Recently, the Baltimore Ravens dropped to 1-4 on the young 2025 NFL season with a home loss to the Houston Texans . While the offense predictably struggled in the absence of Lamar Jackson, the Ravens' defense, which was already putrid even when healthy, was dealing with various injuries and was eviscerated by the Texans' offense.
With the season quickly slipping away, the Ravens are grasping at straws to try to stay in the mix, and on Tuesday, the team made a move to try to give them some depth on the defensive side of the ball.
“V eteran safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson is signing with the #Ravens practice squad, per his agent Kevin Conner of (Universal Sports & Entertainment Mgmt. LLC),” reported NFL insider Tom Pelissero on X, formerly Twitter. “ With Baltimore's defense so b