swampthing'S MOCK DRAFT

RAVENS

  • swampthing DRAFTING FOR THE
    Ravens
Draft Selections
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (BAL)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Jonah Elliss Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (BAL)
Jonah Elliss
DE-EDGE Utah
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (BAL)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (BAL)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Jason Marshall Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (BAL)
Jason Marshall Jr.
CB Florida
Zion Tupuola-Fetui Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (BAL)
Zion Tupuola-Fetui
DE-EDGE Washington
Zion Nelson Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (BAL)
Zion Nelson
OT Miami (FL)
Draft Grade — Ravens
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Ravens let Marshall Jr. fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

When a board-topper like Jason Marshall Jr. slides to the Round 4 slot, you do not overthink it, and the Ravens did not. The bottom line is a respectable B.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up. Robinson has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. Job largely done: cornerback settled and 4 of 8 of the wish list covered.

Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the interior defensive lineman spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Terrion Arnold
In the 29th overall pick they get a potential shutdown corner. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick61 Rnd2 Jonah Elliss
Jonah Elliss slipping to the Round 2 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick92 Rnd3 TreVeyon Henderson
TreVeyon Henderson in No. 92 lands just on the right side of the ledger. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick129 Rnd4 Darius Robinson
They went early on Darius Robinson in Round 4, Pick 29, and the value did not follow. The roster fit checks out.
Pick134 Rnd4 Jason Marshall Jr.
Somehow Jason Marshall Jr. was still sitting there in pick 134, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick166 Rnd5 Zion Tupuola-Fetui
Zion Tupuola-Fetui in slot 166 is fair value, right on his grade. It fills a real need, too.
Pick250 Rnd7 Zion Nelson
Zion Nelson in pick No. 250 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.