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Draft Selections
Armand Membou Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (BAL)
Armand Membou
OT Missouri
Bradyn Swinson Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (BAL)
Bradyn Swinson
DE-EDGE LSU
Jackson Slater Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (BAL)
Jackson Slater
OG Sacramento State
Ozzy Trapilo Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (BAL)
Ozzy Trapilo
OT Boston College
David Walker Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (BAL)
David Walker
LB-EDGE Central Arkansas
Tahj Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 5 (BAL)
Tahj Brooks
RB Texas Tech
Shemar Turner Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 5 (BAL)
Shemar Turner
DL Texas A&M
Jabbar Muhammad Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (BAL)
Jabbar Muhammad
CB Oregon
Alex Mastromanno Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (BAL)
Alex Mastromanno
P Florida State
Seth McLaughlin Head Shot
PICK: 213 RND: 6 (BAL)
Seth McLaughlin
C Ohio State
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (BAL)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Draft Grade — Ravens
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Thornton Jr. should have been long gone. The Ravens pounced, and earned a B-.

The Ravens did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Dont'e Thornton Jr. fell into the 245th overall pick.

The cost of the Slater reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick27 Rnd1 Armand Membou
In pick 27 they get a plug-and-play piece up front. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick59 Rnd2 Bradyn Swinson
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Bradyn Swinson. It fills a real need, too.
Pick91 Rnd3 Jackson Slater
Jackson Slater at Round 3, Pick 27 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick128 Rnd4 Ozzy Trapilo
A offensive lineman of that caliber at pick No. 128 is the definition of value, full stop. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick136 Rnd4 David Walker
Value said wait; David Walker in the 136th overall pick says they were not listening. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick176 Rnd5 Tahj Brooks
The board fumbled Tahj Brooks all the way to slot 176, and they scooped it up. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick178 Rnd5 Shemar Turner
Circle this one: Shemar Turner at the Round 5 slot is a fall that decides a draft. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick185 Rnd6 Jabbar Muhammad
Jabbar Muhammad at No. 185 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick205 Rnd6 Alex Mastromanno
Alex Mastromanno at slot 205 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Pick213 Rnd6 Seth McLaughlin
They reached into another round for Seth McLaughlin, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick245 Rnd7 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Somehow Dont'e Thornton Jr. was still sitting there in No. 245, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. A need, and now a little less of one.