idk about need - the real need at that point in time would have been tackle - and there was one that a lot of us loved who was available at that spot in teven jenkins...
from the way hortiz and EDC have talked about the board it sounds like they had Oweh and Rousseau and Bateman all similarly ranked but knew that Bateman wouldn't make it to 31 but thought one of rousseau and oweh might...
oweh didnt really feel like a reach in the true sense of the word - just seemed like a non-ravens pick based on their history of drafting EDGE - payton turner or carlos basham feel like they fit the ravens EDGE profile a lot better
I think there’s many variables to why we picked Oweh over (Fan favorite) Jenkins.
The loss of Judon and Yannick and having no real pass rushers on the roster would make EDGE a need. If not the top need, it was definitely #2.
Combo that with our past success of being able to find late round gems at the Oline position and Lamar’s elusiveness, I can see why they would pick Oweh over Jenkins, even if a lot of us see Jenkins as the better prospect.
Think we just got to get used to this new Ravens drafting philosophy under EDC.
He tends lean towards big schools / Power-5 players and/or prospects with really high SPARQ scores. He’s less about their past-productions than Ozzie