Ravens 2019 Draft Discussion

For what it's worth, I think you guys are having a pretty good draft, so far.


(Damnit!)

 

The Ravens are looking fast and a lot more interesting on offense right now. Granted a lot of this is relying on rookies which you can't typically do in year 1, but going forward, this should be fun.

 

Ok, we drafted Justice Hill. There's that RB some people wanted. Two more picks in the 4th, both within 14 of the last. I have to imagine we pick up an o-lineman before this round ends

 

Speed kills and this offense is going to have a lot of it. Even Andrews is fast for a TE

 

Yeah I think we're going to have some growing pains and sloppiness, but if they can all gel and get on the same page, then DCs will have a lot more to worry about than in years past.

 

Again though, in 4 picks of 1 draft, the Ravens have done more to help Jackson than they did in 10 years for Flacco.

 

We went from an old school, defense focused GM, to one that realized we need offense also.

To Ozzie's credit, he left a very solid foundation

 

So overall, I have to give DeCosta's first draft an A. It feels a lot different from recent drafts. Notice that there wasn't some high round pick from a no-name school that made everyone go "Who is that?".

My only real question was the final pick of Trace. Are we really keeping 3 QBs again this year? If not, then he's getting cut or "injured" anyway. The thing I'm hoping for is maybe they plan to use him as a gadget character like the Saints used with Hill when they owned us last season.

Again, really nice draft. I expect to see a decent number of interior linemen and LBs brought in as free agents.

My eyes may have been deceiving me, but is Kelvin Harmon still available? If that was true, I really thought we'd take a swing at him there at the end.

 

Ok, well scratch that part at the end. The Redskins literally just drafted Harmon.

 

The fact that people speculated Harmon would go in the 2nd but he dropped to the 6th is interesting. I wonder why he fell so hard

 

I really was wondering that too. I wonder if there is some type of legal or medical issue lurking behind the scenes that we will hear about. I almost felt like he was too good to pass up with the final pick, but if we use Trace effectively, then that will be cool.

Overall, again, this felt like a much fresher draft than in recent years which is interesting. I think a lot of us (myself included) lambasted some picks in recent years as being too much input from DeCosta. Now in no possible way will his first draft even touch Ozzie's first, but it looks promising.

 

Gerald Willis to the Ravens as an undrafted rookie. That's legit.

 

Jaylen Smith also signed with Baltimore.

 

Using two of the 6th rounders to move back into the 3rd round was a very nice move to go and get Boykins.... Now i hope he pays off and in my opinion, he has a higher ceiling than Hollywood. He has potential to be a #1 which the Ravens have truly lacked for several years now.

 

I think Smith signing with the Ravens is good for him. Based on the scouting reports, it's truly hard to envision other teams wanting to deal with his attitude. It's almost like he either plays with Lamar or he doesn't feel like playing. I really look forward to seeing our receivers play in preseason. I'm hoping 1 or 2 shows something. Lasley and Scott better bring their A+ games this offseason because one or both of them could be gone.

 

Scott is getting cut imo. He was already beat out by Lasley and I read a report that said he was just struggling with the playbook (or NFL level competition, I don't remember). Now there's two more WRs with draft pedigrees that practically guarantee thwm a spot this year and Lamar's favorite college WR is also on the team

You can already bet the top 4 will be Snead, Brown, Boykin and Moore

 

I could easily see Scott cut. Draft pick or not, there's no room to wait on him. As for Smith, who knows how big he shows up as he could easily translate his chemistry to production, but I'm betting he's a PS candidate. It's not like he's going to be getting a ton of snaps with Jackson.