Baltimore Ravens General Manager Eric DeCosta expressed disappointment with how the team’s season came to an end but added he’s already “moved on” in search of a solution for a better result in 2025.
DeCosta and head coach John Harbaugh held their season-ending news conference Wednesday. The Ravens had a 12-5 regular-season mark and won the AFC North but lost 27-25 to the Buffalo Bills in the AFC divisional playoffs on Sunday.
“I’m very proud of the team this year. … Not gonna sit up here and say it was not a successful season. It was in just about every way of looking at it. But I’m disappointed, John’s disappointed. We’re all disappointed. Our team’s disappointed,” DeCosta told reporters. “We had higher aspirations and we didn’t achieve those aspirations and goals. I’ve already moved on. … I love being part of the solution and that’s what we’ll be.”
Integral to their loss but also to their future is three-time Pro Bowl tight end Mark Andrews, who dropped a game-tying 2-point conversion try with 1:33 remaining that iced the game for the Bills. The All-Pro TE also lost a fumble. Andrews still hasn’t met with the media but Harbaugh did the talking for him.
“Mark is a huge part of our future and we love him,” Harbaugh said. “We’re there for him. If anybody can take a tough circumstance like that and handle it with class and grace and dignity and mental toughness, it’s most definitely Mark Andrews.”
DeCosta noted that Andrews and fellow TEs Isaiah Likely and Charlie Kolar are all entering the final year of their contracts in 2025 which could lead to some “tough decisions” ahead.
DeCosta also addressed the Pro Bowl season that running back Derrick Henry had and acknowledged the Ravens might try to rework his deal for a softer cap hit in 2025. Henry’s cap number is currently set at $12.895 million in 2025.
“I think he proved he had a lot left in the tank,” DeCosta said. “We’ll look at that, it’s a good question. I’m just so grateful Derrick chose us last year.”
DeCosta said he also expects kicker Justin Tucker, who uncharacteristically struggled this past season, to be the team’s kicker in 2025.
“I have every expectation that Justin’s going to be a great kicker for us next year and moving forward,” DeCosta said. “He finished strong this year toward the end, had a little adversity midway through the season, but I think Justin is a tremendous competitor, very, very talented. He works his butt off, and I would expect he will be the kicker for us next year.”
–Field Level Media
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