Ravens offer truthful offseason message to Diego Pavia originally appeared on The Sporting News.
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The Baltimore Ravens took a flier on undrafted quarterback Diego Pavia, who was a Heisman trophy runner-up in the NFL Draft.
With the Ravens signing him to a three-year deal, Pavia now has the chance to try to establish himself on the Ravens’ quarterback depth chart.
Seen as a rather polarizing figure, Pavia has to reel that in because now that he’s in the NFL, he’s at the bottom of the depth chart, and he has to work his way up.
And head coach Jesse Minter isn’t about to grant any favors.
“So now he’s in the door and it’s like, ‘Show us what you can do,'” Minter said via ESPN’s Jamison Hensley. “And just like all the undrafted rookies, that’s what I would say.”
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Pavia faces uphill battle
With Lamar Jackson and Tyler Huntley at the top of the depth chart, it is going to take something Herculean for Pavia to get on the field in 2026.
But as the third-string quarterback? That’s a role that Pavia can take with both hands…if he’s good enough, that is.
Set to battle it out with Joe Fagnano over the course of the offseason, there is going to be a chance for Pavia to prove his worth, and as Minter stated, the rookie has to show the franchise what he’s got.
Whether that will be good enough remains to be seen.
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