other notes from the hortiz appearance (and there arent many because he was even more frugal than usual with information)
- i think there was a little syntactical slip early on when he said he'd be able to tell you a lot more about who we're picking once 27 has been handed in... the way he flippantly said it made me think that trading up really isnt something he's expecting us to do in the first round - only a little thing - but if trading up was a real possibility (or expected possibility) i think he would have answered differently and more guardedly - and it wasnt really big enough to be a smokescreen that other teams could cotton onto (not that it would help them anyway)
- Hortiz reckons there's 15 players that in no scenario would we expect to be available when we pick at 28 but beyond that, because we're picking so late, he hasnt been able to narrow down who might be there when we pick yet
- ultimately the first trait we look for in a wide receiver is still their hands and not a trait like speed - still think the shadow of breshad perriman looms large here - would suggest quick guys like KJ Hamler might not be as high on the ravens board as he could be elsewhere
- he reiterated that speed is a tool - a really useful one to have at WR and certainly something we see as an attractive trait but not being fast isnt a dealbreaker for us - if you have a way to win then that's what we're evaluating (not just pure athleticism)
- OL (might seem obvious) but we're looking for big, smart and tough players up-front - with the way we want to play offence it makes sense for us to be big and aggressive and powerful (was in response to a question about robert hunt - that he skipped by talking generically about what we like in O Linemen)