{"id":136098,"date":"2022-10-22T11:00:51","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T15:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=136098"},"modified":"2022-11-23T09:05:09","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T14:05:09","slug":"baltimore-ravens-running-back-trade-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2022\/10\/22\/baltimore-ravens-running-back-trade-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"Baltimore Ravens Running Back Trade Targets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Baltimore Ravens will have to wait a little bit longer before they see J.K. Dobbins at full strength. The running back tweaked his knee during Week 6&#8217;s loss to the New York Giants and will miss the next 4-6 weeks. This leaves <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2022\/10\/19\/kenyan-drake-fantasy-football-j-k-dobbins\/\" target=\"_self\">Kenyan Drake atop the depth chart<\/a>, which isn&#8217;t ideal. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2022\/10\/26\/gus-edwards-mecole-hardman-waiver-wire-week-8\/\" target=\"_self\">Gus Edwards could help the Ravens running back room<\/a>, but it shouldn&#8217;t surprise anyone if the Baltimore Ravens turn to the trade market to fill their need at running back.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ravens\u2019 standout RB J.K. Dobbins is expected to undergo arthroscopic knee surgery next week that would sideline him 4-6 weeks, per sources.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1583537117019328512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Baltimore Ravens Running Back Trade Targets Following J.K. Dobbins Injury<\/h2>\n<h3>Cam Akers, Los Angeles Rams<\/h3>\n<p>Far and away the most obvious choice on the list, running back <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2022\/10\/15\/cam-akers-trade-destinations\/\" target=\"_self\">Cam Akers appears to have worn out his welcome<\/a> in Los Angeles. After starting the season backing up Darrell Henderson, the former second-round pick reportedly had a falling out with head coach Sean McVay, and the player and organization are both looking for a fresh start.<\/p>\n<p>Akers had a phenomenal college profile and showed some signs of life in the NFL before he ruptured his Achilles in the 2021 offseason. He hasn&#8217;t looked great this year, but if the Ravens believe he can regain his old form, then he&#8217;s certainly worth a flier.<\/p>\n<h3>David Montgomery, Chicago Bears<\/h3>\n<p>David Montgomery might just be the most unremarkable starting running back in the NFL, but unremarkable is better than what the Ravens currently have. Montgomery is a jack of all trades, master of none that could easily handle starting duties in a friendly system like Baltimore&#8217;s. Currently sitting at 2-4, the Chicago Bears are clearly not competing for anything this year and have a tantalizing backup in Khalil Herbert. While he might be more expensive than Akers, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2022\/10\/17\/bears-ravens-khalil-herbert-trade-david-montgomery\/\" target=\"_self\">trading Montgomery<\/a> makes a lot of sense for both the Bears and Ravens.<\/p>\n<h3>Antonio Gibson, Washington Commanders<\/h3>\n<p>Antonio Gibson is an electrifying running back that can make plays both on the ground and through the air, but Washington Commanders head coach Ron Rivera doesn&#8217;t appear to know this. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2022\/03\/16\/j-d-mckissic-signs-contract-with-buffalo-bills\/\" target=\"_self\">team re-signed J.D. McKissic<\/a> to handle passing work and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2022\/08\/25\/brian-robinson-antonio-gibson-fantasy-football-outlook\/\" target=\"_self\">drafted Brian Robinson<\/a> to be the early-down thumper, leaving Gibson as the odd man out in Washington&#8217;s backfield. Putting someone as electric as Gibson in Baltimore&#8217;s offense would be widly unfair for opposing defenses, and the 2-4 Commanders would probably be willing to sell at the trade deadline.<\/p>\n<h3>Damien Harris, New England Patriots<\/h3>\n<p>This admittedly isn&#8217;t too likely, seeing as the Patriots are still very much in the playoff race and wouldn&#8217;t want to make an AFC rival even stronger. That being said, this is Bill Belichick we&#8217;re talking about, and he&#8217;s not afraid to make unconventional moves. Rhamondre Stevenson is clearly a starting-caliber back in the NFL, and Harris is currently in the final year of his contract. Harris&#8217; hard-nosed, downhill style of play is a perfect fit for Baltimore&#8217;s offense, and he&#8217;d be the perfect short-yardage punisher with big-play potential.<\/p>\n<h3>James Robinson, Jacksonville Jaguars<\/h3>\n<p>Despite tearing his Achilles late in 2021, James Robinson entered the season as Jacksonville&#8217;s primary starter. However, as the season progressed, Robinson started ceding more and more of the work to former first-round pick Travis Etienne. Robinson is a starting-caliber running back, and the 2-4 Jaguars are going nowhere fast in the playoff hunt. Once again, the price would have to be right, but both sides should have plenty of interest in getting a deal done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J.K. Dobbins is out for the next 4-6 weeks, which means the Baltimore Ravens could survey the market for running back trade targets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":136099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[6307,5578,4748,4828,6381,7638],"class_list":["post-136098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ravens","tag-antonio-gibson","tag-cam-akers","tag-damien-harris","tag-david-montgomery","tag-james-robinson","tag-ravens-featured"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}