The Baltimore Ravens love to get as many shots in the draft as possible. While they enter the 2020 NFL Draft with nine picks, including seven in the first four rounds, the Ravens could look to improve that number even more by trading back in the first round.
Unlike the trade-up scenarios, Baltimore isn’t likely to find too many teams eyeing up their No. 28 pick given the depth at several positions and the lack of top options at many others. But there are a few teams that could see a player they love fall into the bottom of the first round and look to the Ravens as the best path to go get them.
With that in mind, here are the three most likely scenarios where Baltimore could trade their first-round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft and move back.
Detroit Lions
Needs: QB
Ravens get: No. 35 (2nd), No. 109 (4th), No. 149 (5th)
Lions get: No. 28 (1st)
After 11 seasons at the helm and coming off a season-ending back injury, it’s not far fetched to think the Lions could be looking for Matthew Stafford’s heir in this draft. Much like the Ravens did in 2018 — taking Lamar Jackson at the end of the first round — Detroit could push back into the first round to find the guy they’ll hand the reins to in another year or two while getting a valuable fifth-year option on him.
The Lions could certainly address the position with their No. 3 pick but with one of the top defensive players falling into their laps, it seems like it would be easier to take the sure thing and then gamble slightly with a trade up for a quarterback.
The Ravens would move back only a handful of spots, likely seeing at least one of the prospects they like at No. 28 fall to them in the early second round. Plus they’ll get an early fourth-round pick and an early fifth-round pick for their troubles, giving them more chances to address major needs with immediate contributors.