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Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (BAL)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (BAL)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Oluwafemi Oladejo Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (BAL)
Oluwafemi Oladejo
LB-EDGE UCLA
Hollin Pierce Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (BAL)
Hollin Pierce
OT Rutgers
Jacob Parrish Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (BAL)
Jacob Parrish
CB Kansas State
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 5 (BAL)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
CJ West Head Shot
PICK: 183 RND: 6 (BAL)
CJ West
DT Indiana
DJ Giddens Head Shot
PICK: 203 RND: 6 (BAL)
DJ Giddens
RB Kansas State
Jamon Dumas-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 210 RND: 6 (BAL)
Jamon Dumas-Johnson
LB Kentucky
Jalen Travis Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (BAL)
Jalen Travis
OT Iowa State
Tyler Loop Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (BAL)
Tyler Loop
PK Arizona
Draft Grade — Ravens
Overall C+
ValueC NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The jury is out on the Ravens. For now, C+.

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Ravens would have aced it. Tyler Loop at pick 243 is 83 spots clear of where he belonged.

On value alone, Giddens makes the weekend a net positive. They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Not a disaster, not a triumph, just a middling class.

Pick Analysis
Pick27 Rnd1 Malaki Starks
By-the-book stuff, Malaki Starks at Round 1, Pick 27 squarely in line with his ranking. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick59 Rnd2 Darien Porter
A wild overpay on Darien Porter in No. 59, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick91 Rnd3 Oluwafemi Oladejo
Value said wait; Oluwafemi Oladejo in slot 91 says they were not listening. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick129 Rnd4 Hollin Pierce
They liked Hollin Pierce enough to skip the value, taking him in the 129th overall pick. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick136 Rnd4 Jacob Parrish
They read the board right and Jacob Parrish was the payoff at the 136th pick. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick176 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
They went early on Dont'e Thornton Jr. in pick No. 176, and the value did not follow. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick183 Rnd6 CJ West
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on CJ West. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick203 Rnd6 DJ Giddens
DJ Giddens at pick No. 203 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick210 Rnd6 Jamon Dumas-Johnson
They reached a country mile for Jamon Dumas-Johnson at the Round 6 slot, and the board is aghast. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick212 Rnd6 Jalen Travis
Jalen Travis at the 212th overall pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick243 Rnd7 Tyler Loop
This one needs a full-page explanation: Tyler Loop in the 243rd pick, miles early. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.