![Ravens coach John Harbaugh and quarterback Lamar Jackson speak as players loosen up OTAs in June. Ravens coach John Harbaugh and quarterback Lamar Jackson speak as players loosen up OTAs in June.](https://www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2022/04/01/ZYYDK3LY5VG4NOCYEWR2MR7KIU.jpg?w=535)
The Ravens’ offseason workout program will start April 18 and end with mandatory minicamp in mid-June, the NFL announced Friday.
The first two weeks of the program will be limited to meetings, strength and conditioning and physical rehabilitation only. Over the following three weeks, players can participate in on-field workouts and instruction, though no live contact or offense-against-defense drills are permitted.
The Ravens will hold their 10 days of organized team activities on May 24-26, May 31-June 2 and June 7-10. No live contact is permitted, but full-team drills are allowed. Participation is voluntary.
The Ravens’ three-day mandatory minicamp will be June 14-16. The team would next convene for the start of training camp.
Coach John Harbaugh said at the NFL owners meetings Monday that, after an injury-marred 2021, the Ravens would change “a lot of what we’re doing” to keep players healthy.
“We’re going to approach OTAs differently,” he said. “We’re going to approach training camp, some big-picture schedule differently, in terms of the way we ramp [up] and in terms of the way we time practices, how long we’re on the field, what we’re doing on the field, how we pace the rhythm of the practices — and even within the practices, what we do early and how we pace the rhythm of our practices.”