rookies, and Penning spent his rookie yr on the practice squad and will find his way back in Yr 2. Gwyn was a low-cost swing at interior OL depth, so his loss wouldn\u2019t be too hard to swallow. If the team waives Beerntsen, it might be the second yr in a row that Baltimore drafted a seventh-round lineman who did not make the initial 53.<\/p>\n Training camp is every week away, and there\u2019s still loads of time for a few of those previous few players to make something occur. But after today\u2019s key signing, the image of the Ravens\u2019 offensive line is starting to come back into focus.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With today\u2019s signing of center Ethan Pocic, the Ravens\u2019 offensive line is beginning to fall into place. With Pocic favored to secure the team\u2019s starting center job, the remaining of the starting five and backup spots will be projected as training camp nears. Assuming Pocic can beat out Danny Pinter, Corey Bullock, and Jovaughn Gwyn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":368163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[3340,4794,16540],"class_list":["post-368162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-outlook","tag-ravens","tag-roster"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t