{"id":716241,"date":"2026-04-09T17:52:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/716241\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T17:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:52:15","slug":"devontez-walker-among-young-ravens-leaders-expect-to-break-out-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/716241\/","title":{"rendered":"Devontez Walker Among Young Ravens Leaders Expect to Break Out in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  <strong>WR Devontez Walker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Walker has needed patience over his first two seasons, but the wait may be over.<\/p>\n<p>His first three NFL catches all went for touchdowns, including two in Week 2 versus the Cleveland Browns last year. But after that game, Walker only saw four targets over the next nine games. He ended on a high note, however, catching a 38-yard touchdown in Pittsburgh in the regular-season finale.<\/p>\n<p>With DeAndre Hopkins still on the free-agent market and Tylan Wallace in Cleveland, the Ravens&#8217; No. 3 receiver spot is wide open. The Ravens could still draft a wide receiver early or sign a veteran. But for now, Walker is the clear favorite.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh, Tez is ready. Tez is going to step up this year,&#8221; wide receiver Zay Flowers said.<\/p>\n<p>Flowers said Walker is &#8220;willing to learn everything&#8221; this season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s attacking everything,&#8221; Flowers said. &#8220;He knows there&#8217;s a fire under him. We have to go now. You&#8217;re up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Walker has rare speed and the ability to stretch the field, which should be a good fit in Declan Doyle&#8217;s explosive offense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WR Devontez Walker Walker has needed patience over his first two seasons, but the wait may be over.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":716242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[39],"tags":[14866,834,13880,10014,68762,39695,1232,14865,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-716241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-devontez-walker","tag-general","tag-homepage-centerpiece","tag-inline-news","tag-malaki-starks","tag-mike-green","tag-nfl","tag-ryan-mink","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116376027251421478","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716241","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=716241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}