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Pro Football Focus names one player Ravens should sign ahead of 2022 training camp

Pro Football Focus named one player that the Ravens should sign ahead of 2022 training camp

The Baltimore Ravens wide receiver group currently consists of extremely young players that are looking to use their talent to make an impact on the field in 2022. The room saw a big trade impact their personnel, as during the 2022 NFL Draft, Baltimore traded wide receiver Marquise Brown to the Arizona Cardinals. The team also lost Sammy Watkins in free agency, and moved on from Miles Boykin. Following the move, what the Ravens have left are second-year wideouts Rashod Bateman and Tylan Wallace, third-year players in Devin Duvernay and James Proche II as well as others.

In an article published by Doug Kyed of Pro Football Focus, he named one trade or free agent acquisition for all 32 NFL teams before 2022 training camp. When it came to Baltimore, Kyed believed the team should sign Miami Dolphins free agent wide receiver Will Fuller V. When explaining his reasoning, Kyed said Fuller could hold a role similar to what Brown had.

“The Ravens are currently set to start 2021 first-round pick Rashod Bateman, Devin Duvernay and James Proche at wide receiver after trading away Marquise Brown to the Arizona Cardinals and losing Sammy Watkins in free agency. Fuller has had trouble staying healthy, but he could be a reasonable facsimile of Brown if he’s looking to play in 2022. The Ravens were identified as an attractive landing spot for veteran wide receivers, per one source.”

Fuller, 28, has had a hard time staying healthy through the course of his career. He has not once played a full NFL season throughout his six year career. Prior to the 2021 season with the Dolphins, Fuller played with the Houston Texans where he showed flashes of greatness at the position, even if his seasons were cut short.

The Ravens could be in the hunt for a wide receiver and Fuller makes the most sense for the team right now, even if they roll the dice on him playing a full season in 2022. He is a deep-threat that could replace some of the production that the team lost in Brown, and could be worth taking a chance on for Baltimore.

In six seasons as a professional, Fuller has caught 213 passes for 3,136 yards and 24 touchdowns.

PFF names former Sooner Perrion Winfrey as a prospect that could go earlier than expected

Oklahoma defensive tackle Perrion Winfrey was listed by Pro Football Focus as a possible prospect to be drafted earlier than expected.

The 2022 NFL draft is right around the corner and the information and misinformation about which team covets what prospects is out in full force. There ads a lot of smokescreens out there this time of year and as many in the industry say, “it’s lying season.”

No one knows what each teams are thinking this close to the start of the draft but teams are working overtime going over the possible scenarios they’ll face during the draft.

At this point, most of the scouting process is largely wrapped. Guys have put as much film and testing out into the world as possible.

For one Oklahoma Sooner, things have been fluctuating for a while. However, Pro Football Focus believes he’s flying under the radar and will surpass someone come draft time.

Defensive tackle Perrion Winfrey put on a show in the pre-draft process. From his time at the Senior Bowl where he dominated the practice week and was selected Senior Bowl MVP, Winfrey has seen his stock rise after a less than stellar final season in Norman.

Winfrey entered the offseason viewed by some as a third or even a fourth rounder, but his work these last few months has him as one of PFF’s underrated prospects that may go earlier than expected.

PFF Big Board Rank: 84th – Winfrey is slightly undersized at 6-foot-4 and 290 pounds, but he has massive 35 1/4-inch arms and could be a surprise late first-round pick, per a source. He ran a 4.89-second 40-yard dash at the combine and excelled as a pass-rusher in 2021, earning a 79.3 pass-rush grade with 29 pressures, including six sacks, six quarterbacks hits and 27 hurries, on 285 snaps. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a team to watch. – Doug Kyed of PFF

Winfrey sneaking into the first round would be a massive surprise on draft night. Not because he’s not talented but many pegged his lack of consistent tape and his size as ample reason for him not to be a taken that high. However, the first round of the NFL Draft has produced some crazy scenarios, so Winfrey landing with Tampa Bay or one of last year’s playoff teams in the first round isn’t all that crazy.

In many mocks drafts like this from The Draft Wire or this one here from Mel Kiper, the enigmatic and disruptive pass rusher seems all but a lock for a pick in the second round. Landing in the late first round is seems unlikely, but it’s not completely unreasonable.

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