The Ravens released their Week 7 depth chart on Tuesday, five days before Sunday's divisional matchup with the Bengals at M&T Bank Stadium. Baltimore (4-2) is coming off a 13-10 loss in Cleveland that ended a three-game winning streak and left the Ravens, Browns and Steelers bunched at 4-2 atop the AFC North — with Cleveland holding the tiebreaker over both after beating each of them.
Six weeks into the Jesse Minter era, this chart looks very different from the Week 1 version. The interior of the offensive line has been rebuilt on the fly, a new tight end has joined the rotation, and the team's PR staff has added a new marker: an asterisk next to every player who missed the Ravens' last game with an injury. Eight players carry one this week, starting with the quarterback.
Lamar Jackson is still QB1. Jackson hurt his ankle in the Week 4 win over Tennessee and has sat out the last two games, with Tyler Huntley going 1-1 as the starter — an overtime win in Atlanta followed by Sunday's loss in Cleveland, where the offense was held scoreless after the first quarter. Minter said Monday that Jackson remains day-to-day and could "potentially" practice this week. His listing at the top is a statement of the depth order, not a guarantee he plays.
Center now reads "Ioane or Jurgens." Rookie first-round pick Vega Ioane has been the emergency answer at center since Week 3, when Jovaughn Gwyn (fractured fibula) and Ethan Pocic (knee) went down within minutes of each other in the win over Dallas in Rio de Janeiro. Both landed on injured reserve, joining Danny Pinter, who was lost in training camp. Baltimore responded on Oct. 7 by trading a 2028 second-round pick and a 2027 fifth-rounder to Philadelphia for two-time Pro Bowl center Cam Jurgens and a 2027 seventh. Jurgens arrived in the concussion protocol and has yet to play for Baltimore, but Minter said Monday he has made major progress and has a chance to debut Sunday. If he does, Ioane can slide back to guard.
Below is the full offense, defense, and special teams breakdown, exactly as released by the team.
Offense
| Pos | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|
| WR | 4 Zay Flowers | 81 Devontez Walker | 13 Elijah Sarratt |
| WR | 7 Rashod Bateman | 6 Ja'Kobi Lane | 10 LaJohntay Wester |
Lane is back on the chart after being activated from injured reserve, where he spent the first weeks of the season following wrist surgery. | |||
| LT | 79 Ronnie Stanley | 76 Carson Vinson | — |
| LG | 74 John Simpson | 72 Andrew Vorhees* | 51 Emery Jones Jr. |
Vorhees and Jones are listed as co-backups ("or") behind Simpson. | |||
| C | 71 Vega Ioane | 64 Cam Jurgens* | — |
Listed as co-starters ("or"). Jurgens (concussion) has not yet played for Baltimore since arriving in an Oct. 7 trade with the Eagles. | |||
| RG | 72 Andrew Vorhees* | 51 Emery Jones Jr. | — |
Listed as co-starters ("or"). Vorhees (foot) has been inactive for the past two games. | |||
| RT | 70 Roger Rosengarten | 76 Carson Vinson | — |
| TE | 89 Mark Andrews | 85 Josh Cuevas | — |
| TE | 88 Matt Hibner* | 87 Nick Vannett | — |
Hibner moves into the starting spot vacated by Durham Smythe, who tore his Achilles in Week 4. Vannett was promoted from the practice squad on Oct. 7. | |||
| QB | 8 Lamar Jackson* | 5 Tyler Huntley | 12 Joe Fagnano |
| RB | 22 Derrick Henry | 43 Justice Hill | 26 Rasheen Ali |
Defense
| Pos | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|
| DT | 92 Nnamdi Madubuike | 96 Broderick Washington Jr.* | — |
| NT | 98 Travis Jones | 94 John Jenkins | — |
| DE | 93 Calais Campbell | 90 Aeneas Peebles | — |
| RUSH | 91 Trey Hendrickson | 15 Mike Green | — |
| MLB | 0 Roquan Smith | 49 Jay Higgins IV | — |
| WLB | 32 Trenton Simpson | 40 Teddye Buchanan | — |
The "or" that separated Simpson and Buchanan in Week 1 is gone — Simpson is now the outright starter. | |||
| SAM | 95 Tavius Robinson | 9 Zion Young | 97 Ethan Burke |
| CB | 44 Marlon Humphrey | 3 Chidobe Awuzie | — |
| DB | 14 Kyle Hamilton | 38 Keyon Martin | 29 Chandler Rivers |
Martin and Rivers are listed as co-backups ("or") behind Hamilton. | |||
| SS | 21 Jaylinn Hawkins | 39 Keondre Jackson | — |
| FS | 24 Malaki Starks | 39 Keondre Jackson | 25 K'Von Wallace |
| CB | 2 Nate Wiggins | 3 Chidobe Awuzie | — |
Awuzie is the listed backup at both corner spots with T.J. Tampa Jr. (knee) on injured reserve since Week 2. | |||
Special Teams
| Pos | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|
| P | 30 Ryan Eckley | — | — |
| K | 33 Tyler Loop | — | — |
| H | 30 Ryan Eckley | — | — |
| LS | 46 Nick Moore | — | — |
| KOR | 10 LaJohntay Wester | 26 Rasheen Ali | 43 Justice Hill |
| PR | 10 LaJohntay Wester | 13 Elijah Sarratt | — |
What the Chart Tells Us
The interior line is two decisions away from settling. The way the chart is built, everything hinges on Jurgens. If he clears the protocol and starts at center, Ioane is expected to return to right guard, the spot he opened the season at, and the Vorhees-or-Jones question becomes a backup battle. If Jurgens can't go, Ioane makes another start at center and the right guard job stays open between Emery Jones Jr. and Andrew Vorhees, who has been sidelined by a foot injury. Either way, the left side — Ronnie Stanley and John Simpson — and right tackle Roger Rosengarten are unchanged from Week 1, and Carson Vinson remains the lone swing tackle.
Tight end has turned over. Durham Smythe's season-ending Achilles tear in the Titans game removed Baltimore's primary blocking tight end, and the Ravens pulled Nick Vannett, an 11th-year veteran known for his work at the point of attack, up from the practice squad to fill that role. Rookie Matt Hibner is now listed as a starter, but he missed the Cleveland game with a hand injury he suffered against Atlanta. Minter had estimated that injury would cost him roughly a week, so Hibner's practice status is worth tracking. Mark Andrews remains TE1, with rookie Josh Cuevas behind him.
The receiver room is whole again. Ja'Kobi Lane, who broke his wrist in the opener, is back in the second column behind Rashod Bateman after coming off injured reserve. Elijah Sarratt slides into the third spot behind Zay Flowers, while LaJohntay Wester now sits third on the Bateman side — and has been elevated to the top kick returner job, ahead of Rasheen Ali, in addition to his punt return duties.
Madubuike is back where he belongs. The All-Pro tackle was ruled out of the opener as he worked back from last season's neck injury, but he's now listed as a starter beside Travis Jones. His backup, Broderick Washington Jr., carries an asterisk after missing the Browns game with an ankle injury. The rest of the front — Calais Campbell, Trey Hendrickson and Tavius Robinson — matches Week 1, with rookies Zion Young and Ethan Burke still providing depth behind Robinson at SAM.
Linebacker and the secondary have been simplified. Trenton Simpson has won the weakside job outright, ending the "or" that lingered from the preseason, with Teddye Buchanan as his backup. In the secondary, T.J. Tampa Jr.'s knee injury has left Chidobe Awuzie as the backup at both cornerback spots, and K'Von Wallace returns to the chart as the third free safety behind Malaki Starks and Keondre Jackson.
The Bengals arrive rested. Cincinnati (3-2) is coming off its bye week, while Baltimore is on a normal week after the trip to Cleveland. After dropping a division game Sunday, the Ravens need this one to keep pace in a crowded AFC North — and how many of those eight asterisks clear by Friday will shape what Baltimore looks like when it does.
Kickoff Information
Matchup: Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens
When: Sunday, Oct. 25, 1:00 p.m. ET
Where: M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore
TV: CBS
Underlined names indicate rookies. An asterisk (*) indicates a player who missed the Ravens' last game with an injury. View this week's chart on our depth chart page, which is updated weekly and where every previous week is archived and browsable, including Week 1's chart.