The Baltimore Ravens are getting ready for their first season under new head coach Jesse Minter. They're hoping to see improvement after going 8-9 last season and missing the playoffs for the first time since 2021.
One area the team has worked to build up during the offseason is the wide receiver corps. Their biggest additions came in the 2026 NFL Draft with the selections of Ja'Kobi Lane of USC (No. 80) and Elijah Sarratt of Indiana (No. 115).
As midround picks, though, they don't face high expectations to make an immediate impact. After DeAndre Hopkins had the second-most receiving yards among Ravens wide receivers last season with just 330, they need an impact player to help quarterback Lamar Jackson.
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While the draft is over, there are still several options left in the open market. USA Today's Tyler Dragon projects that the Ravens will sign free agent wide receiver Stefon Diggs to help bolster the offense.
"Wide receivers Ja'Kobi Lane and Elijah Sarratt were good mid-round draft picks, but the Ravens don’t have a wideout that opponents have to seriously gameplan for outside of Zay Flowers," Dragon wrote. "Diggs led the AFC-champion Patriots in catches and receiving yards, a sign the mercurial receiver still has juice left in the tank. It’s best if Diggs plays with an established QB on a contending team."
Diggs is coming off a solid season with the Patriots, racking up 85 receptions for 1,013 yards and four touchdowns. It marked the seventh time in the past eight seasons he's reached the 1,000-yard mark.
The only season he failed to do so was in 2024, when he tore his ACL with the Houston Texans. However, he bounced back, starting all 17 games for the Patriots last year and being a key contributor to their run to Super Bowl LX.
At 32 years old, Diggs may still have enough left in the tank to give the Ravens and Jackson a productive threat out wide. However, he won't be cheap, as Spotrac projects him to sign a two-year, $27.6 million contract. It's a deal that Baltimore can afford, though, sitting on $28.6 million in available cap space, per Spotrac.
