The Baltimore Ravens have been delivered a number of robust blows on the harm entrance of their season-opening win over the Houston Texans. Whereas the majority of them have been sustained on offense, the lone harm on protection was the pectoral harm suffered by veteran free security Marcus Williams.

Despite the fact that his harm won’t find yourself being season-ending, it’s going to nonetheless put him out of fee for a big period of time. Williams nonetheless has an opportunity of presumably returning later this season.

On Tuesday, the Ravens are going to signal veteran security Duron Harmon to their follow squad to bolster their depth on the place within the meantime. The transfer was first reported by ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler and later confirmed by the staff together with a couple of different roster transactions together with the signing of Daryl Worley to the 53-man roster, the position of working again J.Okay. Dobbins on injured reserve, and the discharge of cornerback Tae Hayes.

Harmon is an 11-year veteran with in depth beginning expertise and championship pedigree having performed in 4 Tremendous Bowls and received three with the New England Patriots from 2013-2019. He has performed for 3 completely different groups within the final three seasons however has maintained his starter standing with every and has a complete of 84 profession begins together with the playoffs.

The 32-year-old most just lately spent final season with the Las Vegas Raiders the place he began all however one recreation and recorded career-highs with 86 complete tackles and two pressured fumbles in addition to 5 cross breakups, and two interceptions—one in every of which he returned for his first profession landing.

Up till now, Harmon was a participant who lived infamously on the unsuitable facet of Ravens historical past as he was the participant who hauled within the game-sealing interception of former franchise quarterback Joe Flacco within the Divisional Spherical of the 2014 playoffs. The play punched the Patriots ticket to Tremendous Bowl 49 the place they’d go on to beat the defending champion Seattle Seahawks and despatched the Ravens residence packing.

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As for what he can present this 12 months’s Ravens’ staff that has championship aspirations of their very own, Harmon nonetheless possesses spectacular ball expertise and shall be nice depth behind fourth-year professional Geno Stone who’s slated to begin instead of the injured Williams for the second 12 months in a row.

The Ravens are grateful that they nonetheless have Stone and for the invaluable expertise he was in a position to achieve in his seven-game stint as a starter in 2022 when Williams was out with a dislocated wrist. The 2020 seventh-round choose completed the 12 months with 38 complete tackles, a pressured fumble, a fumble restoration, and a cross breakup.

“I nonetheless really feel actually good about our protection as a result of Geno goes to be Geno,” Head Coach John Harbaugh stated Monday. “He’s not going to attempt to be Marcus [Williams], and he’s going to play the best way he performs, and he’s confirmed he can play very properly again there. So, I’ve all the arrogance on the planet in Geno, Daryl Worley and anyone we would herald right here. We now have some choices. However these guys particularly Geno who’s finished it earlier than”

If and when Harmon is activated for normal season motion, he’d permit Defensive Coordinator Mike Macdonald the schematic flexibility to make the most of Stone and second-year security Kyle Hamilton in several methods by nonetheless with the ability to confidently deploy a number of security units.