“Draft picks will be more important than ever,” DeCosta said.
Why? The Ravens and Lamar Jackson are negotiating a new deal, which is going to be big, really big. Whenever he signs – and in my view, it’s not a question of if, only when – he’ll start gobbling up a lot more of the salary cap.
“We understand that if we do sign a long-term deal with Lamar Jackson, that’s going to change the way we’ve operated the last couple of years,” DeCosta said Monday.
There’ll be less room for veteran free agents, who cost more, and that increases the importance of having young contributors, i.