The Ravens closed out the original Cowboys Stadium by beating Dallas on a Saturday night in December 2008. The Ravens will now be the visiting team for the Cowboys’ first-ever international home game.
The NFL announced on Friday night that the Ravens and Cowboys will play in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, September 27. It will be a Week 3 game, televised by CBS at 4:25 p.m. ET.
Most international games currently land in standalone windows. This one won’t, but it likely will be the top national game that afternoon — likely generating the biggest audience of the day.
In 2024 and 2025, the Brazilian game came in Week 1. This year, the 49ers and Rams will instead play in Australia to get things started.
Those are the only two games with both teams known. The other 270 will be announced in the next few weeks.
The Ravens have selected guard Olaivavega Ioane out of Penn State at No. 14 overall in the 2026 NFL Draft.
One of the top offensive linemen in the 2026 draft class, Ioane appeared in 44 games with 32 starts for the Nittany Lions.
He spent all of his time at left guard.
Listed at 6-foot-4 and 320 pounds, Ioane will be an important part of the five up front for Baltimore and quarterback Lamar Jackson.
The Ravens have made an expected move to keep one of their top players for another year.
According to multiple reports, Baltimore has exercised receiver Zay Flowers’ fifth-year option, putting him under contract through 2027.
He is set to earn $27.298 million guaranteed in what is now the last year of his rookie deal.
Flowers, the No. 22 overall pick of the 2023 draft, was the first Ravens wideout in team history to make the Pro Bowl in 2024. He followed that with an even better season in 2025, recording 86 catches for 1,211 yards with five touchdowns, earning his second Pro Bowl berth.
In his 50 career games with 48 starts, Flowers has caught 237 passes for 3,128 yards with 14 touchdowns.
Ravens defensive tackle Nnamdi Madubuike appears likely to play this season.
Madubuike suffered a serious neck injury in Week Two of last season, and there were concerns that it could end his career. But Madubuike had neck surgery last week that has his doctors expecting him to play this season, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN.
That news comes after a report last month of “growing optimism” within the Ravens that Madubuike would return.
When healthy, Madubuike is one of the best interior pass rushers in the NFL. He’s also one of the most expensive defensive tackles in the NFL, with two years left on a four-year, $98 million extension. His 2026 base salary of $22 million is fully guaranteed, and he has a salary cap hit of $30 million.
Given that investment, the Ravens would love to see Madubuike recover to the point where he can contribute this season. That looks like it will happen.
The Ravens re-signed wide receiver Xavier Guillory, the team announced Monday.
Guillory was with the team last year during training camp and the preseason.
He broke his collarbone in the 2025 preseason finale against the Commanders after making three catches for 17 yards in the exhibition season.
The Ravens originally signed Guillory as an undrafted free agent out of Arizona State in 2025.
He caught 22 passes for 339 yards and five touchdowns in 13 games for the Sun Devils during the 2024 season.
The Ravens are expected to draft a wide receiver this week, with DeAndre Hopkins still a free agent and Tylan Wallace now in Cleveland.
