With the 25th pick in the 75th NFL Draft the Baltimore Ravens select….nobody.
Instead of making a pick, the Ravens opted to trade out of the first round and accumulate some more picks. Going in to this week, Baltimore was left with five picks due to trades for Marques Douglas (seventh-round pick to Tampa Bay) and to Arizona (third- and fourth-round) for Arizona. Now that a trade with the Denver Broncos for the 25th pick has been completed, Baltimore has seven picks in the draft.
For their selection, Baltimore received a second-round pick, giving them two picks in that round, a third-round pick, replacing the pick they trade to Arizona, and a fourth-round pick, which also replaces the pick Baltimore traded for Boldin.
The Broncos’ second-round pick that Baltimore received is the 43rd overall. This is a good spot in the draft because second-round selections are a lot like first-round picks, just cheaper with as much talent. It’s unpredictable to know what the Ravens will do, but if I had to guess, I’d say defensive tackle.
Third-round picks with the Ravens have had moderate success. Recently, Lardarius Webb, Tavares Gooden and Marshal Yanda have been taken during this round, but so have David Pittman, Musa Smith and Yamon Figurs. The pick acquired from Denver is the 70th overall. Suddenly, the Ravens went from having two picks in the first four rounds to having four picks, with three of those being in the top 70. Not too bad.
As for the fourth-round pick, Baltimore got pick 114. The pick that was traded to the Cardinals was the 118th. We’ll see how the Ravens let the draft board play out, but it was nice to see them accumulate some picks without trading any of their players.
Also of note, the picks that the Ravens acquired in the third- and fourth-rounds are higher picks than what they traded for Boldin. The Ravens traded pick 80 and 123 for their new receiver and got back 70 and 118.
Are you happy with Ozzie’s moves? or are you left wanting more?
So, now the Ravens are going cheap? This is the second time today I've heard this assertation. Heard the Ravens didn't go after Williams, a guy they really wanted, because they didn't want to pay, or couldn't pay, big money to both him and Ngata.
Oh my, is the GREAT owner in this town now being questioned by the media?!? I'm just asking…
I wasn’t calling the Ravens cheap at all. I was more so making the point that in an uncapped year, if the cap comes back in a CBA, the Ravens will be better prepared. It’s hard to turn down three picks for a first-rounder with a draft this deep.
I know you didn't, I did.
Suave gets a bye because Pete Angelos is so hated.
From Peter King, CNN/SI: "…at the end of the day, it's hard to pay big money to both Haloti Ngata and — potentially — Williams if he pans out. "
I know there's a salary cap in the NFL, but…
Rico Suave strikes again.
Alright. I've been kicking around this decision and I still don't quite know where I stand. I think I'm going to have to hold off judging the Ravens until the season begins. Trading was a bold move…they must really be confident in their picks to get out of the first round.
Hopefully there aren't too many Krugers left there.
Looking back at this, I think they were going to take Bryant if he fell, but knew that someone might leapfrog them. If that happened, I'm betting they had a contingency in place to trade out. Who would you really have been excited about at #25 with Bryant off the board?
Wasn't aware of this, but apparently the money to sign top draft picks does NOT count against your cap…Interesting. so no salary cap implications if the Ravens had signed Williams, perhaps just Rico Suave being frugal.
Believe base salary does but signing bonus, like with any contract, does not. So Stafford's base salary last year, for example, was $3.1M, but that's a six year deal, depending on performance, in that six years he could personally make $41-78M, but his cap number would stay relatively manageable (escalating slightly each year). Players' cap hits are generally what they're worth, but salaries are all over the place.
If Dan Williams' deal is close to Peria Jerry's (#24 overall DT last year), his cap hit would be about $1.2M.
I believe it was Adam Shefter that reported on Twitter, saying that the Ravens were planning to take Dez Bryant at #25. Within about 10-15 minutes the Cowboys traded up and grabbed Bryant. At that point, it wasn't really beneficial to remain in the first round value-wise (hinting at the $$ issue discussed above).
Is it possible that the Ravens brass spoke too soon and too openly about their intentions to get Mr. Bryant? Did they take themselves out of the running or was that move inevitable?
Good points, DraftJunkie!
Lot of talent in this draft. More picks are better at this point and I could see them drafting mostly defense since its the older side of the ball for this team. Faith in Newsome!
Second round picks are always cheaper than first rounders…again, I'm just saying.
STG
Please.
I'm with you on alot of things but stop with this money thing and the Ravens. They have consistently shelled out top dollar for players.
In fact, over the years they have set the highest mark for many different positions.