Originally Posted by
landshark52
I've been thinking of what the Ravens will do early in the draft. I've come to the conclusion that they should IMO trade back into the early second. Then they should trade up with their original pick in the second round to get a guy who might drop for certain reasons.
Now, the ideal situation with this would be to get Deandre Hopkins with the first pick and then later in the second trade up to get Elam. Hopkins I think will fall because of his 4.57 40 at the combine. Btw he ran around 4.5 or a little lower at his pro day. Thing is speed is not nearly all of his game. I agree with you guys that he is a stud, but he will fall a little because of Justin Hunter rising ahead if him.
Then with our original second round pick we should trade up some to get 1 of 2 fallers. The ideal one would be Matt Elam. I think he will fall because of size concerns and him constantly launching his body in tackles which may lead to a lot of penalties in Goodell's powder puff league. The other guy that slides who we could trade up 4 is Minter. He will slide along with the rest of the ILBs because of devaluing of the position, being short, and some believing he was a product of a talented defense.
So for my ideal draft...
Round 2: Hopkins, WR, via trading back.
Round 2: Elam, S, via trading up.
Round 3: Kiko Alonso, ILB
Round 4: Chris Faulk, LT, via trade up.
Round 4: Dion Sims, TE, (comp pick)
Round 5: Montori Hughes, NT, comp pick
Round 6: Quanterus Smith, DE/OLB
Round 6: A Big Athletic Cornerback, comp pick
Round 7: Interior Lineman.
Some picks that Ravens were not used due to being used in trades.
I am assuming here that the Ravens sign Mckinnie, James Harrison, Dan Connor, and Chris Chester.