With his second-quarter touchdown against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night, tight end Mark Andrews became the Ravens’ all-time leader in career receiving touchdowns with 42.

It took the veteran tight end seven seasons to reach that mark, passing former Ravens tight end Todd Heap, who took a decade to reach 41. Andrews is also one touchdown shy of tying Ray Rice for the second most overall touchdowns in team history. Rice had 43, trailing only fellow running back Jamal Lewis’ 47.

Andrews caught a 9-yard touchdown pass from Jackson for Baltimore’s first score of the night. Heading into commercial break, ESPN play-by-play announcer Joe Buck made note that Baltimore would love to have Andrews return to being a prominent piece of the offense. He had only 13 catches through the first six games, including a pair of games with no catches. Andrews didn’t score his first touchdown of the year until last week’s win over the Washington Commanders.

“It felt great to get in the end zone and help impact in that way,” Andrews said last week. “Usually, it doesn’t take me six games to get in there, but yeah, that was a fun one.”

His previous long drought was in 2021, when it took Andrews five weeks to score his first touchdown. This scoreless drought for Andrews stretched back to Week 8 of last year. Quarterback Lamar Jackson and fellow tight end Isaiah Likely both told Andrews he had to get one come Week 6.

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