Odd question but the Ravens have 2 first team all pro corners coming back and some of the second string that is under contract played fine before going down; meanwhile the front 7 looks empty so why exactly would DB be the top choice on draft night? I am not sure I would take one in the first 3 rounds.
Maybe a 4th round development pick for 2 years from now as the Ravens are good at that.
because right now there's only humphrey guaranteed to be back next year because averett's a free agent, peters's cap hit is huge and tavon being cut saves like 6m or something
obviously what we do with those 3 guys massively impacts how we feel about the position but also worth noting that even if we keep tavon and MP around - we're still probably looking long-term to get younger - averett was the last young talented guy coming through on the cheap and he's now finished up his rookie deal
and as we saw this year you can never have too many corners
and as we saw in 2017, even if you've got corners you like, there's no downside to adding a blue-chip talent like us adding marlon to basically play backup and rotate in on the outside as a rookie
and you do it for a similar reason to the way we're looking at tackles too - 2 of the 3 highest value non-qb positions with depth qustion marks (as we look at it right now) and starters returning from injuries or with histories of injuries
if BPA is a CB, im not shying away from that pick in the same way that im taking an OT if they're BPA too
at 14 it's likely that there's going to be a high quality prospect available - it's also possible that we dont get to be particularly picky about what position they play - probably the only position we'd be likely to turn down a blue-chip prospect at 14 is a WR and you'd probably be seeing us try and trade out of that pick if that's the last guy left that we rate that high on the board
