As recently as June 5, Brooke Cersosimo of the NFL’s website suggested that the Baltimore Ravens could take calls from interested teams regarding the services of tight end Mark Andrews before the 2025 season gets underway.
On Tuesday, Ravens reporter Jeff Zrebiec of The Athletic shared that Andrews’ stock among Baltimore players is “up” following the 29-year-old’s performances throughout springtime workouts.
“All Andrews can do — and all he has done — is get back to work,” Zrebiec wrote. “He hasn’t sulked about all of the speculation that he could be traded or released. He hasn’t complained publicly that he seems primed to play out the final year on a contract that he’s outperformed. Andrews has remained focused on getting ready for the season. He didn’t miss a rep at (organized team activities), and he treated each practice like the Ravens had an important game to play later in the week. He looked quick and healthy.”
ESPN stats show that Andrews ended the 2024 regular season ranked fourth in the NFL (tied with Mike Evans of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers) with 11 touchdown receptions. Nevertheless, Andrews became the subject of trade rumors this past winter largely because he, Isaiah Likely and Charlie Kolar are on track to become free agents in March 2026. It’s assumed Likely would serve as Baltimore’s TE1 if the club trades Andrews before September.
During the Ravens’ mandatory minicamp, quarterback Lamar Jackson made it known he didn’t like how fans and media personalities criticized Andrews after the franchise icon lost a fumble and later dropped a pass on what would have been a game-tying two-point conversion in Baltimore’s 27-25 divisional-round playoff loss at the Buffalo Bills this past January. Zrebiec noted that Andrews “got loud applause from fans on the sideline” when he caught a pass from Jackson on the first day of minicamp.
As of Tuesday afternoon, DraftKings Sportsbook had the Ravens, Bills and Philadelphia Eagles tied as the betting favorites at +650 odds to win Super Bowl LX in February 2026. Such information shows why a win-now Baltimore team should want to hold onto Andrews and other playmakers as Jackson pursues the first Super Bowl trip of his career.
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