Boards are made to be trusted, and the Ravens shredded theirs for Denver Harris. He came off 130 spots early, and the room will hear about it.
Jacas at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up. Cornerback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.
The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.
Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.14
· Pick 14
· Kadyn Proctor
· OT
· rank 14
In pick No. 14 they get an anchor for the offensive line at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.13
· Pick 45
· Elijah Sarratt
· WR
· rank 77
Value said wait; Elijah Sarratt in Round 2, Pick 13 says they were not listening. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.16
· Pick 80
· Dontay Corleone
· DT
· rank 70
Dontay Corleone at pick 80 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R4.15
· Pick 115
· Keylan Rutledge
· OG
· rank 79
Keylan Rutledge in the 115th overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R5.14
· Pick 154
· Dani Dennis-Sutton
· DE-EDGE
· rank 85
They will replay Dani Dennis-Sutton at the Round 5 slot for years; that is how good the value is. The roster fit checks out.
R5.22
· Pick 162
· Derrick Moore
· DE-EDGE
· rank 66
Derrick Moore at slot 162 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R5.33
· Pick 173
· Jaishawn Barham
· LB-EDGE
· rank 116
They barely believed it either: Jaishawn Barham still on the board at the 173rd pick. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R5.34
· Pick 174
· Gabe Jacas
· LB-EDGE
· rank 54
Taking Gabe Jacas in pick 174 is close to grand larceny; an edge rusher that good had no business lasting this long. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R6.30
· Pick 211
· Denver Harris
· CB
· rank 341
Denver Harris at the Round 6 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.34
· Pick 250
· Wesley Williams
· DE-EDGE
· rank 206
Wesley Williams in Round 7, Pick 34 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R7.37
· Pick 253
· Branson Robinson
· RB
· rank 366
Branson Robinson in slot 253 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.