I think the Ravens will feel caught out badly by this scenario, finding themselves so bereft of homegrown talent at a premium position is something they are not accustomed to. In short, I think they’re ready to dip into the edge rusher bucket in this upcoming draft

The first rounder fifth year contractual option has changed this landscape drastically. If you consistently hit on first rounders, as the Ravens do as well as any team, then that fifth year option really helps

When you look at both trades, I think they’ve ultimately made the front office a little gun shy of trading back out of the first round entirely from the 20s. Kindle and Upshaw did not meet the standard of a Ravens number one pick

This who’s who of wide receiver busts that fell out of simply looking at top 10 lists on the yards per reception data-point led me to wonder, what the history of the top of this list looked like. That was where I found Breshad Perriman – sitting proudly at the top of the 2014 list.

Oh, how I wish the Ravens challenged themselves with this when they drafted Breshad Perriman in the 1st round all those years ago. I know there were many reasons for his demise in Baltimore, not least John Harbaugh’s frustration with the all-time slowest healing PCL injury