There were plenty of reminders that General Manager Eric DeCosta paid close attention while he sat beside Newsome in the war room and watched his mentor operate for all those years.
With DeCosta in charge, the Ravens traded out of their original slot in the first round, a maneuver Newsome repeatedly pulled as GM.
There were, however, also ways in which a DeCosta-led draft was different from a Newsome-led draft.
There was an emphasis on wide receivers in the early rounds, for instance. Never before had the Ravens picked two guys at that position within the first three rounds of a draft.