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Oweh

The Ravens have kicked their feet on extending Oweh — this is his fifth-year option season — and ultimately weren’t going to be able to pay everybody. The Chargers needed help at EDGE following Khalil Mack’s injury and Oweh is a decent in-season add without much of a price. Still just 26, Oweh raises the floor of Los Angeles’ defense. The rest of the cost is Gilman, a decent starter over the course of his career who can give the Ravens somebody to let Kyle Hamilton freelance when Hamilton is healthy again. It’s an interesting challenge trade for both sides. Gilman is also in the final year of his contract.

Oweh popped up on the report with a limited session on Thursday and did not practice at all on Friday. For some teams this would qualify as ominous, but for Baltimore in 2025 it’s just another day at the factory.

The Ravens’ injury woes continue. Oweh apparently suffered the eye injury in practice today, jeopardizing his Week 5 availability. Oweh leads Ravens defenders with 11 quarterback pressures but has yet to actually record a sack. Texans QB C.J. Stroud should have fairly comfortable pockets to throw from this weekend.

Oweh, a former first round pick, is now locked up until the end of the 2025 season. Pro Football Focus graded Oweh as the league’s 30th best EDGE in 2023, as he had nine QB hits and 40 QB hurries in an injury-shortened campaign. He has at least five sacks in each of his three seasons with Baltimore. PFF graded the Ravens as the seventh best pass-rushing defense in 2023.

Oweh has been dealing with an ankle injury for a few weeks, returning in Week 7 against the Lions. A knee injury has also been added to the report for Oweh. The third-year linebacker will try to return to practice later this week in order to play in Week 9 against the Seahawks.

Oweh returned from a four-game absence because of the ankle issue last week. He played a limited role but tallied one sack and forced a fumble. He was added to the injury report as a limited participant on Thursday before being downgraded to a DNP on Friday. His status for Week 8 is shaky at best. Roquan Smith, who missed Wednesday’s practice with a shoulder issue, is good to go.

Oweh has missed four games because of the ankle issue but got in two full practices before being removed from the injury report this week. Odafe started in the Ravens’ first two games of the year and immediately looked to have taken the next step in his second NFL season. He generated eight pressures and five QB hits in 44 pass-rush reps. He will look to make an impact on Jared Goff in his first game back.

Clowney missed Wednesday’s practice with an illness but was never a real threat to miss Sunday’s game against the Titans. He and Geno Stone (hamstring) both returned to practice on Thursday, while Odafe Oweh (ankle) remained sidelined. With the majority of their starters healthy, the Ravens should be good to go for their Week 6 tilt with the Titans.

Humprey continues to be sidelined with a foot injury that he suffered in the preseason and will now miss his third-straight game to open the season. Ronald Darby and Rock Ya-Sin will be leaned on as the Ravens’ top two corners for this week, while Marcus Williams (pectoral) and EDGE Odafe Oweh (ankle) will also be sidelined.

Oweh (6'5/153) was already expected to post some impressive testing numbers, but a 4.36 40-yard dash would have ranked first among all 2020 defensive linemen and fourth overall out of the entire NFL Scouting Combine participants. As if that weren’t impressive enough, Oweh posted a 39.5" vertical jump, 134" broad jump, 4.21 shuttle and a 6.83 second three-cone drill. All of those marks would have ranked first when compared to the 2020 crop of defensive linemen. While Oweh doesn’t boast elite sack production, he had 0.0 sacks in 2020, his testing numbers are as impressive as any EDGE rusher we’ve seen in years. He is building a strong case to be selected in the first round.