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Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (BAL)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (BAL)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Jordan Burch Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (BAL)
Jordan Burch
DE-EDGE Oregon
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (BAL)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Savion Williams Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (BAL)
Savion Williams
WR TCU
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 5 (BAL)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Connor Colby Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 5 (BAL)
Connor Colby
OG Iowa
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (BAL)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Tyler Loop Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (BAL)
Tyler Loop
PK Arizona
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 213 RND: 6 (BAL)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Donovan Smith Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (BAL)
Donovan Smith
QB Houston
Draft Picks Received
Jordan Burch Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Jordan Burch
DE-EDGE Oregon
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Draft Picks Traded
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (NE)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Ben Sauls Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (NE)
Ben Sauls
PK Pittsburgh
Players traded away
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Mark Andrews
TE
Draft Grade — Ravens
Overall D
ValueC+ NeedB TradesF FutureB-
A costly weekend of dealing drags the Ravens to a D.

Call it a hunch or call it a gamble, but the Ravens spent slot 205 on Tyler Loop, a name most had 101 spots down the list. The board pushed back all weekend, and the D is the result.

Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through running back.

On value alone, Higgins makes the weekend a net positive.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and running back is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick27 Rnd1 Walter Nolen
In slot 27 they get an anchor for the defensive front, and a steal at that. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick59 Rnd2 Maxwell Hairston
The board had cheaper options than Maxwell Hairston at the 59th overall pick, and it noticed. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick69 Rnd3 Jordan Burch
They reached a country mile for Jordan Burch at the Round 3 slot, and the board is aghast. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick77 Rnd3 Donovan Jackson
They paid up for Donovan Jackson at the 77th pick when waiting would have done the job. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick91 Rnd3 Savion Williams
No edge and no loss on Savion Williams in pick No. 91; it is a wash and a sensible one. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick176 Rnd5 Oronde Gadsden II
Oronde Gadsden II at Round 5, Pick 37 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick178 Rnd5 Connor Colby
Connor Colby in No. 178 lands just on the right side of the ledger. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick185 Rnd6 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
A quiet steal in pick No. 185: Dont'e Thornton Jr. for less than the market said. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick205 Rnd6 Tyler Loop
They reached into another round for Tyler Loop, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Pick213 Rnd6 Jay Higgins
A linebacker of that caliber at pick 213 is the definition of value, full stop. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick245 Rnd7 Donovan Smith
A tidy little value on Donovan Smith in the 245th pick, a step better than break-even. The roster fit checks out.