[News] Ravens Agree To Deal With Safety Darian Stewart

[BR News]

The Ravens reached a one-year agreement with the former St. Louis Rams safety.

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[evass#ravensnation]

Who?

[dhartm2]

Don't know much about this guy. I'm still hoping Omar Brown plays gangbusters this offseason and can crack the roster.

[riseNConquer81]

wasnt the idea NOT to have two box safeties? I dont understand.

[PasadenaBullRush]

This is a bit of a head scratcher....

[Drew P]

Meet the new Frank Walker

[JD08]

This is not what I expected...

[Joe Flacco is #1]

This screams draft ha-ha in the first round and let him see if he can win the starting job like Elam did.

[Purple Nurple]

Alrighty then.

[blitzking33]

Depth? Special Teams? Not everyone is expected to be the savior you know.

[Ravenskid52752]

if anybody wants to know he is a FS he's not a SS.

[TheSim]

This is a depth guy at the safety position, obviously he's not a FS so not sure why that's even a question.

[blitzking33]

I'm actually hoping we take Pryor round 1. Pair him with Elo

[Bohica5]

Maybe go O-line in 1st rd now.......

[GO_Ravens]

Good tackler on special teams

[ALSKAN RAVEN FAN]

Welcome to the purple and black Darian.

[AMParis]

I'm not so sure about this signing.. I was hoping they go for someone like Champ Bailey for safety and get that veteran presence and know-how in the backfield again. What happened to looking at the safety from miami that people said would be a good fit?

[BR Vices]

Of course this is a Spagnuolo hiring....

[BmoreBlick]

I don't think Ozzie would plan it out like that, only because he doesn't plan his draft that way. Best player avail is best player avail.

[PasadenaBullRush]

We are already deep at safety we need a starter. Maybe this is insurance just in case they don't grab a starting free safety in the draft and have to keep Matt Elam there. They've also kept in contact with Ihegbo so they possibly didn't get anywhere with his negotiations

[hen826957]

hmm this could be a good pickup an underated pickup I think Stewart is most likely a safety that usually strip the ball away a lot and plus he could become a good player within this system in Baltimore. But Ozzie knows what he doing so I believe in him.

[JGreeno1980]

He will battle with the rest of the young safeties to backup Elams at SS. I believe that is why the door was open for Idhedigbo return. Harbaugh loves competition and not just handing jobs to players. We could still sign Decoud or Clemons.

[ravens2thebowl]

I'm not so sure about this signing.. I was hoping they go for someone like Champ Bailey for safety and get that veteran presence and know-how in the backfield again. What happened to looking at the safety from miami that people said would be a good fit?

I think this is a depth signing.  I assume you are referring to Chris Clemons, who is a strong safety.  We are looking for a free safety, so a guy like Thomas Decoud would be a better fit.

[JGreeno1980]

I'm not so sure about this signing.. I was hoping they go for someone like Champ Bailey for safety and get that veteran presence and know-how in the backfield again. What happened to looking at the safety from miami that people said would be a good fit?

I believe they learned there lesson after the Huff signing.  If we are going to put a 35+ year old safety back there it mind as well be Ed Reed.

[JoeyFlex5]

listed as a strong safety.. ill consider this signing a waste until proven otherwise

[riseNConquer81]

Depth? Special Teams? Not everyone is expected to be the savior you know.

Between Omar Brown, Anthony Levine, Jeromy Miles, Brynden Trawick, and Matt Elam, i think we had more than enough depth and special teams help as it was. We're not going into the season with 7 safeties on deck, thats crazy.

[allblackraven]

Well, this was a bit out of the blue but welcome to the Ravens, Darian and good luck.

[ellicottraven]

So what is this? It looks like a practice squad addition to me. Is he starting free safety material for the vaunted Baltimore Defense? I don't know about it...

[JGreeno1980]

Between Omar Brown, Anthony Levine, Jeromy Miles, Brynden Trawick, and Matt Elam, i think we had more than enough depth and special teams help as it was. We're not going into the season with 7 safeties on deck, thats crazy.

You never can predict injuries in training camp.  Brynden Trawick could still be on the practice squad next year and even though I like what I heard about Omar Brown he has not cracked the 53 man roster yet.

[ZooDane]

Not sure what the angle is here... I don't know anything about this player but I would have to assume he is a strong special teamer.