A typical response to every NFL Draft cycle is to praise the Baltimore Ravens organization for their inevitably wonderful draft. Often enough, hindsight proves that to be accurate. The 2022 NFL Draft has been no different in its initial reaction, including to their first-round selection of safety Kyle Hamilton, who has been regarded as a steal at 14th overall.
The general perception is that Hamilton ‘fell’ to the middle of the first round because of his relatively slow 40-yard dash time at the NFL Scouting Combine, but 40 times are something Baltimore has never allowed to turn them off of a prospect when the tape contradicts it, and they believed it did in his case.