The Ravens have been and not using a backup middle since Trystan Colon bolted for the New York Jets in free company this offseason. Monday, they stuffed that emptiness.
Free agent Sam Mustipher, who spent his first three years with the Chicago Bears, has signed with the Ravens, the staff introduced on Monday. It’s reportedly a one-year contract.
For Mustipher, it’s additionally a homecoming. The 26-year-old grew up in Owings Mills and starred at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in Olney earlier than going to Notre Dame.
The Bears declined to increase a restricted free agent tender to Mustipher in March.
Undrafted out of Notre Dame in 2019, Mustipher surprisingly turned the Bears’ middle late within the 2020 season, beginning the final six video games of the yr. The following season, he began all 17 however struggled, with a Pro Football Focus grade of simply 51 for 2021.
Though he improved final season, incomes a 63.4 mark from PFF, Mustipher was at greatest inconsistent, notably together with his cross blocking. Six instances he earned a grade of lower than 54 and Fields was sacked 55 instances in 15 video games, although Mustipher solely gave up two of them, based on PFF.
Mustipher was higher together with his run blocking, nevertheless, incomes a PFF grade of 65.5 for a Bears offensive line that had the seventh-best run blocking grade within the league in 2022.
Meanwhile, Mustipher’s youthful brother, PJ, who performed at McDonogh after which Penn State, is at present a rookie defensive deal with with the Denver Broncos after signing with them as an undrafted free agent final month.
The Ravens additionally introduced Monday that they waived cornerback Thakarius “Bopete” Keyes. The 25-year-old was a seventh-round decide by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2020 and was signed to the Ravens’ observe squad late final season.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com