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The Ravens are selling a new era, and it would be a lot easier if they had some star players to promote.

Most of the focus for the Ravens in 2019 will be on second-year quarterback Lamar Jackson, but the offensive line will be just as critical.

The Ravens are a team going through growing pains, which makes this week’s three-day mandatory minicamp possibly more important than recent ones.

The Ravens pursued Gerald McCoy after he mutually parted ways with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last month, but the defensive tackle signed with Carolina.

Marquise Brown, one of the nation’s top wide receivers at Oklahoma last season, has yet to practice during the Ravens’ organized team activities.

This is an offseason of change for Lamar Jackson and the Ravens offense he will now lead.

After declaring early for the NFL draft, Oklahoma’s Marquise “Hollywood” Brown and Notre Dame’s Miles Boykin trained together in Florida ahead of the NFL scouting combine.

Four of the team’s draft picks are known by more evocative monikers, headlined by former Oklahoma wide receiver Marquise Brown.

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.

The Ravens appear to have upgraded because they attempted to fill needs at wide receiver, edge rusher and on the offensive line.

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.

The Ravens have somewhat pressing needs at interior offensive line and inside linebacker, and more depth is always welcome in the secondary.

After day one of the annual NFL draft, the Ravens came away with one of college football’s top receivers even though he was small and far from the prototype. But on day two, the Ravens might have gotten better by adding edge rusher Jaylon Ferguson and receiver Miles Boykin, both third-round picks.

Instant analysis of the Ravens' selections during Day 2 of the NFL draft

Ravens first-round pick Marquise Brown has always faced doubts because of his size. But his rare determination and scintillating speed pushed him past those questions to the top of the 2019 receiver class and a vital place in the future story of the Lamar Jackson-led Ravens.

It was hard to find anyone who thought that Oklahoma wide receiver Marquise Brown was a bad pick for the Ravens.

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.

For most of the 23 years since the Ravens were established in Baltimore, the team has lacked a dominant, game-breaking wideout.