Ravens executive vice president and general manager Eric DeCosta, who recently completed his first draft as GM, announced several adjustments to the team’s personnel/scouting department Thursday, while the team revealed Ozzie Newsome’s official title.
As the Ravens set out during this weekend’s NFL draft to give Jackson weapons, their methodology on offense became clear over six rounds and eight selections: They were not just trying to build the team around Jackson. They were trying to build something like a track team for him, too.
As I was sitting there watching the melee unfold in front of me, I thought about what it would be like to coach a team where I could hand pick each of the players at the top of their game and put together the team that I wanted from a huge player pool.
After trading their No. 22 overall pick in the 2019 NFL draft to the Philadelphia Eagles, the Ravens selected Oklahoma wide receiver Marquise Brown at No. 25 overall on Thursday night.
General manager Eric DeCosta made a bold move by picking Oklahoma wide receiver Marquise Brown in the first round, but with top defensive prospects still available and questions about Brown's size and fit in the Ravens offense, the selection raises some concerns.
The Baltimore Sun's Ravens beat writers offer their instant reactions to the Ravens trading down and picking Oklahoma wide receiver Marquise Brown at No. 25 overall in the first round.
Miles Taylor’s celebrity status keeps growing. The 2013 Westminster High School graduate, who was born with cerebral palsy and gained recent fame from a video of him deadlifting 200 pounds, will announce a third-round pick for the Baltimore Ravens at the 2019 NFL Draft.
Kicker Justin Tucker, 29, signed a contract extension with the Ravens through 2023 reportedly worth $23.05 million, including $12.5 million fully guaranteed.
The Ravens have never drafted a center higher than 92nd overall. But with a group of high-end prospects at the position in 2019, could this be the year they break that pattern?
For the first time in Ravens history, Ozzie Newsome won't run the team's draft room this year. But his picks have been essential to the team's identity, and his counsel will continue to inform the moves of current general manager Eric DeCosta.
No team in the NFL’s new age has ever built around a quarterback like Lamar Jackson. That is at once an unprecedented challenge and a seismic opportunity.
The 34-year-old Marshal Yanda had not said publicly whether he intended to return for his 13th season before agreeing to an extension with the Ravens on Thursday.
We begin our preview of the Ravens' draft possibilities with a look at the interior offensive line, where they need a young starter and where the 2019 class features an array of appealing first-round targets.
The Ravens haven’t signed a pass rusher in free agency, and the team could pass on taking one in the first round of the draft. Eric DeCosta hopes Bowser and Williams can “take the next step."
Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta, who has the No. 22 overall pick and a need for improved play at wide receiver, acknowledged Tuesday that the team is looking at D.K. Metcalf.
Ever since the Ravens moved to Baltimore from Cleveland in 1996, Eric DeCosta has been in the shadows of either head coaches or general managers. Now, it’s his time to step into the spotlight and under the microscope.
For years, coach John Harbaugh has talked about being physical at the point of attack, but the Ravens haven’t invested a lot of top draft picks on offensive linemen.
Instead of caving in to some public sentiment after the first days teams could negotiate with free agents, Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta waited until the high money was invested into the so-called top unrestricted free agents and then walked away with one of the best safeties in the NFL.
In less than 18 hours spanning Monday night and Tuesday afternoon, three Ravens linebackers who underpinned their defensive success proved unwilling or unable to be retained.
The Ravens have lost several of their starting unrestricted free agents on defense, but there’s no reason for any alarm. The players the Ravens have lost so far this offseason were either too old or simply not good enough to merit multiyear, lucrative contracts.
With the loss of C.J. Mosley, Terrell Suggs and others, the Ravens will have to rebuild their defense in a hurry and Baltimore will have to brace for a serious star-power shortage from both of its major professional teams.
Outside linebacker Terrell Suggs’ best chance of returning to the Ravens might have ended when Ozzie Newsome stepped down as general manager this offseason and was replaced by Eric DeCosta.
Eric DeCosta has shortened the Ravens' to-do list considerably. He still must answer a handful of questions that could shape the team’s short- and long-term future.
The Ravens officially terminated the contract of veteran safety Eric Weddle, executive vice president and general manager Eric DeCosta announced Wednesday.
There was a wave of purple optimism throughout the stadium in the team’s final regular season win against Cleveland and sellout crowd for the wild-card game against the Chargers.
By designating inside linebacker C.J. Mosley with the franchise tag, the Ravens would have committed about $15.4 million to the former first-round draft pick for the 2019 season.
None of the top wide receivers in this year’s draft class were bashful about thumping their chest and proclaiming themselves the best wideout of the group.
