Robinson Is Done for the Year. The Edge Depth Was Already Thin.

Tavius Robinson suffered a season-ending pectoral injury, the Ravens confirmed Thursday, and the timing is about as bad as it gets for a position that was already one of Baltimore's more fragile spots. Robinson was the third edge rusher on the depth chart behind Calais Campbell and Trey Hendrickson — not a starter, but the kind of body that matters when the guys ahead of him are 40 years old and working on a short rotation.

Campbell is still the anchor here, and at 40 he's been doing the job. But the drop from Campbell to Hendrickson was already steep, and behind Hendrickson there's now essentially nothing with meaningful playing time logged. The Ravens' reporting on Robinson's injury noted the team will lean on young depth to fill the void — which is the right framing, and also a polite way of saying they're going to find out quickly what they have.

This doesn't change the Week 7 picture against Cincinnati by itself. The bigger story going into Sunday remains whether Lamar Jackson's ankle holds up enough for him to play. But Robinson's loss is the kind of thing that compounds quietly — one more name off a defense that's already carrying an aging starter at defensive tackle in John Jenkins and a secondary hole that hasn't been addressed. The Ravens are 4–2 and in first place. The margin for more attrition is getting narrower.