The Ravens continue to seek out options on the veteran wide receiver market. Josh Reynolds will head to Baltimore for a visit tomorrow, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. 
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Reynolds began his career with the Rams, operating as a secondary receiving option for much of his first three years in Los Angeles. He took on starting duties in 2020, though, and he posted a career-best 52 catches and 618 yards that year. The former fourth-rounder joined the Titans in free agency off the back of that production, but things did not go according to plan in Nashville.
Playing on a one-year, $1.75MM pact, Reynolds was unable to carve out a role in Tennessee. He asked for and was granted his release, leading to a waiver claim by the Lions in 2021. With Detroit, the 29-year-old found more consistent playing time and earned a two-year, $12MM deal during the subsequent offseason. Reynolds remained a key member of the Lions’ attack over the past two years, totaling 78 catches, 1,078 yards and eight touchdowns in that span.
The Ravens will not have Odell Beckham Jr. in the fold for 2024, and the team is in search of a replacement for his complementary production from last season. Fellow veteran Nelson Agholor was retained earlier in the offseason, and former first-rounders Zay Flowers and Rashod Bateman are on their respective rookie contracts. With tight end Mark Andrews also in the fold, any WR addition will be joining the Ravens in a bid to serve in a rotational capacity and fill a depth role in the pass-catching pecking order.
Reynolds – who has averaged 13.3 yards per catch in his career – could fit the bill. The Lions have Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jameson Williams and Kalif Raymond in place at the WR spot; the team also signed Tre’Quan Smith to a futures deal in January. Reynolds could thus be on the move for the third time in his career this offseason, and a Baltimore deal would make sense. The Ravens (a team which added offensive lineman Josh Jones earlier today) entered Thursday with just under $14MM in cap space.
Sign him.
Josh Reynolds without Ben Johnson and Goff/Amon-Ra is replacement level, or J-A-G. If Ravens sign him expecting him to operate as a strict #2 WR they are going to be pretty disappointed, just like the Rams and Titans were.
Johnson is one of the best at scheming his skill positions open, and Goff is one of the most accurate QBs in the 10 to 15 yard downfield range, and Amon-Ra (and LaPorta) demanded attention from multiple guys every snap.
A slower, coming off big injury Andrews and talented but still unproven and raw Flowers are not gonna loosen defenses over the middle to cloak Reynolds weaknesses.
This is a classic case of a player having more value to one team, his current team, because of fit & scheme over what he offers the other 31. That is what SO SO many teams make poor judgements on every single NFL Free Agency period.
I like Reynolds. As a Lions fan I didn’t at first because he seemed to be coasting and not giving his all, pulling up on deep balls, not diving, running thru contact, etc, but he’s grown up as a player and seemed to be past that stuff. But those drops in the NFC Title Game will haunt all Lions fans for a long time.
I wish him the best, and while I wouldn’t mind him being back in the D, I only would love it if it came on a 2 or 3m a year, vet min type deal, which obviously someone with his age and experience isn’t looking for right now.
Reynolds single handedly(ironic because he has no hands) ended the Lions season.