2025 Team Previews: Baltimore Ravens
All ADP data is courtesy of Fantasy Pros.
** = target in drafts at this ADP
Relevant Players
Derrick Henry, RB (ADP: 8, RB4): Henry will turn 32 this season, and he’s a massive power back who has had crazy volume over the course of his career and doesn’t catch passes. This type of running back just doesn’t work at this age in the NFL, and yet here we are. Henry has scored double-digit touchdowns in seven straight seasons, and after looking like he was beginning to fade in 2023 rebounded with Baltimore last season for 1,921 yards and 18 touchdowns. The yardage was the second-most of his career, and the touchdowns matched a career high, while he logged 325 carries, the third-most of his nine NFL seasons.
A first round ADP for a 32-year old RB that doesn’t catch passes is always going to make me a little worried, but this is the offensive environment for that to work. If the decline does hit, we’ll see it in his efficiency and yardage, but the touchdowns will be there. The Ravens are going to score points, so worst-case scenario, and barring injury, you’re locking in 10+ touchdowns from Henry and a 1,000-yard floor. That’s pretty damn good, so I’d say this ADP is just fine.
Lamar Jackson, QB (ADP: 24, QB1): Jackson, the greatest running QB of all time, nearly secured his third MVP last season because he finally entered his final form as a passer. Jackson is always a Top 5 option because he’s a mortal lock for 750+ rushing yards and 3-5 rushing touchdowns. But in 2024 Jackson threw for 4,172 yards, his first campaign crossing the 4,000-yard threshold, with 41 touchdown passes. His 8.6% touchdown rate is almost definitely unsustainable, but he had done that before in 2019 when it was 9%. That level of TD efficiency won’t be the norm, but it is always within his range of outcomes, and this time he did that with heavy passing volume.
In addition to the touchdown rate, Jackson protected the ball, tossing only four interceptions. His ADP is high for my liking just due to him being a QB, but if you’re going to break some rules about onesie positions, Jackson is the level of talent you do it for. Now that he’s shown he has the ceiling of elite passers without the rushing, adding in the guaranteed production on the ground makes him a flat-out cheat code. There’s no way a QB can be a value with a second round ADP, but he’s where he belongs.
Zay Flowers, WR (ADP: 58, WR26): Flowers doesn’t look like your typical No. 1 WR, but make no mistake, he is Lamar Jackson’s go-to guy. Flowers built on a very strong rookie season and surpassed the 1,000-yard mark, finishing 2024 with 1,059 yards on 74 receptions to go with four touchdowns. The path to his production was a little shaky, because he was a bit boom-or-bust. Flowers had four games with 100+ yards, but eight with under 40. Some of that was growing pains; he was still only in his second season, and there were a ton of missed connections with Jackson down the field. If those can get ironed out, we’re looking at a potential monster breakout campaign.
Really, there’s not much Flowers can’t do. He is very fast, equally quick and he knifes defenses at every level. The Ravens move him a ton, and he saw heavy screen usage (11.8% of routes). His work on digs and outs was outstanding, and he was well over 60% success on nine routes, and over 90% on curls. He was in the 89th percentile of receivers vs. zone (84.2%), and the 70th vs. man (72%).
Flowers is a high volume WR who separates well at all levels of the field, and is now the top target for a QB we can trust to actually lead a high-end pass attack. Due to his size, high TD totals may be tough to come by, but between his skill set and role on this team, Flowers looks to be a rock solid WR2 for any type of roster build.
Mark Andrews, TE (ADP: 75, TE7): Andrews’ start to the season was literally as bad as it gets, doing basically nothing for the first two weeks of the season before goosing his managers in Weeks 3 and 4. He was better in Week 5, and then scored a touchdown in 10 of the Ravens’ final 12 games, and finding the end zone in each of their last six games. By year’s end, Andrews posted 55 receptions, his lowest number since his rookie campaign in 2018, but also he’d scored a career-best 11 times. Just a very, very weird season that rewarded fantasy managers, but also left them very nervous in every game until those TDs were scored.
Andrews will turn 30 this season, and he was involved in trade rumors for much of the offseason. His role looks secure now that fellow TE Isaiah Likely is missing camp and could miss some of the regular season, but the trends for Andrews aren’t great. After peaking in 2021, his production hasn’t been close to it since, and he’s become incredibly touchdown-dependent. You can argue that’s fine for him; Jackson just threw 41 touchdowns, and Andrews is his top target in the red zone. This ADP isn’t insane, but it’s also in a range where you’re expecting to have a season-long TE. With this much reliance on TDs, that can go south quickly and actually sink your team. I’ve loved Andrews for years, but I am out on him unless this ADP drops significantly by Draft Day.
Interesting Sleeper(s)
Rashod Bateman, WR (ADP: 177, WR65): Bateman was like a WR version of Andrews, posting a career-high nine touchdowns last year on 45 receptions. He’s always been a big play receiver, but last season he was connecting often with Jackson, and he averaged 16.8 yards per catch. Everything about his season seemed to maximize what he does as a player, which tells me to beware of regression. The ADP is also telling us that everyone is thinking that, so to me, there’s no risk in taking a flier on him where he’s being drafted since we just saw him catch nine touchdowns from a multi-time MVP. Again, it’s very likely that his touchdown numbers crash to Earth, but you’re taking no risk at this ADP, and he has a role that manufactures big play chances every single week.
Notable Players
DeAndre Hopkins, WR (ADP: 170, WR58): Hopkins hasn’t been fantasy relevant for a while, even with a move from Tennessee and Will Levis to Patrick Mahomes in an Andy Reid offense. Hopkins isn’t going to have a big time resurgence moving into this offense, but he could eat into the touchdown numbers of Andrews and Bateman because even old man Hopkins is going to jump and outmaneuver defenders at the catch point. Contested catch victories are Hopkins’ thing, and there’s no doubt that is the main reason he was brought to this team. His ADP being earlier than Bateman’s is odd to me, and overestimates what he brings to a team at this point. Hopkins isn’t someone I see myself starting in any game this season, but I can see a world
Isaiah Likely, TE (ADP: 187, TE22): Likely is a very talented player who flashed his explosive potential at times in 2024, and just signed a healthy contract extension. Unfortunately, he will need the Ravens to move on from Andrews before he can be counted on consistently, and he’s also behind the 8-ball this summer due to injury. If Andrews gets hurt, Likely becomes a potential league winner. Until then, he’s not draftable.
Devontez Walker, WR (ADP: N/A): Walker did almost nothing last season, and the signing of Hopkins serves to bury him on the depth chart. We have nothing to go on for him besides up and down college production, so he’s not really worth looking at until and unless he pops in the regular season.
Handcuffs
Justice Hill, RB (ADP: 216, RB62): Hill returns as an occasional thorn in the side of fantasy managers to vulture touchdowns and random red zone drives. Hill is a very capable real life RB, but he’s not a fantasy option even if Henry goes down. In that disaster scenario, Lamar Jackson would run more, and the offense would pivot to the pass attack, as Hill is just not built for a big workload, nor has he proven he’d be effective with that much volume.
Keaton Mitchell, RB (ADP: 230, RB65): Mitchell is healthy, and that’s exciting because he was flashing De’Von Achane-esque ability before he hurt his knee. Unlike Achane, Mitchell is buried behind Derrick Henry and can’t be used in fantasy lineups. If Henry got hurt, however, Mitchell could be the exciting and hyper-efficient half of a committee with Hill.