With a new coaching staff and fancy new uniforms, the Baltimore Ravens have billed this season as the start of a new era for an organization steeped in stability, so it was fitting that general manager Eric DeCosta somewhat broke away from previous trends and tendencies in cutting his roster to the requisite 53 players by Sunday’s deadline.Rather than doing most of the moves right up against the deadline, which is how they’ve done business in recent years because they believed the late activity gave them a better chance of getting more players through waivers, the Ravens knocked out all but a handful of decisions 24 hours beforehand.The Ravens never like cutting rookie draft picks. However, among their 37 moves this weekend were the cuts of two rookie seventh-round selections: defensive tackle Rayshaun Benny and guard Evan Beerntsen. Neither got much traction in a preseason roster push.DeCosta also abhors moving on from early-to-mid-round draft picks, but that didn’t save outside linebacker Adisa Isaac, a 2024 third-round pick who was limited to just four games in two seasons because of injuries. Isaac, despite a sack and flashes of potential in the preseason finale, was one of the team’s final roster cuts.Is anything short of an AFC Championship appearance a failure for Ravens?Robert Mays and Derrik KlassenBaltimore’s decision-makers have rarely believed keeping three quarterbacks to start the season was a good use of roster space. They had done it just once over the previous five years. On Sunday, ex-Maine and UConn undrafted quarterback Joe Fagnano became arguably the most unlikely member of the 53-man roster as he earned a spot behind Lamar Jackson and Tyler Huntley, thanks to a preseason in which he completed nearly 75 percent of his attempts, threw for 509 yards and had three touchdown passes.Fagnano wasn’t initially part of the Ravens’ undrafted class. He was planning to attend their rookie minicamp on a tryout basis, but the Ravens officially signed him and Heisman finalist Diego Pavia on the eve of the workout. Fagnano outlasted Pavia and then was one of the top-performing passers in the preseason despite getting limited practice reps.“Coming into the situation, I knew what it was,” Fagnano said after Baltimore’s preseason finale. “I knew, just talking to people, how reps get distributed. I kind of knew coming in it was going to be an uphill slope. Just taking those reps behind (the QBs) in the walk-throughs, just getting as many mental reps as I can, staying locked in (and) knowing that, if my opportunity came, that I was going to want to make the most of it.”Fagnano was part of the continuation of certain trends, too. For the 22nd time in the past 23 years, the Ravens kept at least one rookie undrafted free agent on the initial 53-man roster. Not only did Fagnano make the team, but so did Ethan Burke, an edge rusher out of the University of Texas. He parlayed a strong preseason into a roster spot, edging Isaac out for the No. 5 outside linebacker role.“One thing I know is just keep working hard and doing what I do and consistently chasing getting better and (being) great,” Burke said last week.DeCosta continued his habit of trying to add to his draft capital whenever possible. He turned two players who weren’t expected to make the team, nose tackle C.J. Okoye and undrafted rookie offensive tackle Diego Pounds, into draft picks. Okoye secured a 2028 seventh-round pick from John Harbaugh’s New York Giants, and Pounds went to the Kansas City Chiefs for a conditional 2028 sixth-rounder.DeCosta also stuck to his preferred 25 offensive, 25 defensive and three specialists roster breakdown. That seemed in doubt when it was revealed that Fagnano had made the team and Baltimore was going with three quarterbacks, but starting rookie running back Adam Randall on temporary injured reserve allowed the Ravens to maintain that balance.The Ravens, who relied largely on their back-end roster depth to go 3-0 in the preseason and outscore the opposition 78-13, knew they would lose some talent. They’ll learn Monday just how much talent they lost when the first wave of waiver claims goes through.They’re surely hoping a number of their cuts clear waivers and return to their 16-man practice squad. Benny, Isaac, cornerback Robert Longerbeam, offensive tackle Gerad Lichtenhan and outside linebacker Kaimon Rucker are among the Ravens who could garner interest from other teams.Overall, though, there wasn’t anything about the Ravens’ weekend moves that could be characterized as significant surprises. They’ve been a reasonably healthy team all summer, meaning the precious few available roster spots mostly accounted for depth and special teams considerations.They had decisions to make regarding defensive lineman Nnamdi Madubuike and inside linebacker Teddye Buchanan, and they opted to keep both on the 53-man roster rather than move them to injured reserve and give them more time to return from neck and knee surgeries, respectively.That doesn’t necessarily mean either will be ready for the Sept. 13 regular-season opener at the Indianapolis Colts. But it does allow them to keep participating in practice and accelerating their return. If the Ravens had put Madubuike and Buchanan, two projected starters, on IR, they wouldn’t have been eligible to practice through the first four weeks of the season. That would have been a significant setback for two guys working their way back from major injuries.The Ravens did start cornerback Bilhal Kone on IR, which gives him time to recover from a late-preseason injury. He’ll be eligible to return as early as Week 5. The same goes for Randall, who was held out of the team’s second preseason game because of an undisclosed injury.Everything else, though, from a typically dizzying day around the league, stayed true to form. With Zay Flowers, Rashod Bateman, Devontez Walker, LaJohntay Wester and rookies Ja’Kobi Lane and Elijah Sarratt, the Ravens were essentially set at wide receiver when training camp began. That was also the case at tight end, with drafted rookies Matt Hibner and Josh Cuevas joining veterans Mark Andrews and Durham Smythe.When center Danny Pinter sustained a season-ending knee injury during joint practices against the Minnesota Vikings, that all but ensured the Ravens would go with nine offensive linemen. The only question was who would get that final spot, and that became close to a formality when veteran guard Andrew Vorhees, a 17-game starter last season, accepted a pay alteration during training camp.Defensively, the decision to roster Madubuike and Buchanan eliminated most of the drama. The final interior defensive line spot essentially came down to Aeneas Peebles, Benny and Okoye. Peebles, who brings some diversity to the group with his pass-rushing ability, earned the job.Inside linebacker Jay Higgins had another solid training camp, but the number of injuries the Ravens experienced at the position essentially left him unopposed for the fourth linebacker spot.