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By Reice Shipley
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The Baltimore Ravens have struggled in the first quarter of the 2025 season, particularly on the defensive side of the ball, where they have allowed the most points in the NFL through five weeks. And this led to the organization shaking things up in a trade with the Los Angeles Chargers on Tuesday.
Baltimore had high hopes for Odafe Oweh when they selected former Penn State standout Odafe Oweh in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft. But this far, Oweh has been extremely underwhelming in 2025, failing to record a single sack in his five games played.
Oweh's drop-off in production came as a bit of a shock to most, as it seemed as if he may have turned a corner in 2024, recording the first double-digit sack season of his career. But instead, it seems like the Ravens have run out of ways to utilize him, instead opting to move him in a deal with the Chargers on Tuesday.
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According to NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport, the Chargers will acquire Oweh and a future seventh-round pick from the Ravens. Meanwhile, the Ravens will get back six-year NFL veteran safety Alohi Gilman and a fifth-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.
Obviously, the increase in future draft capital for the Ravens in this move doesn't hurt. But the Ravens will also get a player in Gilman who has blossomed into an incredibly capable starter for the Chargers thus far this season.
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It's also notable that this move will reunite Gilman with Kyle Hamilton, as the two played together in 2019 at Notre Dame during Hamilton's true freshman season.
Given Odafe Oweh's struggles in 2025 and the Ravens issues in the secondary thus far this season, this move makes all the sense in the world on paper for a Ravens defense looking for answers in any way possible.
Things certainly don't appear as if they can get much worse for the Ravens on defense. So at the very least, this deal should be a warning to everyone on the Ravens defense that their spot certainly isn't guaranteed if struggles continue moving forward.
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