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Baltimore adds practice-squad QB two days before Thursday game, creating three-deep room as Lamar Jackson navigates four games in 18 days.
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The Baltimore Ravens signed quarterback Kedon Slovis from Green Bay's practice squad on Tuesday, filing the transaction 48 hours before their Week 9 Thursday Night Football game against Cincinnati. The move creates a three-deep quarterback room behind Lamar Jackson, who has missed zero games this season but whose injury history makes depth chart planning a perpetual front-office exercise.
Slovis, 26, spent the first seven weeks of the 2024 season on Green Bay's practice squad after going undrafted out of BYU in 2023. He threw for 10,894 yards across five college seasons at USC and Pittsburgh before transferring to Provo, where he completed 64.2% of his passes in his final year. Baltimore's depth chart now reads Jackson, Josh Johnson (37 years old, 16 career starts across 11 NFL stops), and Slovis. The Ravens waived an unnamed player to create the roster spot, details not yet filed with the league office.
The timing reflects Baltimore's operational reality: you cannot practice a backup quarterback on a short week if he is not on the roster. Johnson has been Jackson's primary backup since signing in August, but his age and the Thursday turnaround create a narrow window for on-field reps. Slovis gives offensive coordinator Todd Monken a third arm for scout-team work and eliminates the scenario where an in-game Jackson injury forces Johnson into live action without a rostered contingency behind him. The Ravens play four games in 18 days between now and November 17, including road trips to Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Los Angeles. Depth chart math changes when your franchise quarterback absorbs 12 designed runs per game.
The front office is also managing contract exposure. Jackson's five-year, $260 million extension signed in April 2023 carries zero fully guaranteed money beyond 2024, but injury clauses and performance incentives create sliding-scale risk if he misses extended time. Baltimore's salary cap sits $4.2 million under the ceiling as of this week, tight enough that carrying three quarterbacks instead of two represents a real allocation choice. Slovis will earn roughly $12,600 per week on the active roster, a rounding error against Jackson's $52 million cap hit but meaningful when measured against the special-teams gunner or practice-squad tackle who got cut to make room.
What to watch: Slovis's actual game-day elevation. Baltimore can designate two practice-squad players as helmet-eligible each week without burning a roster spot, but signing him to the 53-man roster suggests they want him available without weekly paperwork. The next decision point is whether he dresses Thursday night or stays inactive while Johnson serves as the lone backup. Also watch for coordinator movement: if Monken leaves for a head-coaching job in January (his name circulates annually), the new offensive coordinator will inherit a quarterback room built for Jackson's dual-threat skill set, and Slovis's preseason tape shows none of that mobility. The Ravens' next four opponents rank 8th, 14th, 21st, and 9th in sacks allowed, meaning pocket stress is coming.
Jackson practices Wednesday. Slovis signs paperwork. Johnson turns 38 in May. The depth chart has three names, but only one matters until the moment he does not finish a drive.
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