For the second year in a row, the starting left guard spot on the Baltimore Ravens offensive line is an open competition that will go to the most consistent and deserving candidate. Just as was the case last year, 2021 third-rounder Ben Cleveland was the early favorite to win the job at the onset of the offseason but that is no longer the case again.
In 2022, it was Ben Powers who got a head start on Cleveland in training camp as a result of multiple failed attempts at the conditioning test. The 2019 fourth-rounder went from being on the trade block and potential roster bubble to having a breakout season after he seized the starting left guard spot and wound up pricing himself out of town in free agency this past March.