After a chaotic few months, have the Ravens improved since last year? To get a sense for the big picture, start on a smaller scale.

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.

Former Maryland players Byron Cowart, Ty Johnson and Derwin Gray were taken in the final three rounds of the NFL draft.

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.

With the first of two third-round draft picks Friday night, the Ravens took Louisiana Tech edge rusher Jaylon Ferguson 85th overall.

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.

The former Maryland assistant coaches who recruited and coached Darnell Savage Jr. saw qualities in him that led to his being picked No, 21 overall by the Green Bay Packers in the first round of the NFL draft Thursday.

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

The NFL draft is the most exciting event of the offseason, and it always lives up to the hype — since that's pretty much all it is.

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.

Darnell Savage Jr.’s rise from a relatively unknown three-star high school prospect reached a once hard-to-imagine peak when the undersized but lightning-fast safety was picked in the first round of the 2019 NFL draft Thursday night.

After decades of transforming the game of football both on and off the field, former Colt John Mackey was left with few retirement benefits, a dementia diagnosis and mounting bills. Today, his widow is fighting for NFL pension reform in his memory.

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

Here's what the Ravens could do with their eight draft picks this week.

The 2019 NFL schedule came out last week and proved once again that it’s possible for a computer to be a New England Patriots fan. Plus, a look at the Orioles' historic rate of home runs allowed and the Ravens' options in the NFL draft.

As many as three as players with ties to the state, including a Terps star and a Baltimore native, could be taken in the first round Thursday night.

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.

Former Maryland safety Darnell Savage Jr. went from being a three-star prospect out of high school to a second-team All-Big Ten selection as a senior last season and now is among the top players at his position heading into the 2019 NFL draft.

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.

Ole Miss' D.K. Metcalf had arguably the best 2019 NFL Combine of any player that participated.

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.

From an imposing wide receiver who spent his childhood in Baltimore to a Delaware native who starred for the Terps, here's who could stand out in Indianapolis.

The Ravens need a top wide receiver and pass rusher, but an offensive lineman and running back are worth watching, too.

With the 39th and final selection of the third round, the Ravens now own three of the draft's top 102 picks.

The Ravens will have the No. 22 overall pick in the 2019 NFL draft. They had the No. 16 overall pick last year before trading down to the No. 22 slot and then No. 25.

Before Sunday’s game, the secondary had been the strength of the Ravens' top-ranked defense but they needed a GPS system to find the Browns receivers. They weren’t just open but in another ZIP code.

Lamar Jackson and Baker Mayfield, the rookie quarterbacks for the Ravens and Browns, respectively, will meet as on-field adversaries for the first time, but have been tight for a while.

A lot has changed in nine months for the Ravens, as they've transitioned from Joe Flacco to Lamar Jackson at quarterback.

Between the Pro Day and the NFL draft in late April, Ravens rookie Gus Edwards sought out Ken Munson, who owns Parisi Speed School in Staten Island, N.Y., to craft a training regimen to improve his speed and conditioning.

Former Maryland wide receiver DJ Moore catches five passes for 90 yards and rushes twice for 39 yards for the Carolina Panthers against the Ravens, a team that could have drafted him.

The Ravens' first-round draft pick came out of Sunday’s loss at the Cleveland Browns in good physical condition after catching only one pass for seven yards.

The Ravens will clash with the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday night without the services of rookie tight end Hayden Hurst

The organization’s seventh-round pick in April’s NFL draft played 11 snaps in the first game of his career and earned praise from starting nose tackle Michael Pierce.

When Lamar Jackson was taken No. 32 overall in the draft this year, Ozzie Newsome acknowledged they were “building for the future” with the Heisman Trophy winner. But, he added, “In order for us to win this year, we need Joe Flacco.”

The organization’s fourth-round pick said he is “not worried” about a left knee injury that kept him out of the second half of Thursday’s win against Washington.

The first-year inside linebacker hopes to extend the organization’s streak of having an undrafted free agent on the season-opening roster to 15 consecutive years.

Offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg said he would rather see the Ravens rookie quarterback “get down a step too early than a step too late.”

The former Bulldog is also the final pick of Ozzie Newsome’s career as the Ravens general manager, but said both labels are not burdensome.

After being a healthy scratch in nine games, the third-round pick in the 2017 NFL draft is aiming for at least 25 tackles and his first career sack in 2018.

The Ravens, like most of the NFL, are embracing a pro-style offense with run-pass-option (RPO) elements.

While Dick Butkus, Jack Lambert and Lawrence Taylor had a great influence on the linebacker position in the NFL, Ray Lewis might have had the biggest of all.

A look at each season Ray Lewis played for the Ravens and the five years since he retired, culminating in his selection to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

"You practice for half a practice, and all of a sudden, things start tweaking on them,” the Ravens coach said.