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The Ravens added veteran safety Eddie Jackson on Friday, addressing their biggest roster need on the eve of training camp. What will the roster look like by the time camp closes?
Paul Mancano and Jonas Shaffer discuss the signing (3:13) and attempt to predict how camp will play out over the next six weeks (12:45).

Coordinator Todd Monken reshaped the Ravens’ offense in his first season in Baltimore. What does he have in store for Year 2?
 




Co-hosts Paul Mancano and Jonas Shaffer remember the life of former Ravens wide receiver and returner Jacoby Jones (0:30). Then they discuss Baltimore's recent roster moves (8:50) and are joined by offensive guru Bobby Peters to dive deep into the concepts Monken utilized the most in 2023 (12:50).

Paul Mancano and Jonas Shaffer have some fun with their downtime by drafting the Ravens’ current roster into a pair of 22-player squads. With Lamar Jackson serving as QB1 on both teams, Jonas has a bevy of options with the No. 1 overall pick. Which host will end up with the better team?
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Baltimore was the best of the best in 2023, at least in the regular season. The same afternoon they earned the top seed in their conference, the Ravens also captured the AFC North, the first division in the Super Bowl era to boast four teams with winning records. And the Browns, Bengals and Steelers have only improved in the six months since.




 




Paul Mancano and Jonas Shaffer go around the division, position group by position group, as they determine where Baltimore stacks up against its rivals (2:17)

Lamar Jackson. Derrick Henry. Kyle Hamilton. The Ravens’ stars will draw the bulk of the attention in the fall, but the team’s season could come down to X-factors such as David Ojabo, Roger Rosengarten and Rasheen Ali.




 




Paul Mancano and Jonas Shaffer go position by position with Baltimore’s roster, giving their least predictable players at each spot.

How much can we really learn about the Ravens in June? The answer: Probably not much. But that won’t stop us from trying to dissect what happened on the practice fields at The Castle during mandatory minicamp.
 




Paul Mancano and Jonas Shaffer give their opinions on the new "Purple Rising" alternate helmets (0:27), then use the information they gathered last week to predict the likelihood of certain events (6:02), including a bounce-back season from Ronnie Stanley (9:28), a Devin Leary release (17:51), and a healthy year from Marlon Humphrey (26:26). Finally, Paul and Jonas talk about the fact that the Ravens will be featured on "Hard Knocks" in December (37:58).