We’ve all done it. Ran a mock draft on PFF or The Draft Network, check the predictive board to see which group of players is likely to be taken next, and calculate that we can forego taking that guy we love until the 5th round. We can sit tight at our spots and execute advantageous trades based on the deviation the simulators have baked in, and not worry about other opportunistic teams trading above us to take guys we might potentially like. We are the only team allowed to trade on the board. Maybe we have a go six or seven times, maybe post version 6.2 to twitter as we got Devonta Smith to fall to 27 that time.

As I was looking through this list and the teams they were a part of, I noticed that since Carl Davis in 2015, we have not selected a defensive lineman that didn’t have some experience being part of a multiple or 3-4 defensive front… the Ravens are not comfortable with projecting the ability to two-gap unless the linemen has proven he can do it at the college level.