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It appears the Ravens will head into the offseason with an ugly situation at wide receiver, which is an improvement.Lost in the aftermath of Ed Reed's announcement that he was 50-50 on returning or retiring was Derrick Mason's similar pronouncements. Reed's loss may have been crushing for the Ravens, but Mason's loss would leave the Ravens without one competent receiver.
Now Mason apparently is leaning toward playing another year. He's an unrestricted free agent, but considering his familiarity with the Ravens' offense and his ties to the organization, it's likely that he'll be back in Baltimore next season.
Even with him back, Baltimore would still have some gaping holes at receiver, but Mason is still a very competent No. 2 receiver on a championship team, so his return allows the Ravens to focus on finding one starting receiver, which is much easier than trying to find a pair. Mason was the only Ravens wide receiver to top 35 catches last year, which isn't that shocking when you consider he's the only Ravens' wideout to record more than 50 catches since 2006. Ray Rice and Todd Heap helped share the load with Mason last year, but if quarterback Joe Flacco is going to continue to develop, he needs to be able to go to a three wide receiver set every now and then.
Mason is 36 years old, so the Ravens need to start preparing to replace him, but considering how bad the rest of Baltimore's wide receivers have been, it's better for them to bring him back and worry about replacing Mark Clayton first.
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