TODAY, 6:05pm: Robinson has officially signed his contract with the Ravens, according to Aaron Wilson of ProFootballNetwork.com (on Twitter). It’s a one-year deal for the receiver worth $1.035MM, including $895K in guaranteed money. This is a significant bump on the $320K guarantee Robinson got from the Raiders, who ended up releasing him last week.
August 19, 3:35pm: Demarcus Robinson‘s stay on the open market appears to have been very short-lived. The veteran wideout met with the Ravens earlier today, and is expected to sign with them, reports NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport (Twitter link). 
Robinson signed with the Raiders in March, remaining in the AFC West after playing in Kansas City for the first six years of his career. Over that time, he saw a regular role in the team’s passing game (with the exception of his rookie season), seeing the field for between 40% and 70% of offensive snaps.
His most productive campaign came in 2020, when he hauled in 45 catches for 466 yards and three touchdowns. That contrasted with quieter seasons like 2021, though, which resulted in just 264 receiving yards. Nevertheless, the Florida alum was expected to somewhat comfortably make Las Vegas’ roster as a secondary piece to the team’s passing attack. Instead, he was among the Raiders’ first round of cuts earlier this week.
In Baltimore, Robinson will provide a veteran presence to one of the least experienced receiver rooms in the league. Baltimore has long been considered a landing spot for at least one veteran wideout, after the team lost Marquise Brown, Sammy Watkins and Miles Boykin this offseason and declined to draft any replacements. 2021 first-rounder Rashod Bateman is set to take on the No. 1 role, but the rest of the depth chart consists of unproven recent draftees Devin Duvernay, James Proche and Tylan Wallace – the latter two of whom are currently dealing with injuries.
Robinson should therefore have a relatively clear path to a roster spot and a rotational role with the Ravens. He might not start on a full-time basis, but he should provide the team with insurance behind Duvernay and Proche in particular. The Ravens entered the day with just under $9.5MM in cap space, leaving plenty of room for an addition such as this one. Given Robinson’s recent release, the deal likely won’t eat too much into that total, but it could prove to be worthwhile in filling a widely-perceived roster hole on a potential AFC contender.
Makes sense. You need a legit #1 and since none of them will come here, you sign somebody else’s cast off #4.
He couldn’t make 5 or 6 with the Raiders
Good fit for D-Rob. He’s not a great receiver, but is an upgrade over what they have. And he is a very good downfield blocker that will contribute in the Ravens’ unique offense.
When they gonna make kc change their name
What?
When they gonna make kc change their name. Also your name long af and ends w a banana what that about
I mean…this makes sense. All of the guys who aren’t Bateman are under 6’ and you kind of need a different look to throw at teams. None of the young guys at WR are popping and this isn’t an offense reliant on great WRs. Move makes sense.
Stop it. We need to collectively overreact to a depth signing for the league minimum
They just cut 6’2” WR Jaylon Moore. He’s over 6′ and would be a lot cheaper than Robinson who won’t factor in significantly anyway.
Jaylon Moore was 5’11.
Not according to PFR.
Not that hard to google. His pre-draft measurables, his player card pretty much everywhere.
Except PFR
If that’s your only point of contention is “PFR says” then you can see why I’m going to continue to make fun of you. Okay, PFR says. When he was legitimately measured, he was measured at 5’11”. So dying “PFR says” over and over doesn’t make you less wrong.
It makes them wrong, not me for relaying their information. Go make fun of PFR.
You keep saying it like it makes it different. You’re the one quoting them. And continuing to say “it’s PFR’a fault”. Own your wrong comment.
The comment was based on PFR’s information. Go take it up with them.
Different way to look at this – Ravens dropped Boykins for Robinson.
Not a huge move but if he provides depth and can block while he’s in there. then it’s an easy decision.
Right this second, cutting Boykin still looks weird. He’s big even thought he doesn’t always play that way but it’s an extra big body amongst the smaller guys.
Boykin is barely clinging onto a roster spot with his current team.
Robinson doesn’t have a good target/catch ratio – which means he can’t separate.
You can’t infer that conclusion based off that stat alone. While that is a very possible and likely probable conclusion, there are more factors that further play into target to catch ratio. For example, the types of routes KC asked him to run could play a role, or D.Rob being the 3rd or 4th read could also factor into how closely contested the catch was that he was forced to make…
I’m just saying one Stat rarely ever tells the entire story, except people commonly MISUSE stats solely to fit whichever narrative they’re trying to spin.