Update: Ravens sign Mustipher

[UOK]

[Moriarty]

Not Atlanta?

[RustinFields]

Fuck em up, Sam

[Heinz D.]

Sign that man up, Ravens!!!

[Shadow]

I hope they sign him!

[UOK]

Ravens sign him, our long national nightmare is over.

[RichH55]

Gonna be rough for the folks who think Ravens can do no wrong - but Mustipher is the Anti-Christ

I hope it happens

[HisRoyalSweetness]

Shame our new interior DL won't get an opportunity to face him this year... assuming he even gets to play.

[dplank]

When guys like Sam Mustipher are still on your depth chart late into the off season, you know your work isn't done on the OL. When they aren't, it's a clear sign that things are in a much better state of affairs.

[Arkansasbear]

I think it's a good signing for them.

He clearly isn't going to be starting but he should be a solid backup with lots of experience starting in case he has to step in for a limited time.

[Shadow]

Sam Mustopher is the epitome of a Traffic Cone on the playing field.

[wab]

Sam Mustopher is the epitome of a Traffic Cone on the playing field.

Yet he's started almost every game and is still being signed by teams.

[south pacific]

I read he was signed to a 4 year contract? If true the Ravens must be starting him, not a camp body or backup.

edit: I am wrong

On Monday, the Baltimore Ravens agreed to terms with former Bears’ offensive lineman Sam Mustipher on a one-year deal, per The Athletic’s Jeff Zrebiec.


Mustipher, 26, is a Maryland native from Owings Mills, where the Ravens’ practice facility is, so this signing represents a homecoming. After going undrafted in 2019 he was signed by the Chicago Bears and has since started 40 of 43 games over three years. He’s been the Bears’ starting center for the past two seasons and has played over 1,000 offensive snaps in back-to-back years.


The Ravens have Tyler Linderbaum entrenched at the position but lost backup Trystan Colon in free agency, so this a needed depth signing. In the draft, the Ravens added two offensive lineman in the draft but neither is a center and one is not set to play in 2023 (Andrew Vorhees).

Patrick Mekari is the only other “center” capable player on the roster but he’s also a backup offensive tackle and could compete for the starting left guard role. So, the Ravens likely sought to have another interior lineman in the room, where Mustipher fits in. It wouldn’t be totally surprising either to see the Ravens give Mustipher snaps at offensive guard this summer too, as they have a tendency to shuffle offensive lineman around in different spots.

In 2022, Mustipher committed four penalties, allowed two sacks, and graded out with a 63.4 mark from Pro Football Focus. He was the 18th-highest graded center and his run blocking grade of 65.5 ranked No. 16 at the position.

[HisRoyalSweetness]

[Shadow]

Sam Mustopher is the epitome of a Traffic Cone on the playing field.

Yet he's started almost every game and is still being signed by teams.

Teams still need cones for drills and testing tryout players

[dplank]

Lol....look, the guy isn't the worst player ever or anything and he definitely took a beating from Chicago fans - unfairly honestly. I view him being projected on a roster as a canary in a coal mine style indicator of your talent level. If he's there as purely a backup player, then fine, you can't have top shelf players at all 53 roster positions. But if you are heading into camp thinking he's a viable starting option for you, then you've failed at GM'ing IMO.

[The Marshall Plan]

Maybe Mustipher is like the Jack Haley to Future HOF LB Roquan Smith’s Dennis Rodman?