This is true, and if this is the case then we need to be much more active in our attempts. The last OTs we drafted were tyre philips and Orlando brown and Greg senat, and philips is obviously viewed as a guard by us, so we haven’t truly drafted a tackle since 2018 all the while OT depth has been a glaring need and now the starters have become a glaring need as well.
I trust Stanley to get back to form, if he doesn’t we are royally fucked and it might tank the whole Lamar Jackson era ravens with his contract. We all knew for years that we were gonna run into a huge problem with our tackle depth down the line, and here we are.
Well I mean at this point tackle "depth" is a fairy tale, because I'm not sure I could find 2-3 teams in the league that have tackle depth. Over half have below average starters. We certainly need an upgrade at RT, no question though.
I think they had every intention of making Phillips a Tackle. He just sucked last year, and they didn't have enough confidence in him this year to give him the job (obviously). But they did sign two Tackles in FA (although one is largely out for the year). So from my perspective, they've drafted or signed 2-3 guys in the last call it 18 months who can play that position. Problem is... they've all sucked.
I'm not going to blame DeCosta for his draft approach. It would be hypocritical for the fans to do the same. We are well over a decade since fans started screaming for the FO to start taking shots at WR and skill position players in the early rounds, since we historically didn't do it at nearly the levels other teams did.
The #1 priority for the fanbase, almost unanimously, for the offseason, was getting WR upgrades and getting pass rush upgrades. Tackle was probably third. We made strong attempts at the first two, and time will tell if they pay off. The latter fell by the waste side, and now we see it.
I said going into the offseason that the number of "upgrades" needed was more than the Ravens could actually obtain. And that looks pretty spot on after a whopping one week. Injuries play an unavoidable factor, but this Oline is as healthy as it will ever be at the moment, and they played terrible.