The Ravens want to be able to compete each and every year, but the past couple years, what we’ve seen are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Los Angeles Rams win the Super Bowl after trading away draft capital, spending extravagantly.
Does that maybe change the Ravens’ philosophy going forward?
“If we told you that, we’d have to kill you,” said Eric DeCosta, executive vice president and general manager of the Ravens.
It wasn’t entirely clear that DeCosta was kidding; however, the temptation to go all in, to sacrifice the future for the now, that just isn’t something the Ravens seem willing to do.