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Video Shows Ronnie Stanley Walking Without Limp

Left tackle is dealing with ankle injury.
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Video Shows Ronnie Stanley Walking Without Limp
Video Shows Ronnie Stanley Walking Without Limp

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Baltimore Ravens

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — A video has surfaced of Ravens left tackle Ronnie Stanley walking along the beach.

While it's fairly uneventful, Stanley is walking without a noticeable limp, which shows some progress from his ankle injury.

Ravens GM Eric DeCosta was confident that Stanley will be fully healthy for the 2022 season following ankle surgery.

Stanley played in the regular-season opener against the Las Vegas Raiders but never appeared in another game because he aggravated the injury.

That left not only a huge void at tackle but also handicapped the Ravens in the free-agent market because of Stanley's salary, which amounted to $10 million in salary-cap space.

"It’s something that I’ve thought about quite a bit, and it’s probably my mistake – I don’t want to use ‘assuming,’ but expecting that Ronnie [Stanley] would come back this year full-strength," DeCosta said. "Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case. There’s probably a lot of blame to go around; ultimately, I’m the guy that has to talk to the various doctors and trainers and make a decision and determination at that position.

"My understanding and belief were that Ronnie would come back this year and play really good football for us, be healthy, be strong and be ready to go, and he wasn’t."

Last year, the Ravens moved Alejandro Villanueva from right tackle to the left side to replace Stanley, but he had some struggles. 

DeCosta is hopeful Stanley will be ready to resume his spot on the left side of the line.

"I'm optimistic," he said. "I truly believe that Ronnie is going to be back this year and play good football, play winning football and become, again, the Ronnie Stanley that was an All-Pro left tackle. If he can do that, that will be a huge, huge advantage for us moving forward.

"That being said, one of, probably, the points of emphasis this year is the offensive line, how do we improve and how can we get better." 

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Todd Karpovich
TODD KARPOVICH

Twitter: @toddkarpovich Email: todd.karpovich@gmail.com Skype: todd.karpovich Todd Karpovich has been a contributor for ESPN, Forbes, the Associated Press, Lindy's, and The Baltimore Sun, among other media outlets nationwide. He is the co-author of “If These Walls Could Talk: Stories from the Baltimore Ravens Sideline, Locker Room, and Press Box,” “Skipper Supreme: Buck Showalter and the Baltimore Orioles,” and the author of “Manchester United (Europe's Best Soccer Clubs).” Karpovich, a Baltimore native, is a graduate of Calvert Hall College high school, Randolph-Macon College in Virginia, and has a Masters of Science from Towson University. 

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