This blog and this news article do a darn good job of saying the same thing - with the five draft picks the Ravens have, they can do a good job of adding quality players. What do we need? A corner, maybe a kicker, a defensive end, a defensive tackle, and (who knows) maybe another wide receiver. With a relatively small number of picks, you need to make sure the guys you choose have an impact. Honestly, I'm not that worried about the team doing a bad job in that department. They have a pretty good draft history, except for a few exceptions (Kyle Boller comes to mind).
There is some cause for concern, though, when comparing the Ravens' draft status to that of the rest of the teams in the AFC North. 5 picks is, well, a tad lower than the other teams - Pittsburgh has 11, Cleveland has 10, and Cinci has 9. With the new Draft format, it will be interesting to see how all the teams use that to their advantage, or if it just ends up being somewhat disastrous.
These five picks (one - 1st round, one - 2nd round, two - 5th round, one - 6th round) tie the lowest number in franchise history. GM Ozzie Newsome, however, doesn't seem that concerned. He said (quoted in the above-mentioned Baltimore Sun article), "I'm better off with Anquan Boldin than I am to be sitting here with six picks." However, there has been speculation that the team will trade down to obtain more picks. I guess we'll see how it all pans out.
Final, completely random and completely subjective note: I'm a Baltimore fan forever, and can we just pause a moment to think about how hard it is for me knowing that a Ravens team so good is waiting in the wings...and I have to wait around and sit through every painstaking O's game until then. How many more months until football?
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