Ravens assistant GM Eric DeCosta tells Jason La Canfora that they were surprised to see so many offensive players taken in the early part of round one.
“We looked at this draft as historically a very strong defensive draft,” DeCosta said. “We never really saw the scenario where teams would be so bullish about offensive players early on … Because this was such a strong defensive draft, the team that needed offense figured out they’d better draft them early … We didn’t necessarily foresee that, but that’s what ended up happening.