{"id":644912,"date":"2025-12-04T16:00:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T15:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=644912"},"modified":"2025-12-04T16:01:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T15:01:03","slug":"raven-bet-big-on-mark-andrews-is-the-three-year-extension-a-steal-or-a-splash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/raven-bet-big-on-mark-andrews-is-the-three-year-extension-a-steal-or-a-splash\/","title":{"rendered":"Raven Bet Big on TE Mark Andrews &#8211; Is the Three-Year Extension a Steal or a Splash?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nfl\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Baltimore Ravens<\/a> made it official Wednesday. Franchise icon Mark Andrews isn&rsquo;t going anywhere. The three-time Pro Bowler and the team agreed to a three-year, $39.3 million extension that includes $26 million guaranteed, removing the pending free agent from the open market and keeping one of Lamar Jackson&rsquo;s favorite targets in purple and black.<\/p><p>Andrews leads the Ravens in career receiving yards 5,862, receptions 473, and total touchdowns 57 among tight ends, has had a great career in the NFL and is 30 years old. <\/p><blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DR0Y9wxFaxk\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DR0Y9wxFaxk\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div> <div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\"><div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\"> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div> <div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: auto;\"> <div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div><\/div><\/div> <div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\"> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/a><p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DR0Y9wxFaxk\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>A post shared by Baltimore Ravens (@ravens)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">General Manager Eric DeCosta Had High Praises for Mark Andrews<\/h2><p>General manager Eric DeCosta didn&rsquo;t mince words. <strong><em>&ldquo;Mark is a Raven for life: a top-tier competitor and a pro-bowl tight end, and he&rsquo;s also an important part of our Baltimore community.&rdquo;<\/em><\/strong> With the tight end market continuing to climb and Andrews still producing at age 30, the Ravens chose certainty over the risk of losing their all-time great. <\/p><p>The question now is, does the price match the production for a contender built to win right now?<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is the Deal Worth It for Baltimore?<\/h2><p>Mark Andrews signed a huge deal with the <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nfl\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Ravens<\/a>, but the extension does not exactly match the production from him this season. He has played in 12 games this season, but has put up career low numbers with only 332 yards on 37 receptions and 5 TDs. <\/p><p>Andrews is 71st in catches without an injury. He&rsquo;s tied with 49ers&rsquo; TE George Kittle, who&rsquo;s played four fewer games and Dolphins&rsquo; WR Malik Washington. He missed seven games in 2023 with an injury, only 55 catches in the 2024 season, and dropped the most important catch of the season last year against the Bills in the divisional round, sending his team home. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Call me a hater all you want but I just don&rsquo;t understand the Mark Andrews extension at all <br><br>He&rsquo;s had a drop problem lately <br>Playoff choker \/ ZERO playoff tds <br>30 years old <br><br>He&rsquo;s just not the same player he once was<\/p>&mdash; &#120405;&#120406;&#120408;&#120413;&#129446;&reg; (@NewEraZach) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewEraZach\/status\/1996350239952023582?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>December 3, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Andrews is definitely on the decline and the $26 million guarantee, might have been an overpay from Baltimore. While he was one of the best tight ends in the NFL, the deal might not be as worth it as the Ravens may think. Signing Andrews to another three-year extension may also hinder TE Isaiah Likely&rsquo;s growth, who&rsquo;s been waiting for his chance patiently. <\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Baltimore Ravens made it official Wednesday. Franchise icon Mark Andrews isn&rsquo;t going anywhere. The three-time Pro Bowler and the team agreed to a three-year, $39.3 million extension that includes $26 million guaranteed, removing the pending free agent from the open market and keeping one of Lamar Jackson&rsquo;s favorite targets in purple and black. Andrews [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":644913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[10,2880,82],"class_list":["post-644912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-mark-andrews","tag-nfl"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Raven Bet Big on TE Mark Andrews - Is the Three-Year Extension a Steal or a Splash? - The Playoffs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tight End Mark Andrews signed a huge $39.3 M three-year extension with the Baltimore Ravens, but is it worth it?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/raven-bet-big-on-mark-andrews-is-the-three-year-extension-a-steal-or-a-splash\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Raven Bet Big on TE Mark Andrews - Is the Three-Year Extension a Steal or a Splash? 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