I'm generally not one to believe the comments coming from the after draft pressers, but I feel like DeCosta and Harbaugh were incredibly forthright last night and this probably did play out like they explained.
JK Dobbins - I don't believe they came into the night thinking that they were going to take him and when he was there at 55, they had to pull the trigger. Based on the comments, I thought they were pretty honest in their assessment that he was a 1st round grade on their board and him being available made it a no-brainer.
Justin Madubuike - Based on the age of our DL, I fully believe that we were targeting DL last night. Once they picked Dobbins and traded back from 60, they recognized that Madubuike, Gallimore, and Elliott were all still available and felt comfortable moving back and still getting one of them. They ended up with what I believe to be the best of the 3.
Devin Duvernay - A calculated risk but clearly for the reaction alone, this was a target all along. They definitely took a risk in hoping that he made it to them if they wanted him that badly, but I think I would have put a 4th based on the depth of this draft. I'm by no means saying this was a reach, but the Ravens clearly thought highly of him and had this guy in mind entering the day.
Malik Harrison - This is the other guy that I think they're referring to when they say that some guys they didn't expect to be there ended up being there. I think we would have been fine without a 2nd ILB but he's a great fit for the D we run and honestly shouldn't have still been available in my eyes.
Tyre Phillips - I'm not going to classify this is a reach necessarily, but this is probably the first time all draft where I think they realized they needed to start ignoring BPA a little bit and actually hit a need. Couldn't go into day 3 with only 3 picks and still a host of perceived needs.
Still have a few things I'd like to see us hit today - another WR, TE, swing T, OLB, and DB. I expect to see us move back a couple of times if possible.
