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2025 NFL Draft Gameday Thread

What position will the Ravens select with their first pick in the draft?

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Day 3 nuggets from my guy:

Riley Leonard was indeed the guy they had in mind at QB.

Cam Jackson was the DL they missed out on that they wanted most, 1 pick ahead of us. That's the infamous 5 pick trade back so it'll be interesting to see if they made a mistake there. They still really liked Vinson though. They also liked Warren Brinson later but he didn't make it.

The LB run started a little sooner than expected. They were hoping they had more options where they took Buchanan, but it may have been him regardless (unless Kiser was there).

Loop was always the guy. EDC was not lying about that.
 
Simba said:
Day 3 nuggets from my guy:

Riley Leonard was indeed the guy they had in mind at QB.

Cam Jackson was the DL they missed out on that they wanted most, 1 pick ahead of us. That's the infamous 5 pick trade back so it'll be interesting to see if they made a mistake there. They still really liked Vinson though. They also liked Warren Brinson later but he didn't make it.

The LB run started a little sooner than expected. They were hoping they had more options where they took Buchanan, but it may have been him regardless (unless Kiser was there).

Loop was always the guy. EDC was not lying about that.
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Is there any reason they didn't take Loop before Kone? Did they know NE was gonna take the other guy?
 
SepticeyePoe said:
Is there any reason they didn't take Loop before Kone? Did they know NE was gonna take the other guy?
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I don't know for certain, but my guess is that they knew who NE would take. It was pretty widely telegraphed that they would be in the K market too.
 
Simba said:
Day 3 nuggets from my guy:

Riley Leonard was indeed the guy they had in mind at QB.

Cam Jackson was the DL they missed out on that they wanted most, 1 pick ahead of us. That's the infamous 5 pick trade back so it'll be interesting to see if they made a mistake there. They still really liked Vinson though. They also liked Warren Brinson later but he didn't make it.

The LB run started a little sooner than expected. They were hoping they had more options where they took Buchanan, but it may have been him regardless (unless Kiser was there).

Loop was always the guy. EDC was not lying about that.
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i would have really liked to groom Riley Leonard here as a QB3 for 4 years
cam jackson would have been nice but im happy with vinson
brinson also would have been nice
 
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Simba said:
Day 3 nuggets from my guy:

Riley Leonard was indeed the guy they had in mind at QB.

Cam Jackson was the DL they missed out on that they wanted most, 1 pick ahead of us. That's the infamous 5 pick trade back so it'll be interesting to see if they made a mistake there. They still really liked Vinson though. They also liked Warren Brinson later but he didn't make it.

The LB run started a little sooner than expected. They were hoping they had more options where they took Buchanan, but it may have been him regardless (unless Kiser was there).

Loop was always the guy. EDC was not lying about that.
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I’ll never understand why they don’t trade up if they really love players. I get that you never know when someone will go but if you like them that much, trade up and secure them when you have tons of picks. I think that’s something they should do more aggressively—sacrifice picks to secure their guy. I’m sure they could’ve used a 6th to move up.

That trade always screamed like they got caught flat footed.
 
Grim said:
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I’ll never understand why they don’t trade up if they really love players. I get that you never know when someone will go but if you like them that much, trade up and secure them when you have tons of picks. I think that’s something they should do more aggressively—sacrifice picks to secure their guy. I’m sure they could’ve used a 6th to move up.

That trade always screamed like they got caught flat footed.
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based on what they said in their post day 2 presser, i think basically everyone on day 3 had similar grades who got taken so while there were some guys they were targeting, it's not like they missed out on different grade tiers by sitting and waiting

feels like with emery jones they nearly missed out on a grade tier by sitting and waiting but ultimately got 1 of the last guys

last year in R3 is when they got most punished for sitting and waiting
 
I'm happy with our draft, probably got two top 15 to 20 players, but don't understand dropping 5 spots and moving up 5 spots in a later round. They definitely lost on point value at that point and maybe a couple guys.
 
Grim said:
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I’ll never understand why they don’t trade up if they really love players. I get that you never know when someone will go but if you like them that much, trade up and secure them when you have tons of picks. I think that’s something they should do more aggressively—sacrifice picks to secure their guy. I’m sure they could’ve used a 6th to move up.

That trade always screamed like they got caught flat footed.
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I think it's because sitting and waiting has worked for them so many times. They hate giving up picks, because picking more players is the best way to have good drafts. It's usually the teams who trust their evaluations too much and move to get their guys that end up screwing up their drafts and low on talent.

Also, there must have been a lot of times over the years where they've missed out on the guy they really wanted and the second choice who fell to them has worked out better. (eg. Calvin Austin and Isaiah Likely)
 
Grim said:
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I’ll never understand why they don’t trade up if they really love players. I get that you never know when someone will go but if you like them that much, trade up and secure them when you have tons of picks. I think that’s something they should do more aggressively—sacrifice picks to secure their guy. I’m sure they could’ve used a 6th to move up.

That trade always screamed like they got caught flat footed.
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I agree, EDC has not been impressing me with our draft picks the last few years. I am losing faith in him.
 
cobrajet said:
I agree, EDC has not been impressing me with our draft picks the last few years. I am losing faith in him.
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So lets back up because I am curious where that sentiment comes from. 2022 was one of those drafts teams hope for once a decade where they got 2 all pros plus 2 starters and 2 very solid contributors. That is the kind of A+ draft teams hope for once a decade.

2023 was not as good, lacking a 2nd round pick, but they still got 1 pro bowl WR and likely 2 other starters out of the draft (one of whom I still am very high on) so again that is a good draft especially when short a 2nd round pick (if you imagine that 2nd round pick as the player they traded for it was 1 pro bowler 1 all pro and 2 starters from one set of draft picks).

2024 is a little early to judge but there are already 2 starters out of that class as rookies and I think Tampa will start this year so in year 2 they will have 3 starters and I suspect we will like all 3 so again a very good class.

The only way we can hate the last few drafts is if we think drafting 2 all pro players every year is somehow the expected out come rather than the rarity. That is simply not a thing that is going to happen especially when you are drafting in the mid to late 20s every year to start.
 
RavensMania said:
I'm happy with our draft, probably got two top 15 to 20 players, but don't understand dropping 5 spots and moving up 5 spots in a later round. They definitely lost on point value at that point and maybe a couple guys.
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EDC said in the presser that they did it for 2 reasons:

1) they still had 5 guys (at least) they'd happily take there
2) it was about positioning for where their board dropped off, they thought they had a better chance of getting a guy where they made the move up vs where they had been i guess
 
Adreme said:
So lets back up because I am curious where that sentiment comes from. 2022 was one of those drafts teams hope for once a decade where they got 2 all pros plus 2 starters and 2 very solid contributors. That is the kind of A+ draft teams hope for once a decade.
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you're underselling it lol
1 all-pro
1 multi-time pro bowler
3 starters
2 additional role players (and that undersells what isaiah likely is)

that's an absurd level of contribution from a draft class

and you're right that teams hope they have one of those a decade

well the ravens are lucky enough to have had 2 in half a decade - 2018 was similarly insane

and you only get the chance to have those kinds of drafts if you make a lot of picks
in 2022, in the moment everyone loved the first 5 picks, but idk that anyone was that satisfied with the rest of the draft - i remember a lot of complaints about not grabbing a WR and instead settling for just Isaiah Likely
2018 was probably a lot more universally loved later on

obviously it does help that in those 2 classes we also had 2 first round picks (albeit we used future capital to get that extra 1st in 2018)
 
by the look of these day 3 draft calls
seems like day 3 this year was more of a coaches day than a scouts day

Warhop pounded the table for Carson Vinson
Aeneas Peebles was Harbs' guy
Tyler Loop was the 1 guy Randy Brown wanted
 
rossihunter2 said:
by the look of these day 3 draft calls
seems like day 3 this year was more of a coaches day than a scouts day

Warhop pounded the table for Carson Vinson
Aeneas Peebles was Harbs' guy
Tyler Loop was the 1 guy Randy Brown wanted
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IIRC Randy wanted Tucker so he should know kickers
 
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