We’re fully (in some cases, painfully) aware what the Ravens needs are coming into the 2018 draft. The first wave of free agency can sometimes alter things, so I’ve decided to do this exercise as a post-free agency reset of sorts. This isn’t to say the team should draft start the first round with need 1 and go down the list. I truly believe a team’s final draft haul should be a carefully crafted product of need, value and organizational strengths and beliefs.
How the Ravens choose to navigate through a draft with so much early prospect parity will be fascinating, but here’s my take on what the priorities should be.