The Baltimore Ravens made a bit of a surprising move on Wednesday as they have agreed to a deal with former Los Angeles Chargers and New England Patriots running back Danny Woodhead. This signing is a nice move as Woodhead has created mismatch problems for NFL defenses over the course of his eight seasons in the NFL.

In the running game, Woodhead has a total of 2,182 yards on 503 carries to go along with 15 rushing touchdowns. In the passing game, he has a total of 2,498 yards on 267 receptions to go along with 17 receiving touchdowns. While Woodhead is 32 years old and is coming off a season where he tore his ACL, the Ravens are banking on him returning to his productive ways.

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Woodhead has quite the resume and with Baltimore recently using a third-round tender for running back Terrance West and investing a 2016 fourth-round pick on promising running back Kenneth Dixon, there is a log jam at the position. What does all of this mean for running back Javorius Allen and his future with the Ravens? It means that Allen could be on the outside looking in when the 2017 regular season begins.

Some people are looking at Woodhead being a replacement for former Baltimore Pro Bowl full back Kyle Juszczyk who left to sign with the San Francisco 49ers on Wednesday. While Woodhead and Juszczyk share some similarities as a receiving threat out of the backfield, they are not the same players.

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Woodhead does not play at full back and he isn’t capable of being a tight end like Juszczyk either. Woodhead is strictly a running back which doesn’t bode well for Allen. West, Dixon and Woodhead are all ahead of Allen on the running back depth chart, potentially pushing the former fourth-round selection down and off the team.

Allen only played in eight games in 2016 rushing for a total of 34 yards on nine carries. That was certainly a down season for Allen as he had 514 yards on 137 carries during his rookie season in 2015. Allen likely has to show Baltimore’s coaching staff what he is capable of throughout the offseason and into the preseason to keep his spot on the roster in the long term.