By The Athletic NFL Staff May 1, 2021 3
The Baltimore Ravens entered the 2021 NFL Draft with nine picks over the three-day event.
They added wide receiver Rashod Bateman out of Minnesota at No. 27 and followed that by taking edge rusher Jayson Oweh out of Penn State at 31 in the first round Thursday. The Ravens had two late Round 3 picks. Check out our analysis on all their picks below.
The Ravens shook up things last week when they traded right tackle Orlando Brown Jr. to the Kansas City Chiefs and acquired the Chiefs’ first-round pick (No. 31), along with a third-round and fourth-round pick in this year’s draft. Even before dealing Brown, the offensive line (mostly the interior) was a priority and now, even more so. The Ravens addressed their other two needs in the first round.
After an inconsistent season transitioning from slot to outside corner while battling injuries, Wade has become one of the draft s most mercurial prospects.
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The Jacksonville Jaguars spent much of the past calendar year setting the foundation and shoring up the corner unit. Arguably no unit has seen more change in that time. After losing Jalen Ramsey and AJ Bouye, corner was the first position the previous regime addressed in the 2020 NFL Draft, taking Florida corner CJ Henderson at No. 9 overall in the first round. In fact, with the franchise record 12 picks in last year s draft, four were corners: Henderson, Luq Barcoo, Josiah Scott, and Chris Claybrooks. Furthermore, due to injuries, all four saw significant playing time with Henderson, Claybrooks, and Barcoo all starting at various times.
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Eight years ago, 14-year-old Antoine Winfield, Jr., sat in the basement of his family s Minnesota home and played
Madden with Vikings rookie safety Harrison Smith.
Antoine Winfield, Sr., a three-time Bowler, was in his final of nine seasons with the Vikings and often invited Smith, along with teammates like Jamarca Sanford and Adrian Peterson, over to
Now an NFL rookie himself, having been drafted by Tampa Bay 45th overall this spring, Antoine Jr. spoke with media members Wednesday in advance of Sunday s Vikings-Bucs game and reflected on those early memories. I just remember all of them coming [over on Monday nights], and I remember [Harrison] specifically coming in and meeting him when I was young, Antoine Jr. said. I was down there playing video games with them and beating everybody in Madden and everything. It was cool to be able to hang around all those guys when I was younger.