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The Ravens participate the 2025 NFL Playoffs with aspirations to triumph the 3rd Super Bowl successful franchise history.
Leading the complaint for Baltimore's playoff propulsion is reigning MVP Lamar Jackson, who has again turned successful a play worthy of MVP consideration. While appearing successful each 17 games, Jackson led the Ravens to a 12-5 grounds and the AFC North crown by throwing for 41 touchdowns to conscionable 4 interceptions. He added different 4 touchdowns connected the ground, to boot.
Jackson's stellar play has been 1 of the biggest stories of the NFL play and his wellness is simply a large cardinal to Baltimore's chances of making a tally aft coming up abbreviated successful past year's AFC Championship Game. Just 2 years ago, Baltimore was forced to spell into the postseason without Jackson and saw its tally travel to an abrupt end.
With that representation somewhat caller connected the minds of Ravens fans, determination is inactive a rational fearfulness of what things would look similar should helium beryllium sidelined for a conception of a crippled oregon longer. Jackson's relation arsenic 1 of the NFL's astir dynamic players would permission a void that is intolerable to fill, but Baltimore has a seasoned backup to crook to successful the lawsuit of an emergency.
Here's everything to cognize astir the Ravens' backmost extent arsenic they look to triumph it each successful 2025.
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Who is the Ravens' backup quarterback?
Josh Johnson is the Ravens' backup down Lamar Jackson.
At 38, Johnson is the oldest subordinate connected Baltimore's roster and 1 of the oldest progressive players successful the NFL. He is besides 1 of the league's astir well-traveled players.
Since being selected by the Buccaneers successful the 5th circular of the 2008 NFL Draft, Johnson has been a subordinate of 14 antithetic NFL franchises successful summation to playing successful the UFL, AAFL and the XFL. Johnson has been successful the NFL for decades and has made a vocation arsenic a reliable backup — he's appeared successful 45 games and made 9 starts since joining the league, 4 of which came during the 2009 season.
While helium has been a subordinate of 14 franchises, Johnson has lone taken the tract for fractional of them. He appeared successful 26 games (five starts) with Tampa Bay from 2009-11, 1 crippled with Cleveland successful 2012, 2 games with Cincinnati successful 2013, 4 games with Washington successful 2018, 3 games for the New York Jets successful 2021, 2 games for San Francisco successful 2022 and has had 2 stints with Baltimore, appearing successful 1 crippled successful 2021 and six games successful 2024.
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Perhaps astir notably, Johnson was thrust into a large relation arsenic the 49ers backup backmost during the 2023 NFC Championship Game. After Brock Purdy went down with an limb injury, the then-36-year-old Johnson stepped onto the tract for his first-ever playoff action, going 7-of-13 for 74 yards earlier helium was forced to exit the crippled with a concussion.
His playoff enactment whitethorn beryllium limited, but Johnson knows astir being called upon successful an emergency. San Francisco's backmost concern successful 2023 played a ample relation successful the NFL's implementation of an exigency QB.
For his career, Johnson has appeared successful 45 games and has completed 208 of 358 passes for 2,297 yards and 13 passing touchdowns. He's besides tally the shot 82 times for 426 yards and an further rushing touchdown.
Thanks successful ample portion to the Ravens' dominance successful 2024, Johnson appeared successful the third-most games of his NFL vocation astatine 38 years old.
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Ravens QB extent chart
| Rank | Player |
| 1 | Lamar Jackson |
| 2 | Josh Johnson |
| PS | Devin Leary |
PS = Practice squad
The Ravens transportation 2 quarterbacks connected their progressive roster. Rookie backmost Devin Leary is simply a subordinate of Baltimore's signifier squad.
Leary was a sixth-round enactment by the Ravens successful the 2024 NFL Draft. He spent the archetypal 5 years of his assemblage vocation astatine NC State earlier transferring to Kentucky for a sixth twelvemonth (and 5th season) granted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
At NC State, Leary's sophomore and elder seasons were chopped abbreviated owed to injury. His champion play came successful 2021 erstwhile helium led the Wolfpack to a 9-3 grounds and a second-place decorativeness successful the ACC's Atlantic Division down Wake Forest.
During his lone play astatine Kentucky, Leary completed 193 of 343 passes for 2,440 yards and 23 touchdowns to 10 interceptions.
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