By May 2, General Manager Eric DeCosta must make a decision on whether to exercise the fifth-year option for his two first-round picks of 2021, wide receiver Rashod Bateman and outside linebacker Odafe Oweh. During the Baltimore Ravens’ Pre-Draft Press Conference held on Tuesday, DeCosta was inquired as to whether he’s made a decision regarding their rookie contracts.
“I think we’re about a month away from that decision,” DeCosta said. “So, that’s probably when we’ll make that decision, I would think, but we’ll have more to say about that probably after the Draft.”
Ever since the introduction of the rookie wage scale in 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement, all first-round draft picks have a fifth-year option teams are allowed to exercise following the player’s third season.