For the third time in the past four years, Baltimore Ravens TE Dennis Pitta has suffered a dislocation of his hip. Pitta suffered the injury today at OTAs today and the injury likely ends his career.
As suspected, doctors confirmed Ravens TE Dennis Pitta dislocated his hip at OTAs today, source says. Tough news.
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) June 2, 2017
Docs working to put hip in. No long-term decision made yet but figure Pitta retires. Came back to lead TEs in recs in '16. Set financially.
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) June 2, 2017
The Ravens will likely turn to some combination of Ben Watson, Maxx Williams and/or Crockett Gilmore at TE this year. Both Watson and Williams are recovering from their own injuries.
After battling the same hip injury for several years and sitting out all of 2015, Pitta was healthy for all of 2016. He set a franchise record for most catches by a tight end in a single season with 86. Pitta and the Ravens have not yet announced if Pitta will elect to retire but that seems like the likely outcome.
The Ravens also lost nickel corner Tavon Young to a knee injury on Thursday.
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