Ravens sign WR Jeremy Maclin to two-year deal

The Baltimore Ravens signed free-agent wide receiver Jeremy Maclin to a two-year deal on Monday, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
The veteran is coming off of a 2016 season that was one of the worst of his career, finishing the year with a 67.2 overall grade that ranked him 78th among 115 qualifying wide receivers.
2015 was a much better campaign for Maclin. When throwing to him, Chiefs quarterbacks had a 115.6 NFL QB rating, making Maclin’s WR rating the 10th highest in the NFL that year.
Maclin dropped six passes this past regular season, giving him a drop rate of 12.0 that ranked 82nd out of 96 qualifying receivers. In 2015, he dropped only one pass for a league-best drop rate of only 1.14.
Now he’ll be paired up with Joe Flacco, whose QB rating by route contrasted Maclin’s WR rating by route from 2016. Maclin was at his best on go routes with a 128.2 rating while Flacco was down at only 71.8, but Flacco excelled on the post route last season with a 103.7 rating to Maclin’s 43.8.