The decks are clearing, and the stage is being set. At the eleventh hour of the true NFL offseason (that is, up until the end of the draft prior to the dog days of Summer), the Baltimore Ravens and their General Manager Eric DeCosta are just a day or so away from what will be a pivotal moment in his career so far.
That is, the opening of the 2021 NFL Draft, a collective process which typically manages to carry about as much pomp and circumstance as the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, while actually only being about assigning young football players to a team.