Ravens 2019 draft coverage
Here's what you need to know about the Ravens 2019 draft.
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Ravens draft superlatives: Predicting a sleeper pick, immediate contributor and potential bust
The Ravens’ newcomers are on their way. Eight draft picks and a handful of undrafted free agents are expected to arrive this week for the team’s two-day rookie minicamp in Owings Mills. The early reviews of Eric DeCosta’s first draft as general manager are in, and they’re mostly positive. It will...
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Speedsters, five-star recruits and a barber: Meet the Ravens' 2019 draft class
Eric DeCosta’s first draft as Ravens general manager produced eight players, highlighted by speedy Oklahoma wide receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown at No. 25 overall. Brown’s Hollywood origins have been explained in detail, but there’s plenty you might not know about the rest of the Ravens’ draft...
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Five Things We Learned from the Ravens' 2019 draft
The Ravens chose the most exciting player available in Marquise “Hollywood” Brown. Box-office appeal was likely far from general manager Eric DeCosta’s mind when he turned in his draft card for the 5-foot-9, 166-pound burner from Oklahoma. If he’d preferred a guard at No. 25 overall, he would have...
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What they're saying about the Ravens' 2019 draft
Here’s what experts around the country are saying about the Ravens’ overall draft, their first under new general manager Eric DeCosta. NFL.com: “Multiple NFL general managers told me they would have a hard time picking [Marquise] Brown, a 166-pound receiver, in the first round. Sure, he lacks size,...
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'We added a lot of speed': With Lamar Jackson as pacesetter, Ravens use draft to build breakneck offense
Everything about the Ravens’ transfer of power at quarterback last season happened fast. The schematic transition from a pass-heavy attack to a run-reliant offense, the turnaround of a season going nowhere, the ascent of a rookie who’d struggled throughout the preseason, Lamar Jackson’s legs themselves...
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Mike Preston: Ravens might've gotten up to speed in weapons department
Only time will determine the impact of the 2019 NFL draft, but it was clear over the weekend that the Ravens wanted to improve their offensive speed, get second-year quarterback Lamar Jackson more weapons and they have a preference for Oklahoma players. The Ravens appear to have upgraded because...
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After trading down, Ravens select Oklahoma WR Marquise Brown at No. 25 overall in NFL draft
“Hollywood” is coming to Baltimore. After trading down in the first round of the NFL draft for the third time in the past two years, the Ravens took Oklahoma’s Marquise “Hollywood” Brown with the No. 25 overall selection Thursday night, hoping the undersized speedster will solve their long-term...
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Ravens first-round pick Marquise Brown isn't big, but good luck catching him
Marquise Brown was not merely small. He was painfully thin, a Lilliputian in a land of mammoths. The first-round NFL grade? The spectacular touchdown hook-ups with two Heisman Trophy-winning quarterbacks? The "Hollywood" nickname bestowed by a famous announcer? A few years ago, those notions would...
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Instant analysis of the Ravens' selection of Oklahoma WR Marquise Brown
Childs Walker, reporter: The Ravens had many options at No. 22, so they had to be delighted when the Philadelphia Eagles came calling with an offer. General manager Eric DeCosta loves the depth in draft, and now he has two extra third-day picks to play with. Their pick of Marquise Brown should...
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Preston: Ravens might finally have No. 1 WR, but Marquise Brown brings more questions than answers
As soon as the Ravens drafted Oklahoma receiver Marquise Brown in the first round with the No. 25 overall pick in Thursday night’s NFL draft, memories of 2005 returned, when the team selected another small Sooners receiver, Mark Clayton, at pick No. 22. Clayton was 5 feet 10 and 197 pounds. Brown...