redrum52
Hall of Famer
Everything at the time screamed Ridley. It made absolutely no sense to me to take an old TE considering the talent we passed on originally.
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Lamar Jackson
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Everything at the time screamed Ridley. It made absolutely no sense to me to take an old TE considering the talent we passed on originally.
everyone wanted Ridley over Hurst.
airconteka
MVP
Mark Andrews would have sucked if we didn't take Hurst. All part of the plan.
UPennChem
Hall of Famer
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So true, I mean we may have drafted another TE after Andrews and that TE would be the stud.
I could understand passing on Ridley if they had ended up with DJ Moore, but Hurst was... a pick.
At his age, he was in his athletic prime and wasn't going to get drastically better, so he had to be great out of the gate and I didn't feel he was going to be good enough to justify such a high pick.
allblackraven
Hall of Famer
Taking everything into account, that pick might have been worse than Elam in '13.
well after trading down, Moore was taken before us, then we took Hurst and then Ridley was drafted by the Falcons.
I just hate watching the draft and seeing players I like go to other teams in the AFCN.
That's my issue- I wouldn't have traded down again.
I suppose it all worked out in the end, but at the time, I was upset they passed on guys like James, Edmunds, Moore.
hard to believe as good as that draft was, it could have been better. I do wonder if we would have traded back into the bottom of the first without those trade downs, but we will never really know.
ndub
Ravens Ring of Honor
Lamar would’ve had at least 5 passing TDs with either supporting cast from last night. Those two QBs are jokes. Right @29BmoreBird22 ?
i wouldnt go that far - hayden's been disappointing but he's at least having a somewhat decent football career... just not what you want from a 1st rounder
elam was a trainwreck
i know - this year was awful for that too
Bengals took dax hill and cam taylor-britt
browns took alex wright and perrion winfrey
steelers took george pickens and demarvin leal
I still think we’d be singing a very different tune about Hurst had he not gotten hurt and Andrews hadn’t stepped up. Had every skill to thrive in this type of offense but just fell behind the 8 ball and then had to make a decision for his career as an older rookie.
JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
Hurst is Uber athletic but idk man, he’s only got one speed, and if you can’t outrun every defender on the field then you can’t play like that.
OURavensFan
Ravens Ring of Honor
This one irritated me because it was just after he caught a TD then started beating his chest saying feed me. Then he’s not looking on this one
allblackraven
Hall of Famer
I'm thinking more in terms of who we could have drafted instead of these two.
Not much choice in that awful 2013 class.
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I don't think we would be.
Hurst went to a VERY tight end friendly offense in Atlanta, and a more pass happy offense than Baltimore, and just didn't produce at a clip where I'd say he was worth the first round pick.
I think Hurst would have been okay in Baltimore, but I don't think he'd have ever justified his draft status.