Baltimore general manager Eric DeCosta enters the 2021 offseason in an unenviable situation. The Ravens roster has three equally critical positional needs - receiver, outside linebacker and offensive line. Addressing each is necessary to construct a complete contender before Baltimore’s generational 2018 draft class graduates to market value contracts in 2022.
At edge rusher, the cupboard is almost bare, all five outside linebackers who saw action in the postseason are scheduled to become unrestricted free agents. Receiver has remained a problem area since drops contributed to the 2019 postseason loss against Tennessee. And upgrading an offensive line that underwhelmed in the playoffs for three consecutive seasons was considered an important need even before Orlando Brown Jr.