Lamm Retires; Baltimore's Offensive Line Plan Takes Another Hit

Kendall Lamm retired Thursday, the second offensive tackle Baltimore has lost to retirement in less than two weeks. Hakeem Adeniji went first, unexpectedly, on August 4. The Ravens signed Lamm specifically to fill that hole. Now Lamm is gone too, and the team is back to searching at a position they thought they'd already addressed.

The timing is uncomfortable. Baltimore came into this offseason with offensive line protection as its stated priority — the No. 14 overall pick on guard Vega Ioane, a one-year deal for center Ethan Pocic, the whole offseason framed around keeping Lamar Jackson upright and opening lanes for Derrick Henry. Two veteran tackles walking away in rapid succession doesn't undo that investment, but it does leave the tackle depth chart thinner than the front office planned for at this point in camp.

Gerad Lichtenhan is now the third name on the OT depth chart behind Alejandro Villanueva. That's where things stand. The Ravens will need to find another body, whether that's a camp addition or someone already in the building getting a longer look than expected.

This is the third significant personnel disruption in about two weeks, following the Wiggins injury scare and the Flowers quad contusion. None of them are catastrophic on their own. Together, they're making a roster that was already managing a lot of moving pieces manage a few more.