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  • RF4916 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Ravens
Draft Selections
Jermod McCoy Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (BAL)
Jermod McCoy
CB Tennessee
Kenyon Sadiq Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (BAL)
Kenyon Sadiq
TE Oregon
Drew Shelton Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (BAL)
Drew Shelton
OT Penn State
Zachariah Branch Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (BAL)
Zachariah Branch
WR Georgia
Davison Igbinosun Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (BAL)
Davison Igbinosun
CB Ohio State
Zane Durant Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (BAL)
Zane Durant
DT Penn State
Patrick Payton Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (BAL)
Patrick Payton
DL-EDGE LSU
DJ Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (BAL)
DJ Campbell
OG Texas
Robert Spears-Jennings Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (BAL)
Robert Spears-Jennings
S Oklahoma
Bear Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (BAL)
Bear Alexander
DT Oregon
Draft Grade — Ravens
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B for the Ravens.

Nobody else had Patrick Payton anywhere near No. 174. The Ravens did, by 58 spots, and that gap is the whole story.

The Sadiq value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. A whole weekend of picks and running back is somehow still a want.

Cornerback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it. They reloaded the coverage unit in bulk.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick13 Rnd1 Jermod McCoy
In pick No. 13 they get a press-man option on the boundary. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick47 Rnd2 Kenyon Sadiq
They will replay Kenyon Sadiq at pick 47 for years; that is how good the value is. It fills a real need, too.
Pick78 Rnd3 Drew Shelton
They reached into another round for Drew Shelton, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick113 Rnd4 Zachariah Branch
They paid sticker price for Zachariah Branch in the Round 4 slot, and that is fine. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick155 Rnd5 Davison Igbinosun
Davison Igbinosun in No. 155 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick166 Rnd5 Zane Durant
They went early on Zane Durant in slot 166, and the value did not follow. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick174 Rnd5 Patrick Payton
Patrick Payton in the 174th overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick175 Rnd5 DJ Campbell
A conviction pick on DJ Campbell at slot 175 that the board grades a round light. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick248 Rnd7 Robert Spears-Jennings
Robert Spears-Jennings at No. 248 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick252 Rnd7 Bear Alexander
Bear Alexander at the Round 7 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.