Panthers trade WR Diontae Johnson to Ravens

The trade sent Carolina a 2025 fifth-round pick for a pick-swap, Baltimore Johnson and a sixth-rounder. That's a surprisingly cheap price to pay the Ravens to add a receiving weapon.

The move bolsters an already dangerous Baltimore offense, which has isolated defenses in the air and on the ground for eight weeks.

Johnson, a former Pittsburgh Steeler, Lamar Jackson, Jay Flowers, Derrick Henry, Mark Andrews and Isaiah probably team up in a pick-your-poison offense. Johnson's power shift to the outside should help open things up for Flowers and give Jackson field-stretching and back-shoulder boundary weapons. He's an immediate upgrade over Rashod Bateman and sure should hurt the Ravens' depth.

With Johnson in the final year of his contract, he's a hired weapon for a Ravens team that leans toward offense in 2024. Defense still has issues that could be helped on the trade market. But for today, Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta decided to double down on the offense. If Baltimore doesn't slow down opponents, at least they can try to run away from them every week.