Until the 2019 season, Ozzie Newsome was the only general manager the Baltimore Ravens ever knew. He held that title from the organization’s founding after the Cleveland Browns moved to Baltimore up until last year, when he ceded it to his protégé, Eric DeCosta, fading back into a less hands-on role.
DeCosta did pretty well for himself, signing Earl Thomas and Mark Ingram in free agency, managing to trade away several non-essential players for draft picks, such as Joe Flacco, drafting an impact rookie in Marquise Brown, and then, in-season, acquiring Marcus Peters via trade. They even reshuffled their linebackers and found success with Josh Bynes and L.