B
Baltimore Ravens
The Ravens turned the phones into found money: B.
by terpfan721 ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 12 picks
· 6 steals
· 2 reaches
The Ravens clearly saw something nobody else did in Vincent Anthony Jr., taking him 58 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.
The Bell pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend.
For all the activity, running back went untouched, which is hard to explain. Job largely done: cornerback settled and 6 of 8 of the wish list covered.
Good work on the whole, with running back the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
They paid sticker price for Olaivavega Ioane in the 21st pick, and that is fine. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
In pick No. 25 they get a sideline-to-sideline linebacker at a price that makes it sweeter.
Gennings Dunker in slot 49 is fair value, right on his grade. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
A top-tier safety at a bargain, Dillon Thieneman in No. 54, plain and simple. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Elijah Sarratt slipping to pick 85 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
They barely believed it either: Logan Jones still on the board at Round 4, Pick 16. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Skyler Bell at the 120th pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Good price on Charles Demmings in slot 154, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Vincent Anthony Jr. this early at the Round 5 slot. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Value with a capital V on Dallen Bentley in No. 211, a genuine coup. It fills a real need, too.
Deven Eastern at pick 250 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They took Alan Herron at par in the 253rd overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.