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    Ravens
Draft Selections
Monroe Freeling Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (BAL)
Monroe Freeling
OT Georgia
Chris Bell Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (BAL)
Chris Bell
WR Louisville
Domonique Orange Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (BAL)
Domonique Orange
DT Iowa State
Draft Grade — Ravens
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Ravens did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.

You can draft well and still miss the point. The Ravens did plenty of tidy work and somehow never got around to cornerback, which was the need that mattered most. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.

They are betting Freeling proves the room right and everyone else wrong. On the needs board they went 3 of 8, with interior defensive lineman the one that mattered most. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick14 Rnd1 Monroe Freeling
In No. 14 they get a cornerstone up front, reach and all. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick45 Rnd2 Chris Bell
A reasonable price with a little left over, Chris Bell in Round 2, Pick 13. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick80 Rnd3 Domonique Orange
Domonique Orange at pick No. 80 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.