This year, I’m putting together a draft report that will focus on the 2022 prospects from a Ravens perspective. Evaluating prospects generically without a team in mind can be difficult… That’s why each of my reports will feature a section that makes a projection about the player and then projects their fit with the Ravens. You’ll get the full report later in this draft season but when I designate a red star player – one who fits perfectly with the Ravens, I’ll publish that report early in one of these pieces entitled “Play Like a Raven”. Here’s the first, on Daxton Hill…

By Michael Crawford (@abukari)

In this piece, I take a look at snap participation for the Ravens defensive backs in the 2020 and 2019 seasons. I also try to unpack what roles they ask these players to fill and in which situations they use them. This may be the most important thing I say in the entire piece - thank you to @yoshi2052 (on Twitter) for providing this data. If not for him, none of what you’re about to read would exist. What’s in a name? Defensive Backs or DBs, includes Cornerbacks (CB) and Safeties (S). But those lines can blur. Sometimes a player listed as a CB may play like a S or the other way round.