In late April, Ravens tight end Dennis Pitta said he was optimistic about his chances of resuming his NFL career this season after suffering serious hip injuries in each of the last two years.
It doesn’t look like anything that’s happened over the last month has dimmed that optimism. Pitta continues to do individual work at Ravens OTAs with Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com reporting that he’s looking “much more fluid” running routes and catching passes than he did earlier in the year. That’s left coach John Harbaugh feeling good about where Pitta is at this point in the process.
“Dennis is out there for about half the practice and he’s doing a good job, too, so we’re not counting him out at all,” Harbaugh said.
At some point, there will have to be a decision about whether Pitta starts training camp on the field or if he goes onto the PUP list to buy more time for his rehab. The latter may be appealing given Pitta’s injuries, but the wraps are going to have to come off at some point in the not too distant future for the Ravens and Pitta to find out if a return to the field is a realistic option for the 2015 season.
