The Ravens signed All-Professional defensive deal with Justin Madubuike to an enormous four-year, $98 million contract extension this offseason following his 2023 marketing campaign by which he registered a career-high 56 tackles and 13 sacks.
Madubuike was greater than deserving of his long-term deal as he confirmed regular enchancment over the primary 4 years of his NFL profession.
Now his fellow teammate on the inside of Baltimore’s defensive position, Travis Jones, is hoping to make an analogous leap this season.
Jones, a third-round decide in 2022, has executed his finest to take advantage of his alternatives however completed with simply 1.5 sacks in his second season.
The 24-year-old hopes to quadruple that quantity in his third 12 months.
“I simply need to go on the market and dominate and enhance off the issues I did final 12 months and simply hold being higher, stacking days,” Jones mentioned, by way of the workforce’s web site. “I believe I need to go on the market for like 5, six sacks, not less than. Naked minimal.”
That’s fairly a lofty objective for Jones, who will nonetheless must battle for taking part in time with Madubuike and fellow defensive linemen Michael Pierce, Broderick Washington and Brent City.
Nonetheless, Jones has put within the work this offseason to succeed in these targets. He revealed he is all the way down to 330 kilos after taking part in final season at 345.
Defensive position coach Dennis Johnson wouldn’t be stunned if Jones had a Madubuike-like breakout.
“You need to speak about consideration to element, that is how he approaches every single day,'” Johnson added. “Whether or not it is soccer faculty or it has been OTAs, within the conferences; I believe he must be [able to have success]. He has to proceed to work – which I do know he’ll – however he’ll be in that sort of place to have a profitable season.”
If Jones could make the leap that he and his coaches suppose he can, he may quickly obtain a Madubuike-like payday, too.
