The Baltimore Ravens sit at the back of the first round in the 2020 NFL Draft — No. 28 specifically. While that doesn’t give them the plethora of amazing prospects like the first 10 teams will get to choose from, it does give Baltimore a chance to see someone fall into their laps.
Where the top half of the round usually consists of teams that are chasing their biggest needs, the Ravens instead pick the highest-rated player on their board. And when someone they have a top-15 grade on falls to No. 28, they’re all too happy to write that name on the card and call it a night.
In the 2020 NFL Draft, that won’t be any different. Baltimore could easily see a player many have rated highly slide down to them. Whether it be a run on a specific position or some teams having larger concerns about something that checked out, these are the seven players who could slide to the Ravens in the 2020 NFL Draft.
LB Isaiah Simmons, Clemson
Simmons is a consensus top-10 player anywhere you look. The problem with Simmons is that many teams could be concerned about how to utilize him. While he’s labeled a linebacker and is sized accordingly, he’s got the speed of a safety. But he’s also a little raw on the mental side of the game, which makes a transition to one position or the other not as clear cut.
With so many hybrid players that have insane physical traits having not lived up to their high draft status because teams don’t know how to use them, they might not be as crazy about Simmons as draft analysts. But for the Ravens and their versatile scheme, you better believe they’ll know how to use Simmons and turn him into a monster.