ExtremeRavens Posted August 30, 2024 Posted August 30, 2024 Tyler Huntley is returning to Baltimore. The former Ravens quarterback, who signed with the Cleveland Browns in the offseason but was released Thursday, is signing with Baltimore’s practice squad, a source with direct knowledge of the move confirmed to The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore had an open spot after filling out the group earlier in the week. The move also gives the Ravens two quarterbacks on the practice squad — for now — with Huntley joining rookie sixth-round draft pick Devin Leary, who was waived Tuesday but re-signed a day later. Currently, Baltimore has quarterbacks Lamar Jackson and Josh Johnson on its active roster. But after a potential rule change that would have allowed NFL teams unlimited practice squad elevations for their third/emergency quarterback was vetoed last month by the NFL Players Association, coach John Harbaugh said that decision could impact how the team handles its third quarterback. Now, just as it was last season, the third/emergency quarterback does not count against a team’s 48-player game day roster limit, but only if the quarterback is on the 53-man roster. “We were kind of counting on the rule,” Harbaugh said earlier this week. “They vetoed it for whatever good reason that they had, and we’ll have to change our thinking on that.” Leary’s struggles in the preseason perhaps also played a part. In parts of three games, Leary completed just 15 of 28 passes for 95 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions. Huntley, meanwhile, also appeared in three preseason games for the Browns and completed 37 of 51 passes for 322 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions. He also ran for 46 yards, averaging 5.8 per carry. But with Cleveland already having Deshaun Watson, veteran Jameis Winston and second-year quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson, there was no room for Huntley. Huntley, 26, who signed with the Ravens as an undrafted free agent out of Utah in 2020, spent his first four years in the league with Baltimore, earning Pro Bowl honors as an injury replacement in 2022. Last season, he played in five games for the Ravens, almost entirely in mop-up duty, with one start in a meaningless season finale against the Pittsburgh Steelers with the Ravens having already wrapped up the top seed in the AFC. For the year, he completed 21 of 37 passes for 203 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions. In four seasons with the Ravens, Huntley has started nine games, completing 64.6% of his passes for 1,957 yards with eight touchdowns with seven interceptions. He also has 509 career rushing yards with three scores, though infamously fumbled on a fourth-down, goal-line sneak in a 2023 divisional round playoff loss against the Bengals with Cincinnati’s Sam Hubbard returning the ball 98 yards for a touchdown in what ended up being the deciding score. With Huntley becoming a free agent at the end of last season, the Ravens decided to not bring him back. But with a lack of experience on the roster, they changed their mind once he became available again. View the full article Quote
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