Project Pat. Party Pat. Paid Pat. Pro Bowl Pat. Pancake Pat. Perennial Pat? Alex_Prewitt on Patrick Ricard (PRic508) and how a 300-pound defensive lineman became the NFL’s one-of-a-kind offensive Pro Bowler:
at training camp answering Ricard-related trivia. Four out of six correctly identified at least one of his favorite pancake toppings ; none knew where he went to college .
Call him what you want, whether Party Pat, Pro Bowl Pat, Paid Pat, Pancake Pat or just plain Patrick. This much is clear as the Lamar Jackson–less Ravens head to Cincinnati for Sunday night’s AFC wild-card game: Maybe more than ever, Baltimore’s offense will need to rely on its flapjack of all trades.
As if that wasn’t enough, Ricard continued to line up on the other side of the ball for his first three seasons as well, culminating in a 2019 campaign—the same year that Roman took over as Baltimore’s offensive coordinator—in which Project Pat became the first NFL player in a decade to log more than 100 snaps on both offense and defense. “He was actually a pretty good D-lineman,” tight end Nick Boyle says. “Had some little sparks.
Queen’s welcome-to-the-NFL story tracks with Ricard’s experience. “I think a lot of players don’t realize how big I am until I’m about to hit them,” he says. Mix together raw size and strength with a low center of gravity and high motor and, voila, the ingredients for a perfect pancake. “I get most of my pancake blocks just from continuing to play to the whistle and driving my feet and getting lower than the guy,” Ricard says.
Last March, around the start of NFL free agency, Ricard and his wife, Hayley, went on vacation in Napa Valley with Powers, Tucker, Zeitler, and their respective partners. One afternoon, the group was deep into a tasting at one of the area’s many vineyards when Ricard, whose contract with the Ravens had expired after they failed to make the playoffs for the first time in four seasons, received a call from coach John Harbaugh, wanting to talk business.
In addition to pancake-related merch, ThePatrickRicard.com offers a line of tees and hoodies that each feature a purple-jerseyed, level-42 Ricard staring down a faceless football opponent in a Pokémon battle arena. On his character menu, Ricard has only two attack moves: RAVEN FLOCK, and PANCAKE BLOCK. So is there an evolved version of Ricard yet to be unlocked? He posted career highs in several categories this season, with 11 catches for 74 yards, and seven rushing attempts for 16 yards.
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