The 2026 NFL season is nearly here! Training camp kicks off next week, and to help get you prepped for the regular season, Yuri (@Yuri_Ravens on X) is previewing each of the Ravens’ position rooms, starting with edge rusher skillsets and scheme fits:
Ravens Edge Rusher Toolkits
- Trey Hendrickson
- Technically refined
- Can either use power (long arm) or speed around the edge
- Punch timing combined with efficient hand usage
- Mike Green
- Ghost and speed rushes, as well aa cross chop
- Bend around the edge and ankle flexion
- Zion Young
- 55.1 % of pass rush wins with a power move (bull rush/long arm)
- Will kick inside occasionally
- Tavius Robinson
- Bull rush/long arm, will also flash an arm over
- Alignment versatile
How do they fit in Jesse Minter’s scheme?
The Chargers relied on a four-man rush 72.6% of the time in 2025. They often used stunts and twists to game players into favorable matchups and momentum. Minter’s system asks EDGEs to maintain
gap integrity, maintaining a “reacting front” – which emphasizes discipline, assignment execution, and funneling runs inside.
Minter will also roll out pressure packages with three edge rushers. In 2024, Joey Bosa, Khalil Mack and Tuli Tuipulotu shared the field on 44 such dropbacks. On those snaps, they produced 10 sacks and a 22.7% sack rate. Mack was stationary at one edge spot while Tuipulotu and Bosa were moved around.
Who will be the Ravens’ 5th EDGE?
- Adisa Isaac
- 30 snaps in first two seasons due to injuries
- Third-round investment may be the only reason he is still on the roster
- Kaimon Rucker
- 2025 UDFA, spent rookie year on practice squad
- 6 pressures, 1 sack last preseason
- Ethan Burke
- Undrafted rookie out of Texas
- Tall, long, and strong – fits versatile mold
- Jadaveon Clowney?
- Former Raven who usually waits until training camp to sign with a new team
- 9 sacks and 40 pressures in 2025 on just 372 snaps
- Other noteworthy FAs include Von Miller, Haason Reddick, and Joey Bosa (who may retire)
