The Baltimore Ravens needed a tight end. They also needed a wide receiver. They ended up taking two of each over the course of the 2018 NFL Draft. But one of the reasons that they opted for the tight end over the wide receiver in the first round was because they felt that history indicates a tight end in the first round will have more success.
They need only look at their own draft history to see that. Just days after the draft ended, they chose to decline the fifth-year option on Breshad Perriman, the wide receiver on whom they used their first-round selection in 2015.