Move over Patrick Mahomes. There’s a new benchmark for Baltimore Ravens rookies to try to take down—and he takes his chicken wings mild (probably). That’s right, Josh Allen has become public enemy No. 1 for the Ravens and their fans, and it’s not hard to see why.
Allen is 1-3 against the Ravens in his career. He’s completed 58 passes on 119 attempts (a 48.7% completion rate), thrown just two touchdown passes, and averaged only 153.3 passing yards per game. Against Baltimore, he’s looked like anything but elite. But when it matters most, Allen has delivered. He’s 2-0 in the playoffs against the Ravens, and that clean record is turning into a problem.
That big brother/little brother dynamic clearly isn’t sitting well with Ravens rookie Malaki Starks. The newest addition to Baltimore’s secondary isn’t waiting around for his welcome party—he’s already got Josh Allen circled.
Malaki Starks is coming for Josh Allen
With the 27th pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, the Ravens landed Georgia safety Malaki Starks, a top-10 talent who somehow slipped right into Eric DeCosta’s lap. Starks arrives with the athletic profile, instincts, and tape of a future All-Pro, and he wasted no time putting his target on the map. Asked which quarterback he’s most looking forward to intercepting, Starks didn’t hesitate:
“I wanna get Josh Allen.”
No fluff. No dancing around it. Just a direct shot at the quarterback who has ended Baltimore’s season twice. That’s the kind of energy that plays well in Baltimore. Because when push comes to shove it’s Ravens over everything.
It also speaks volumes about who Starks is and what he’s stepping into. He’s expected to make an immediate impact in a secondary that already features Kyle Hamilton, Nate Wiggins, and Marlon Humphrey—and Allen is the measuring stick.
Allen has weaseled his way into conversations that should really be about Lamar Jackson, and that’s what makes this comment hit harder. Mahomes has the rings. Allen and Lamar don’t. But only one of them gets unfairly nitpicked for being too electric, running too much, not being “accurate enough,” blah blah blah. The truth? Lamar beat Allen in every major statistical category last season—and because voters couldn’t stomach him doing it again, they gave Allen the MVP.
For a team still haunted by January heartbreaks, Starks adds exactly what’s been missing: a playmaker who thrives in the chaos. He can close space in a flash, diagnose routes before the snap, and make quarterbacks regret testing him. He’s the type of defender who changes the way offenses call games.
And he’s already thinking about Buffalo. So maybe… just maybe he’ll play a big part in finally getting over this playoff hump.
