The Baltimore Ravens have done plenty of wheeling and dealing over the course of the past year. They’ve packaged draft selections for players, traded their own players for picks, and have now put together what should be a final board of selections as they head into the 2021 NFL Draft. That board can change throughout the three days of the draft, but it should stay as-is leading into the festivities.
With the draft being so close to beginning, it’s interesting to look back on how Baltimore put together their current arsenal of picks. Here are the original selections that the team would have had if they didn’t make any moves.
| Round: | Pick: |
| Round 1 | No. 27 |
| Round 2 | No. 58 |
| Round 3 | No. 90 |
| Round 4 | No. 131 |
| Round 5 | No. 171 |
| Round 6 | No. 210 |
| Round 7 | No. 254 |
Out of their original picks, the Ravens still own four of them in No. 27, No. 131, No. 171, and No. 210. Baltimore traded No. 58, No. 90, and No. 254 away in separate deals.
| Pick: | Traded away: |
| No. 58 | With Orlando Brown Jr. |
| No. 90 | For Yannick Ngakoue |
| No. 254 | With Chris Wormley |
Despite trading away a few 2021 picks, the team made sure to grab plenty of others, as they now have the rights to No. 31, No. 94, No. 104, No. 136, and No. 184. Here’s how the team acquired each of those selections.
| Pick: | Acquired: |
| No. 31 | For Orlando Brown Jr. |
| No. 94 | For Orlando Brown Jr. |
| No. 104 | For David Culley |
| No. 136 | For Orlando Brown Jr. |
| No. 184 | For Michael Pierce |
The picks that the team was awarded for both David Culley and Michael Pierce were because of the compensatory pick formula. The Ravens also acquired the 168th selection in a trade with the Pittsburgh Steelers for defensive lineman Chris Wormley, but traded the rights to the pick during the 2020 draft to trade up and select wide receiver James Proche.
For the Ravens, their final draft chart has value throughout.
| Round: | Pick: |
| Round 1 | No. 27 |
| Round 1 | No. 31 |
| Round 3 | No. 94 |
| Round 3 | No. 104 |
| Round 4 | No. 131 |
| Round 4 | No. 136 |
| Round 5 | No. 171 |
| Round 5 | No. 184 |
| Round 6 | No. 210 |
Baltimore has plenty of selections to play around with during the draft. Eric DeCosta and company will most likely be very active throughout all three days, as they certainly have the ammunition to do so.