For the first time, the Ravens will hold an open practice at the University of Maryland.
The ticketed practice at SECU Stadium, home of the Terrapins’ football program, will take place on Saturday, Aug. 1. It will be the first NFL event at the venue.
“We are excited to bring training camp to the University of Maryland and expand our connection with Ravens fans in Prince George’s County,” Ravens president Sashi Brown said in a statement released by the team. “This unique collaboration deepens our roots throughout Maryland, while allowing our team to practice at one of the nation’s best collegiate athletic facilities.”
After the practice, children from 6-12 will have an opportunity to receive autographs.
Concession stands will be open, and on-campus parking will be available for $10.
Fans can claim a free ticket to the event starting Thursday, July 9, by visiting baltimoreravens.com/stadium practice or the Ravens Mobile App.
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Todd Monken’s three seasons as the Ravens’ offensive coordinator didn’t result in a Super Bowl title, but his work in Baltimore was impressive enough to help land him the Browns’ head coaching job this offseason.
Monken gives quarterback Lamar Jackson a lot of credit for that. In an interview with Brian Wacker of the Baltimore Sun, Monken called Jackson a “tremendous person” and said that he “wouldn’t have this job without him.” Monken also said that he told Jackson that in response to a congratulatory text from the quarterback after landing the Cleveland post, but added that those warm feelings will only extend so far.
“Then I said, ‘go f—k yourself,’” Monken said. “We are going to blitz you every third down. He laughed.”
Jackson won the MVP in 2023 and finished second in voting in 2024, but the Ravens lost close playoff games in both of those seasons. The quarterback’s injuries helped keep them out of the playoffs in 2025 and Monken said that “everything has a shelf life” in regard to the Ravens’ decision to clean house on the coaching side after the season.
Given Cleveland’s interest, Monken may have been moving on either way and now he’ll be tasked with trying to stop a quarterback he was previously trying to lead to a championship.
For the first time in two decades, the Ravens have a new radio play-by-play announcer.
Kyle Youmans will be the third Voice of the Ravens in franchise history, the team announced today. He replaces Gerry Sandusky, who retired in April after 20 seasons on the job. Before Sandusky, Scott Garceau served as the Ravens’ radio voice for the first 10 years of the team’s existence.
“It is the honor of my career to be named the next ‘Voice of the Ravens.’ I extend my gratitude to the Ravens organization for trusting me with such a coveted role, and I offer a sincere congratulations to Gerry Sandusky for a wonderful 20 years with the Ravens and an incredible broadcasting career in Baltimore. Gerry wasn’t just a voice, he was a pillar of Baltimore sports fandom, and I look forward to building that same kind of relationship with The Flock — both through their speakers and in the community,” Youmans said.
Youmans spent the last seven seasons working on the Cowboys’ media team as an on-air reporter and producer.
It’s been an offseason of significant change for the Ravens and one of their most significant moves has been a home run for quarterback Lamar Jackson.
The Ravens hired Declan Doyle as their offensive coordinator after naming Jesse Minter as their new head coach and that puts Doyle in position to call offensive plays for the first time in his career. The Ravens have not seen him do that in any games at this point, but Jackson sounded quite confident that Doyle will be successful when asked about his new coach earlier this month.
“It’s a different system than what I’m accustomed to being in, and I feel like there’s going to be a lot of explosiveness this year,” Jackson said, via a transcript from the team. “The way Declan calls plays and his creativity with his mind — how detailed he is — it’s mind-blowing. I’m excited.”
Jackson said that there were more subtle changes when the team previously changed offensive coordinators, but that “nothing really transitioned over from the last system” after Doyle was hired early this year. That’s made for a challenging offseason, albeit one that Jackson believes will result in a high level of offensive execution in the fall.
The Ravens promoted 12 members of their player personnel department, the team announced Tuesday. The following have new titles and responsibilities within the department:
Joey Cleary — Director of College Scouting: Entering his 12th year in Baltimore, Cleary spent the past two seasons as the organization’s assistant director of college scouting. He has covered numerous schools in different regions, spending time as the team’s southeast area scout (2021), west area scout (2020) and northeast area scout (2019). Cleary originally joined the Ravens as a player personnel assistant in 2015.
Sophie Corese — Assistant Director of Football Administration: Cortese enters her fourth year in Baltimore after serving as the football administration/salary cap analyst from 2023-25. She began with the Ravens as an analytics player personnel training camp intern in 2021 and worked as an offensive analyst for the Colby football team while in college.
Corey Frazier — Director of Pro Personnel: Frazier joined the Ravens as a player personnel assistant in 2017 and most recently served as the organization’s assistant director of pro personnel the past two years. He previously worked as a Ravens’ pro scout for two years (2019-20) followed by three seasons as a West Coast scout (2021-23). Before his Baltimore arrival, Frazier worked as an advance scout for Vanderbilt University (2016) and spent the 2015 NFL season with the Broncos as a scouting intern.
Nick Matteo — Vice President of Football Operations: Matteo enters his eighth season with the Ravens in 2026. He previously served as the organization’s vice president of football administration, overseeing all areas of football administration, including day-to-day salary cap management and all roster transactions. Additionally, he negotiates contracts for Ravens’ draft picks and free agents and has worked on the extensions for several standout Ravens. Matteo spent nine years (2010-18) with the NFL Management Council, eventually being promoted to the NFL’s senior director of labor operations.
David McDonald — Vice President of Football Science: McDonald enters his 12th season in Baltimore, formerly serving as the team’s vice president of research and development. He leads all software and data development aspects of the player personnel department. McDonald spent five years (2019-23) as the Ravens’ director of research and development after joining the organization in 2015 as a football systems developer. He previously spent five years (2010-14) with the Falcons as a football systems developer.
Andrew Raphael — Assistant Director of Player Personnel: Raphael enters his 14th season with the Ravens after serving as the director of college scouting for the past two seasons (2024-25). He previously spent three seasons (2021-23) as a national scout following five years (2016-20) as Baltimore’s Southeast area scout. Raphael originally joined the Ravens as a player personnel intern (2013-14) before being promoted to player personnel assistant in 2015. Prior to his NFL arrival, Raphael served as an assistant recruiting coordinator at Boston College (2011-12).
Bobby Vega — Assistant Director of Player Personnel: Vega begins his ninth season in Baltimore and 22nd season in the NFL, earning a promotion for the second consecutive year after being elevated to senior personnel executive in 2025. He previously spent two seasons (2023-24) as a national scout after serving as the team’s east area scout from 2018-22. Vega’s NFL career began as an intern in 2004 with Baltimore’s player personnel department, followed by 13 seasons (2005-17) with the Browns, before returning to the Ravens in 2018.
JoJo Wooden — West Coast Area Scout: Wooden joins the Ravens in 2026 with a wealth of experience across NFL front offices. Most recently, he spent the 2024 season as the senior director of player personnel for the Raiders. He also had an 11-year stint as the director of player personnel for the Chargers, serving as the interim General Manager at the end of the 2023 season. He got his start in the NFL with the Jets as a pro personnel assistant in 1997, working his way through the ranks over 16 seasons (1997-2012), spending his final six seasons as the team’s assistant director of player personnel.
Joe Morena — Northeast Area Scout: Moreno begins his third season in Baltimore in 2026 after serving as a player personnel assistant the past two seasons (2024-25). He previously spent three seasons as the director of player personnel at Southern Miss (2021-23), where he was the lead staffer in charge of recruiting. Moreno got his start in collegiate athletics, spending time as a recruiting intern at Harvard (2018) and Stanford (2018-19) before being hired as a player personnel graduate assistant at Auburn (2019-20).
David Kang — Senior Data Scientist: Kang enters his second season with the Ravens after joining the club in 2025 as a quantitative analyst. He spent four years as a senior data scientist at Apple before joining the NFL. Kang graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina before earning a master’s degree in statistics from Stanford.
Connor Gorny — Applied Sports Scientist: Gorny is entering his third season with the Ravens. He previously was an assistant strength and conditioning coach and football sport science coordinator in 2023 at Rice University, following one season as assistant sports performance coach and sport science coordinator for football at the University of Colorado. Gorny also spent time as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Utah State University (2019-20) and as the head of athletic performance for Real Salt Lake Academy (2020-21).
TJ Ajibola — Pro Scout: Ajibola enters his eighth season with the Ravens, serving as a player personnel assistant for the organization since 2019. He spent two years (2017-18) as a management trainee at Enterprise Holdings.
Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson hasn’t always participated in voluntary offseason work, but new Ravens head coach Jesse Minter has been impressed by what Jackson did this offseason.
Although Jackson did not attend every day of voluntary workouts, Minter said Jackson’s progress in learning new coordinator Declan Doyle’s offense has been a testament to how seriously he’s taking this offseason.
“Yes, [Jackson]'s been incredible. He’s put in the time — first of all, he’s been here quite a bit and learned a lot. He’s just an unbelievable leader and an infectious person when he’s here,” Minter said. “I think he’s done a great job leading the offense in the offseason — learning, being willing to try things, do different things and learn new terminology. I know he’s very excited about where we’re headed. ‘Dec’ has done a great job with the offense — he holds those guys to a really high standard, which is what we want to do as a group. I appreciate him always forwarding the team message in that regard. I’m excited about where our offense is headed.”
Minter was a Ravens assistant during Jackson’s first three seasons in Baltimore, but Minter coached on defense and is now getting to know Jackson better as a head coach.
“There’s nobody I’d rather have as the quarterback of this team, this franchise,” Minter said. “The way that [Jackson] operates, how infectious he is, how much joy he brings to the preparation and the practice field — yes, he’s been everything. You come in, and you kind of know him, but you don’t know him super well. Relationships, like I talked about at the beginning, take time, and I think we’ve built up a good trust and communication and a good relationship. [He] plus all the guys — just the way they’ve operated has been very much appreciated.”
The offseason programs around the league have largely wrapped up for 2026, with players and coaches around the league now experiencing some time off.
But training camps are just a few weeks away from opening.
The NFL announced the camp report dates for all 32 teams on Monday, with the first ones opening up in less than a month.
Below are the camp locations and report dates:
Arizona Cardinals: State Farm Stadium | Rookies: 7/22 | Veterans 7/22
Atlanta Falcons: Atlanta Falcons Training Facility | Rookies: 7/24 | Veterans: 7/28
Baltimore Ravens: Under Armour Performance Center | Rookies: 7/24 | Veterans: 7/28
Buffalo Bills: St. John Fisher University | Rookies: 7/21 | Veterans: 7/28
Carolina Panthers: Bank of America Stadium | Rookies: 7/21 | Veterans: 7/22
Chicago Bears: Halas Hall | Rookies: 7/25 | Veterans: 7/28
Cincinnati Bengals: Paycor Stadium | Rookies: 7/25 | Veterans: 7/28
Cleveland Browns: CrossCountry Mortgage Campus | Rookies: 7/23 | Veterans: 7/28
Dallas Cowboys: Marriott Residence Inn Oxnard | Rookies: 7/28 | Veterans: 7/28
Denver Broncos: Broncos Park Powered by CommonSpirit | Rookies: 7/22 | Veterans: 7/28
Detroit Lions: Meijer Performance Center | Rookies: 7/25 | Veterans: 7/28
Green Bay Packers: Lambeau Field | Rookies: 7/27 | Veterans: 7/28
Houston Texans: Houston Methodist Training Center | Rookies: 7/21 | Veterans: 7/28
Indianapolis Colts: Grand Park | Rookies: 7/27 | Veterans: 7/28
Jacksonville Jaguars: Miller Electric Center | Rookies: 7/25 | Veterans: 7/28
Kansas City Chiefs: Missouri Western State University | Rookies: 7/28 | Veterans: 7/28
Las Vegas Raiders: Intermountain Health Performance Center | Rookies: 7/23 | Veterans: 7/28
Los Angeles Chargers: The Bolt | Rookies: 7/23 | Veterans: 7/28
Los Angeles Rams: Loyola Marymount University | Rookies: 7/25 | Veterans: 7/25
Miami Dolphins: Baptist Health Training Complex | Rookies: 7/21 | Veterans: 7/28
Minnesota Vikings: TCO Performance Center | Rookies: 7/26 | Veterans: 7/28
New England Patriots: New Balance Athletics Center | Rookies: 7/21 | Veterans: 7/24
New Orleans Saints: Ochsner Sports Performance Center | Rookies: 7/28 | Veterans: 7/28
New York Giants: Quest Diagnostics Training Center/The Greenbrier | Rookies: 7/23 | Veterans: 7/28
New York Jets: Athletic Health Jets Training Center | Rookies: 7/25 | Veterans: 7/28
Philadelphia Eagles: Jefferson Health Training Complex | Rookies: 7/28 | Veterans: 7/28
Pittsburgh Steelers: Saint Vincent College | Rookies: 7/28 | Veterans: 7/28
San Francisco 49ers: SAP Performance Facility | Rookies: 7/18 | Veterans: 7/25
Seattle Seahawks: Virginia Mason Athletic Center | Rookies: 7/17 | Veterans: 7/24
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: AdventHealth Training Center | Rookies: 7/27 | Veterans: 7/28
Tennessee Titans: Vanderbilt Health Football Center | Rookies: 7/23 | Veterans: 7/28
Washington Commanders: Commanders Park | Rookies: 7/24 | Veterans: 7/28
The NFL has announced the full list of joint practices that will take place during training camps this summer.
The first set of them will take place on August 11 in four different locations. The Cowboys and Rams will practice in Los Angeles, the Colts will visit the Patriots, the Bucs will work out at the Jets’ facility and the Titans will go to Santa Clara to practice with the 49ers.
All in all, there will be 28 teams working in joint sessions in August. The Lions, Steelers, Chiefs and Broncos are the teams that will not hold joint practices.
The full list of joint practices is below with the host team listed second. If there are multiple practices scheduled, the date of the first practice is listed.
August 11 — Cowboys-Rams; Colts-Patriots; Buccaneers-Jets; Titans-49ers.
August 12 — Dolphins-Commanders.
August 13 — Jaguars-Saints.
August 18 — 49ers-Chargers; Raiders-Texans; Saints-Cowboys.
August 19 — Falcons-Colts; Ravens-Vikings; Panthers-Jaguars; Eagles-Patriots.
August 20 — Bills-Browns; Bears-Bengals; Saints-Rams; Giants-Dolphins.
August 21 — Seahawks-Titans.
August 25 — Buccaneers-Jaguars.
August 26 — Cardinals-Packers; Texans-Panthers; Commanders-Ravens.
August 27 — Bears-Titans.
The Ravens will be welcoming more fans to training camp practices this year than they have in past seasons.
In a Wednesday announcement of open practice sessions this summer, the Ravens said that they have increased the space for spectators to approximately 2,000 people a day.
The open practices will get underway on July 29 and the second one will be the next day. Fans will also be able to attend practices on August 3-4, August 8-9, August 11-12, and August 17.
The increased capacity at practices comes with a change to parking procedures. Visitors will now park offsite and take shuttle buses to the Ravens’ facility each day.
The new Patrick Mahomes contract covers eight seasons and averages, from signing, a payout of $63.093 million per year. That pushes the market to unprecedented heights. And it brings into focus the next wave of quarterback deals.
So let’s take a look at the quarterbacks who’ll use the Mahomes contract as a key data point for ongoing or upcoming negotiations.
Lamar Jackson, Ravens.
Jackson has wanted a new deal for more than a year. His current contract averaged $52.5 million per year from signing. At the time it was finalized, he was the highest paid player in the league. He has now slid down to the bottom of the top 10. Mahomes getting to $63.09 million, especially while still recovering from a torn ACL, will only strengthen Lamar’s resolve.
Jackson currently has $104 million remaining on his current contract, over the next two years. With a no-tag clause, he can kick the can through the next two seasons and become an unrestricted free agent. It gives him significant leverage, and Mahomes’s contract likely nudges Lamar’s reasonable expectations from at least $60.1 million per year (based on Dak Prescott’s latest deal) to at least $63.1 million annually.
Joe Burrow, Bengals.
In 2023, after his first three NFL seasons, Burrow agreed to a seven-year deal with an average from signing of $44.28 million per year and a new-money average of $55 million. He has four years left with a total payout of $163.539 million, an average of $40.88 million.
His recent restructuring was a cap-creation device, with no new money. The Bengals, who are extremely careful with money, may not be inclined to tear up the current deal and replace it with a new contract.
For his part, Burrow may not be inclined to extend his commitment to the team. His discontent after three straight non-playoff seasons has become more obvious. As he enters his seventh season in Cincinnati, Burrow could be thinking about reaching the same conclusion Carson Palmer did after his eighth.
Baker Mayfield, Buccaneers.
He has said talks on a deal that would extend his $33.3 million per year contract are nowhere close to where he thought they’d be. The Buccaneers could tag him in 2027, or they could let him hit the open market.
Some think the Bucs wouldn’t use the franchise tag; with a 2026 cap number of $39.975 million, Mayfield’s 2027 franchise tender would be at least $47.97 million. There’s a sense in some circles that the Bucs believe they’ll ultimately offer him more than anyone would in free agency, if a new deal isn’t done before Mayfield’s self-imposed deadline of the start of training camp.
C.J. Stroud.
The Texans repeatedly have proclaimed that he’s their guy. But they have yet to do for him what they’d done for cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. and defensive end Will Anderson — sign the first-round pick to a new deal before his fourth season.
The challenge at this point comes from putting a number on his second contract. There’s a broad range when it comes to veteran quarterback pay. Where would Stroud fit?
Currently, the number would be lower than it could be for Stroud, if he has a strong fourth season. Since the Texans realize that, at this point, they’d be only bidding against themselves, there’s no reason to rush the process.
Caleb Williams, Bears.
The first overall pick in the 2024 draft becomes eligible for a new deal after the 2026 regular season. And Williams has been very focused on the business realities of the NFL, from even before he was drafted.
When the time comes for Williams to get a new deal, the Mahomes number will drive the discussion. Especially if Williams continues to be on a trajectory that could put him among the top four or five quarterbacks in football.
We’ve already heard talk of Williams having expectations that would be more than eye-popping. And we also expect that Williams will make it known that he wants his contract not after the 2026 postseason ends, but promptly upon the opening of the window for a new deal after the Bears face the Vikings in Week 18.
Why carry the injury risk into the 2026 postseason? No quarterback on his rookie deal has tried to do that, even though the CBA wrinkle has been hiding in plain sight since 2011.
Jayden Daniels, Commanders.
Like Williams, Daniels becomes eligible for a new deal after the 2026 regular season. His main goal should be to reestablish himself after a disappointing and injury-plagued second season, during which he played only seven of 17 games.
If Daniels returns to his rookie form, he’ll be joining Williams as a quarterback looking for a second contract.
Drake Maye, Patriots.
The player who finished second in the MVP voting to cap his second season also has his window open after the 2026 regular season. And the Patriots will be hoping that, like Tom Brady before him, Maye will be less inclined to break the bank and more inclined to ensure that there will be cap space to have a quality team around him.
Brady, who entered the league as the 199th overall pick, had naturally lower expectations early in his career. Maye, the third overall pick who was denied the commensurate reward due to the rookie wage scale, may not be as charitable as Brady was.
Bo Nix, Broncos.
Nix’s window likewise opens after the 2026 regular season. He’ll need to show he has fully recovered from the foot injury suffered late in the AFC playoff win over the Bills. And he’ll need to do even more in Sean Payton’s offense to unlock a major deal.
Regardless, there’s a new high bar — and his contemporaries from the 2024 draft could add more data points.
That raises another question, as to Williams, Daniels, Maye, and Nix. Who goes first? There will be a competition among the agents to emerge with the best deal. This could prompt some of them to wait until the others jump in the pool first.
Sam Darnold, Seahawks.
Darnold’s three-year, $100.5 million contract from 2025 was structured to give the Seahawks an escape hatch after one year. It wasn’t structured to force the team back to the table if Darnold leads the team to a Super Bowl win.
With $27.5 million in base pay and up to $5 million in available incentives, Darnold would be justified to seek a new deal. The Seahawks may want to wait until 2027.
Regardless, Mahomes’s new contract will be a factor, whenever it’s time to sit down and work out a new contract.
