Ravens’ 2017 Draft Class Gets a B+ Grade
As noted in yesterday’s Late for Work, NFL.com ranked the Ravens’ 2018 draft as the best in the league that year. Bleacher Report’s Maurice Moton evaluated the 2017 draft, and Baltimore’s haul that year, while not as exceptional as 2018’s class (which included Jackson, Andrews and Orlando Brown Jr.), was still pretty good.
Moton gave the Ravens’ 2017 class a B+ grade. Only five teams received higher marks.
“Aside from two-time Pro Bowler and All-Pro cornerback Marlon Humphrey, the Baltimore Ravens’ top 2017 picks needed time to develop into first-stringers,” Moton wrote. “In 2021, Tyus Bowser became a full-time starter, recording 59 tackles, eight for loss, seven sacks and 26 pressures. After two years in a backup role, Chuck Clark has started in most of the games at safety.
“Overall, Baltimore gets a lot of credit for finding three starters on defense — one of them a top playmaker among the league’s cornerbacks.”
Humphrey, by the way, was ranked as the eighth-best cornerback in the league in an ESPN survey of more than 50 league executives, coaches, scouts and players.
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