[News] 2017: Ravens Mock Draft Monitor 1.0

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Here's a roundup of who draftniks think the Ravens will select in the first round.

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[CQ1]

Purple Banter 101

[omar586]

i hope they go all defense CBs & passrushers in 4 1st picks. unless OL ramszchyk falls to 16, i would pick him.

[Saxxin]

O-line is a bigger need. A stud center would do wonders for the offense.

[sami]

best player available.

[ellicottraven]

Mike Williams isn't happening unless we trade up to get him. The same holds true for Lattimore.

[MadStorkSociety]

Get ready to trade down about 3 times.

[Crusader]

The will be some great CB & S available. Just do you freak-en homework and don't pick a third round pick in the first round like in 2015. Forget the big names they will be gone like Myles Garrett ,Zach Cunningham, Marshon Lattimore, Solomon Thomas,Mike Williams, Dalvin Cook, Dan Freeney

[ravens4life86]

Ive seen everything from Dalvin Cook, Cam Robinson,Reuben Foster, Corey Davis, Tabor, to all the above mentioned.

At this point my best guess for who they take 16th would be who they believe is the best of the Michigan&Alabama players Peppers,Charlton, Foster,Williams,Robinson just because Ozzie, Harbaugh connection.
Unless A Cook,Williams type is there they will grab

[MadStorkSociety]

best player available.

We need just about everything except TE, so BPA should work. Although, I'd prefer a good pass rusher or CB.

[Ravenous_Ravens]

All these analysts talk about aging pass rushers, who are still getting things done adequately. Ravens also drafted pass rushers last season, who did not get enough snaps to even say for sure how good they can be. If the Ravens fix their secondary, guess what? Those pass rushers will get the chance to sack the QB. Don't be fooled into beLIEving the analysts, as their job is to entertain and keep people glued so they can sell the advertising. The more outrageous they talk, the more you know they are just pushing their fluff.

[The Greek]

Get ready to trade down about 3 times.

most likely and all the players drafted with the picks the fo hoards will be gone in 4 years. mediocrity must end.

[steelcityraven]

I want Dalvin Cook as the # 1. but I would be extremely happy with:
Mike Williams -WR-Clemson
Quincy Wilson- CB- FLA
Marshon Lattmore -CB- Ohio State
Jabrill Peppers -S- Michigan (Peppers and Weddle together would be sick)

I would be moderately happy with
Ted Williams-OLB-Bamma (reminds me a lot of Upshaw)
Takkarist McKinnley-OLB UCLA. (production isn't there overall)
Solomon Thomas- DL- Stanford (not bc he is not great but bc we have bigger needs)
Sidney Jones-CB - Washington (just because he seems frail)
Taco Charlton-DE- MIch (bc we drafted Kafusi there last year)

I would be disappointed with:
Malik McDowell_DT-Mich St
Leonard Fournetter RB- LSU (too injury prone for the AFC north)
OJ Howard-TE- Bamma (if we take another TE im going to flip)

[ravens4life86]

Ravenous_Ravens, I would agree with you except facts tell a different story.
You dont recall 15 total sacks from Sizzle,Dum,and Jernigan all last year. Mostly from Sizzle and Dumervil being injured most year.
The part bout others not getting a chance. Again not true. Judon showed he can be a player, 4 sacks or something. Maybe he can develop into a Kruger,Mcphee 3rd sack guy. But Correa bust obviously didnt do enough to get snaps, Koufusi bust so far(broken leg).

And the old Truism in football great pass rush helps a secondary, remember few years back we had 2, 14 point leads on Pats without Jimmy Smith and a bunch of street F/as why? Because we had Mcphee,Ngata,Sizzle couple yrs younger etc so Great pass rush covers up a lot of holes.

So while I definitely agree they need a CB in the early rounds, Pass rush is equally important

[Chuckx999]

We must trade up and trade picks to get players that could start. DL, LB, CB, we need all of them but they must have SPEED. We have to many OLD and SLOW players on "D" now. Secondary is a joke. We have to get SPEED to keep up with the good teams.

[steelcityraven]

The Sqeelers will have AB, Eli Rogers, Ladarius Green, Matavius Bryant, Leveon Bell and Ben going into next season. We will need to add some help in that DBackfield if we are going to take our position back at the top of the AFC North.

[mendii]

Dalvin Cook from FSU or Jabrill Peppers from Michigan would be my favorite two guys for us to select. These guys are game breakers, guys that coordinators can get creative with and can just be an X-factor on their respective sides of the ball. I get that safety and running back aren't necessarily our primary needs, but they will make big plays for whatever team drafts them and be guys other teams are worried about when they play against them. Why not go get a guy like that instead of another "perfect" role player?

[BiggMack91]

Ravenous_Ravens, I would agree with you except facts tell a different story.
You dont recall 15 total sacks from Sizzle,Dum,and Jernigan all last year. Mostly from Sizzle and Dumervil being injured most year.
The part bout others not getting a chance. Again not true. Judon showed he can be a player, 4 sacks or something. Maybe he can develop into a Kruger,Mcphee 3rd sack guy. But Correa bust obviously didnt do enough to get snaps, Koufusi bust so far(broken leg).

And the old Truism in football great pass rush helps a secondary, remember few years back we had 2, 14 point leads on Pats without Jimmy Smith and a bunch of street F/as why? Because we had Mcphee,Ngata,Sizzle couple yrs younger etc so Great pass rush covers up a lot of holes.

So while I definitely agree they need a CB in the early rounds, Pass rush is equally important

you are wrong a good secondary is what makes rushing the passer possible even if we had the greatest D-Line ever unless the secondary can cover for at least 3-5 seconds you won't get any pressure an if you watched the ravens play this year you should have seen it first hand that a weak secondary makes for a weak pass rush

[sami]

I don't see why people keep calling peppers a "tweener" Hes a safety. He's too light to be a linebacker.

[MadStorkSociety]

I have to say I have grown to love the draft season almost as much as the regular season. Everybody gets to talk smack, and of course everyone is right (in their opinion).

All the names listed so far sound fine and we will get the last one still on the board when we pick. We will trade back from #16 for an extra pick. And if we don't trade back too far, we might even trade back again. I normally don't like that we do that, but I think in this years draft there is enough talent that we will work out ok.

[Crusader]

Team Player
Cleveland Browns Myles Garrett
San Francisco 49ers Zach Cunningham
Chicago Bears Marshon Lattimore
Jacksonville Jaguars Solomon Thomas
Tennessee Titans Teez Tabor
New York Jets Jabrill Peppers
Los Angeles Chargers Mike Williams
Carolina Panthers Dalvin Cook
Cincinnati Bengals Reuben Foster
Buffalo Bills Marlon Humphrey
New Orleans Saints Jamal Adams
Cleveland Browns Mitch Trubisky
Arizona Cardinals Malik Hooker
Indianapolis Colts Dan Freeney
Philadelphia Eagles Corey Davis
Baltimore Ravens ?

[BigUgly]

What's the over/under on the number of 'Bama players selected? I think 2.

[The Beak]

Either one of the Florida CBs (Tabor or Wilson) My preference if we can trade up is D Cook, or Corey Davis(Big and fast)

[RavensDieHard21]

7 hours ago, omar586 said:

i hope they go all defense CBs & passrushers in 4 1st picks. unless OL ramszchyk falls to 16, i would pick him.

He is very good but that hip injury is a tough one to overlook though.

[RavensDieHard21]

6 hours ago, Crusader said:

The will be some great CB & S available. Just do you freak-en homework and don't pick a third round pick in the first round like in 2015. Forget the big names they will be gone like Myles Garrett ,Zach Cunningham, Marshon Lattimore, Solomon Thomas,Mike Williams, Dalvin Cook, Dan Freeney

Feeney is a very likely target at 16. He is by no means an unrealistic option. Same goes for Thomas. He had a heck of a bowl game, but I don't think he had no chance of slipping to us.

[RavensDieHard21]

3 hours ago, Crusader said:

Team Player
Cleveland Browns Myles Garrett
San Francisco 49ers Zach Cunningham
Chicago Bears Marshon Lattimore
Jacksonville Jaguars Solomon Thomas
Tennessee Titans Teez Tabor
New York Jets Jabrill Peppers
Los Angeles Chargers Mike Williams
Carolina Panthers Dalvin Cook
Cincinnati Bengals Reuben Foster
Buffalo Bills Marlon Humphrey
New Orleans Saints Jamal Adams
Cleveland Browns Mitch Trubisky
Arizona Cardinals Malik Hooker
Indianapolis Colts Dan Freeney
Philadelphia Eagles Corey Davis
Baltimore Ravens ?

Cunningham would never go top 3 and Humphrey and peppers are way over drafted, but anyways, I'd take Derek Barnett 100% and wouldn't think twice.

[RavensDieHard21]

These analysts are all over the place. Players I could almost 90% guarantee we will not take are McDowell, OJ Howard, Humphrey, Cook based on criminal history. 

Screen shot it now because these are my top candidates: 

1.) Quincy Wilson--has the highest chance. I think Lattimore and jones go first 

2.) Derek Barnett--he won't tear up the combine and that's where many teams will make the mistake to overlook him. Seems like a long shot, but just wait, especially if Thomas goes along with someone like Charlton or McKinley. 

3.) Jabrill Peppers--the new Michigan pipeline proves to be true. Tweeter status will potentially drop him. This just seems like an Ozzie pick. 

Edited February 10 by RavensDieHard21

[jsarrocohome@yahoo.com]

I have to say I have grown to love the draft season almost as much as the regular season. Everybody gets to talk smack, and of course everyone is right (in their opinion).

All the names listed so far sound fine and we will get the last one still on the board when we pick. We will trade back from #16 for an extra pick. And if we don't trade back too far, we might even trade back again. I normally don't like that we do that, but I think in this years draft there is enough talent that we will work out ok.

I don't thing so we should not trade back pick at 16 or move up we need top quality players not quanity who half wont make roster anyway

[sizzlingdoom]

best player available.

That would be nice. We can't seem to get that right though. Or even close for that matter

[sizzlingdoom]

Either one of the Florida CBs (Tabor or Wilson) My preference if we can trade up is D Cook, or Corey Davis(Big and fast)

I'm with you on one of the the Flordia corners. That or Fournette