Just eight more days, folks.
Eight more days until the Ravens pick the highest they’ve picked since selecting Jamal Lewis 5th overall in 2000 (and their 4th-highest selection in team history).
That is, of course, unless they make a trade. The more I think about it, the more I think the Ravens will trade back into the teens to select a player like Vernon Hargreaves, Darron Lee, Noah Spence, or even Reggie Ragland. Doing so would afford them at least one extra pick (likely two or three) and a comparable player to the one they’d select at No. 6.
Speaking of how players rank against each other, I decided to revise my 2016 Big Board. This time, I’ll rank my Top 50 players in the draft based on how I perceive their overall talent compares to others. If I feel like two players are equal, the tiebreaker will be the importance of their position at the next level.
Once again, this is not a mock draft of the top 50 picks. This is a list of my Top 50 players of the 2016 NFL Draft.
RSR Big Board 2.0
1. Laremy Tunsil, OT, Ole Miss
2. Jalen Ramsey, DB, Florida State
3. Ezekiel Elliott, RB, Ohio State
4. Jared Goff, QB, Cal
5. Myles Jack, LB, UCLA
6. Joey Bosa, DE, Ohio State
7. DeForest Buckner, DL, Oregon
8. Vernon Hargreaves III, CB, Florida
9. Kevin Dodd, DE, Clemson
10. Robert Nkemdiche, DL, Ole Miss
11. Darron Lee, OLB, Ohio State
12. Jack Conklin, OT, Michigan State
13. Reggie Ragland, ILB, Alabama
14. Shaq Lawson, DE, Clemson
15. Paxton Lynch, QB, Memphis
16. Noah Spence, DE, Eastern Kentucky
17. Ronnie Stanley, OT, Notre Dame
18. Laquon Treadwell, WR, Ole Miss
19. Carson Wentz, QB, North Dakota State
20. Cody Whitehair, OG, Kansas State
21. Josh Doctson, WR, TCU
22. Ryan Kelly, C, Alabama
23. Jarran Reed, DT, Alabama
24. Sterling Shepard, WR, Oklahoma
25. Artie Burns, CB, Miami
26. Corey Coleman, WR, Baylor
27. Eli Apple, CB, Ohio State
28. A’Shawn Robinson, DT, Alabama
29. Mackensie Alexander, CB, Clemson
30. Andrew Billings, NT, Baylor
31. Leonard Floyd, OLB, Georgia
32. Taylor Decker, OT, Ohio State
33. William Jackson III, CB, Houston
34. Keanu Neal, SS, Florida
35. Sheldon Rankins, DT, Louisville
36. Vernon Butler, DT, Louisiana Tech
37. Will Fuller, WR, Notre Dame
38. Hunter Henry, TE, Arkansas
39. Le’Raven Clark, OT, Texas Tech
40. Scooby Wright III, ILB, Arizona
41. Su’a Cravens, OLB, USC
42. Christian Westerman, OG, Arizona State
43. Tyler Boyd, WR, Pitt
44. Emanuel Ogbah, DE, Oklahoma State
45. Karl Joseph, SS, West Virginia
46. Jordan Jenkins, OLB, Georgia
47. Chris Jones, DT, Mississippi State
48. Kyler Fackrell, OLB, Utah State
49. Kentrell Brothers, OLB, Missouri
50. Jason Spriggs, OT, Indiana
