Diontae Johnson and the Baltimore Ravens’ relationship is fractured beyond measure. The team announced that, by mutual agreement with him, They decided to excuse the wide receiver from all Week 16 activities.. This comes after the University of Toledo graduate was suspended for one game for attitudes detrimental to the team by not wanting to play in the Week 13 loss against the Philadelphia Eagles.
Baltimore acquired Johnson in trade with the Carolina Panthers along with a sixth-round selection from the 2025 Draft for a fifth-round pick from the same recruiting process. However, according to Football Reference, the wide receiver only played 39 snaps on offense in four games with the Ravens. During that period He only caught one of six passes thrown his way for six yards.; one of the incomplete shipments was dropped.
The Ravens will host the Pittsburgh SteelersJohnson’s former team, in Week 16 in a very important matchup in the race for the AFC North division crown. Head coach John Harbaugh declared that he will focus only on the opponent in turn and will not allow the wide receiver to be a distraction. Even without Johnson, the Ravens have Zay Flowers, Rashod Bateman, Nelson Agholor, Devontez Walker and Tylan Wallace.
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Diontae Johnson will be a free agent at the end of the season
One of Johnson’s advantages is that At the end of the 2024 season he will be able to have a new start because he will be a free agent. The contract extension he signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2022 will expire at the end of the campaign. Financially, for the Ravens it was a bargain since, based on information from Spotrac, they only have to pay him $625,000.
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