Lets call out what we really did. Over the past few years the Ravens have declined in our drafting ability. We have the same old boys in the war room drunk with confidence in our drafting...thinking we know the best players out there. We have been outsmarting ourselves with what we think we know. So, rather than taking the chance on elite players with a question mark, we went safe early and then try to grab quantity later in the draft hoping to find that future star. Key word, hoping. If you told me we had the choice to take Tunsil and Jack in the 1st 2 rounds or Stanley and Correa, I would of bet my life on the two best players at their respective positions...Clearly, Tunsil and Jack. Complete no brainer. But No, we did not. Jack has the bigger question mark but his ability is so far beyond Correa. Not to be a Debbie Downer, but seriously, this is probably our worst draft decision I have seen since our existence of the franchise. Matt Elam and Arthur Brown a few years ago was bad, and I called it then, but this is a chance we blew with our high pick. So disappointing. Save your insults on my post...I have a football and lacrosse playing and coaching background and know athletes, and my passion for this game is second to none. Once our last game ends every season, I research the draft and mocks everyday for fun and watch all I can to do my own evaluations for the first couple of rounds. Of course I don't know everything but I know my stuff, period. Later rounds are for the career people and scouts, they have that time to reseach that. 1st and 2nd rds, I know like the back of my hand with these athletes, with the exception of some diamonds in the rough.. Ultimately, time will tell on our picks but my money is this evaluation on our first 2 picks. I really do hate to say it, cuz I bleed black and purple, but educated fans out there know I'm right and don't say "in Ozzie we Trust"...that was true for so long, but not in recent years. Proof in in the pudding...go back and look at the history.
