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Draft Selections
Grey Zabel Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (BAL)
Grey Zabel
OT North Dakota State
Jonah Savaiinaea Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (BAL)
Jonah Savaiinaea
OT Arizona
Jackson Slater Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (BAL)
Jackson Slater
OG Sacramento State
Jordan James Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (BAL)
Jordan James
RB Oregon
Ahmed Hassanein Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (BAL)
Ahmed Hassanein
DL-EDGE Boise State
Ben Sauls Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 5 (BAL)
Ben Sauls
PK Pittsburgh
Fadil Diggs Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 5 (BAL)
Fadil Diggs
DL-EDGE Syracuse
Jabbar Muhammad Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (BAL)
Jabbar Muhammad
CB Oregon
Ty Hamilton Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (BAL)
Ty Hamilton
DT Ohio State
Seth McLaughlin Head Shot
PICK: 213 RND: 6 (BAL)
Seth McLaughlin
C Ohio State
Chimere Dike Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (BAL)
Chimere Dike
WR Florida
Draft Grade — Ravens
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Ravens kept it disciplined and banked a B-.

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Ravens would have aced it. Ahmed Hassanein at the Round 4 slot is 87 spots clear of where he belonged.

The Dike steal is the beam this whole class leans on. They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it.

They went 6 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick27 Rnd1 Grey Zabel
In the Round 1 slot they get a blindside protector. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick59 Rnd2 Jonah Savaiinaea
Jonah Savaiinaea is a better player than pick 59 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick91 Rnd3 Jackson Slater
Jackson Slater at slot 91 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick128 Rnd4 Jordan James
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jordan James at the 128th pick is the proof. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick136 Rnd4 Ahmed Hassanein
They left a pile of value on the table to take Ahmed Hassanein this early at No. 136. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick176 Rnd5 Ben Sauls
Somehow Ben Sauls was still sitting there in pick No. 176, and they pounced on premier specialist value. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Pick178 Rnd5 Fadil Diggs
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Fadil Diggs well ahead of where he belonged. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick185 Rnd6 Jabbar Muhammad
Jabbar Muhammad in No. 185 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick205 Rnd6 Ty Hamilton
Ty Hamilton at pick 205 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick213 Rnd6 Seth McLaughlin
A big swing on Seth McLaughlin at slot 213, well ahead of any board in the building. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick245 Rnd7 Chimere Dike
Chimere Dike at Round 7, Pick 27 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A need, and now a little less of one.