{"id":352895,"date":"2025-11-03T15:36:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T15:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/352895\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T15:36:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T15:36:14","slug":"ravens-adding-at-trade-deadline-feels-like-a-necessity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/352895\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens Adding at Trade Deadline \u2018Feels Like a Necessity\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Ravens Get an ‘A’ Grade for Jaire Alexander Trade<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Ravens trading cornerback Jaire Alexander to the Philadelphia Eagles on Saturday was a surprise \u2013 at least at first glance.<\/p>\n

When the Ravens signed Alexander in June, critics pointed to the two-time All-Pro’s extensive injury history as to why it had potential to not pan out.<\/p>\n

On the surface, that might appear to be a valid opinion. Alexander, who reportedly had “about a dozen teams” interested in him before signing with the Ravens (reportedly for less money than he could’ve gotten elsewhere), missed about a month of training camp as he managed the health of his surgically repaired knee and appeared in just two games. He was a healthy scratch the past three games.<\/p>\n

The fact is that signing the 28-year-old Alexander to a one-year, reportedly $4 million contract (plus an additional $2 million in incentives based on playing time) was a low-risk, high-reward move.<\/p>\n

If Alexander could stay healthy, the Ravens were getting a star player who was Pro Football Focus’ second-highest graded cornerback in single coverage since 2021, as well as a quality depth piece in a talented cornerback room. If it didn’t work out, it wouldn’t hurt the Ravens financially.<\/p>\n

DeCosta is being praised by pundits for the trade, which saw the Ravens send Alexander and a 2027 seventh-round pick to the Eagles for a 2026 sixth-round pick.<\/p>\n

Sports Illustrated\u2019s Gilberto Manzano:<\/a> “Grade: A. Baltimore didn’t have much of a need for Alexander after the recent personnel changes drastically improved the secondary in the past two games. Safety Alohi Gilman has given this team a spark after arriving in a trade with the Chargers earlier this month. Baltimore sent edge rusher Odafe Oweh to Los Angeles. Also, Baltimore gained a 2026 fifth-round pick from Los Angeles and relinquished a future seventh-round pick. It didn’t work out with Alexander, but the Ravens at least improved a Day 3 draft pick. \u2026 Somehow the Ravens improved their secondary without having to give up much draft capital and in a way came out on the better end with the fifth rounder from L.A.”<\/p>\n

ESPN\u2019s Seth Walder:<\/a> “Grade: B+. For the Ravens, this is a freebie. They’re saving a little money (Alexander’s contract was guaranteed) and gaining a little draft capital for a player who wasn’t playing for them anyway.”<\/p>\n

Zrebiec:<\/a> “Alexander didn’t play special teams, meaning there was really no place for him on the game-day roster as a reserve cornerback. In making the deal, the Ravens created about $2 million in salary cap space and added another draft pick. General Manager Eric DeCosta has the cap flexibility and draft capital to make additions before Tuesday’s 4 p.m. deadline. Trading Alexander gives him some roster flexibility as well.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ravens Get an ‘A’ Grade for Jaire Alexander Trade The Ravens trading cornerback Jaire Alexander to the Philadelphia…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":352896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[834,13880,31153,1232,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-352895","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-general","9":"tag-homepage-centerpiece","10":"tag-late-for-work","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115486509313935620","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}