Ravens guard Patrick Ricard said Monday it was “inevitable“That quarterback Lamar Jackson will win a Super Bowl, but it’s not clear that Ricard will be teammates with Jackson when and if that happens.
Ricard is set to become a free agent and his comments came as he and his teammates cleaned out their lockers following their season-ending loss to the Bills on Sunday. There are plenty of other impending free agents on the team — left tackle Ronnie Stanley, left guard Patrick Mekari and cornerback Brandon Stephens are among them — and other players who could leave for cap reasons .
That made the inevitability of change cornerback Marlon Humphrey’s focus when discussing what the future holds for the Ravens.
“This the team is finishedsaid Humphrey, via Jeff Zrebiec of TheAthletic.com. “When I look at it, some guys will be there, some won’t – who knows what? I know I have no more guaranteed years on this existing contract, so whatever message you have. You could be part of this team. You could be on another team. Some guys will stay, others will leave, and I fall into the same basket. So the message is: “We lost. Get over it and we’ll kind of see where the offseason goes.
The Ravens are 78-38 in the regular season since Jackson joined the team and that kind of sustained success only makes their playoff failures even more frustrating. Figuring out how to maintain wins while getting over the playoff hump will be the focus of the offseason.
