ExtremeRavens Posted July 30 Posted July 30 For the second straight year, Ravens outside linebacker Malik Hamm’s season has ended before it started with the Baltimore native landing on injured reserve, this time with a knee injury. The team announced the move just before the start of Tuesday afternoon’s practice in Owings Mills. “Losing Hamm was tough,” defensive coordinator Zach Orr said Tuesday after practice. The Ravens haven’t yet disclosed specifics of the injury, but landing on injured reserve marks the second straight year the former undrafted free agent has suffered a season-ending blow. Last season, Hamm, who played at City College before twice being named Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year at Lafayette, suffered an ankle injury during the preseason and spent the year on injured reserve. He’s also the second outside linebacker to have suffered an injury, with third-round rookie Adisa Isaac still out from a hamstring injury he suffered during rookie minicamp. “We’re still excited about Adisa,” Orr said when asked if he’s worried about the Ravens being suddenly thin at the position. “But I think we have guys who can carry the load until Adisa gets back. “You’d like to have another guy since Hamm went down, but those guys are competing and doing a good job.” Last preseason, Hamm had a sack against the Philadelphia Eagles and two tackles and a forced fumble against the Washington Commanders before being placed on injured reserve. This year, he was expected to be a possible contributor in a reserve role to a mostly young and largely unproven outside linebacker group that also includes veteran Kyle Van Noy, 2021 first-round pick Odafe Oweh and 2022 second-round pick David Ojabo, who is coming off a torn ACL that ended his season in Week 3 last year. In a corresponding move, the Ravens signed veteran outside linebacker and Randallstown native Quincy Roche. Roche, 26, played at New Town High School before going on to the University of Miami and later became a sixth-round pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2021. He was waived by the Steelers that summer and signed with the New York Giants, where he played 17 games over two seasons, recording 40 tackles, 2 1/2 sacks and a forced fumble. Roche spent last season on the Minnesota Vikings’ practice squad before becoming a free agent. View the full article Quote
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