Knee-Jerk Reactions

Ravens Pick CB Young & WR Moore in 4th

by RSR Staff

April 30, 2016
5:18 pm

Reading Time: 2 minutes

In the early part of the 4th round, the Ravens selected Tavon Young, CB from Temple with the 104. Then, they took Chris Moore out of Cincinnati with the 107th pick. The RSR writers react to the pick.

Tyler Lombardi

The Ravens fill two areas where fans are always in search of better talent. The Ravens have two players on the outside, Shareece Wright and Jimmy Smith, they trust. They showed that by giving them both long-term deals. On the inside, though, they needed help. Tavon Young provides exactly that. Mike Mayock said that he valued him in the same group as Will Redmond, who went to San Francisco with the 5th pick in the third round. I like it.

As for Chris Moore…eh. Most of his production comes from deep balls. That type of production is notoriously unreliable. At what point do we stop going after this type of receiver and at what point do we start going after technically sound, but athletically average athletes in the later rounds? Most of the successful ones who were drafted late that I can think of – Wes Welker, Antonio Brown, Julian Edelman, Wayne Chrebet – weren’t the best athletes. They just have great football minds and short-area quickness. Even Michael Campanaro would be a good late-round prospect if he could stay on the field.

Guys like Tommy Streeter, Aaron Mellette, and Demetrius Williams never panned out. I don’t think that’s a coincidence. From what I’ve seen and heard, Moore fits that mold.

Brian Bower

Young is undersized but plays bigger than his frame suggests. Had solid pro day with Ravens and could be a potential replacement to Lardarius Webb as a slot corner. Praised for his work ethic, Tavon is scrappy and gives Ravens depth at the minimum.

Young shut down Notre Dame wide receiver Will Fuller in 2013.

The addition of Chris Moore adds another speedy downfield threat for Joe Flacco and company. 6-1, 205 pounds, Moore caught 33% of his receptions in 2015 for at least 25-plus yards. He is raw, but is an insurance policy for Breshad Perriman with his speed and big play capability.

Ken McKusick

Young will be a nickel corner, which fills a huge hole that had Arrington, Brooks, and Elam at the bottom of it. It’s extremely unusual for a team to be short on nickel choices, but the Ravens had and still have more length that is useful on the outside.

I don’t like the Moore pick at all. High drop rate, only moderate speed. One report said he had “build-up speed” which can fool some corners. That’s another way to say he’s got very slow acceleration, a problem that would logically be exacerbated by press coverage.

Ryan Jones

Young seems like a quality pick with good value for where he was selected. He’ll likely compete with Kyle Arrington and Will Davis for the nickel spot.

The Moore pick was a strange one. He was pegged as a 5th or 6th round pick and seemed like a bit of a reach. Maybe the Ravens know something the rest of us don’t.

Dev Panchwagh

I like that Young can play nickel. That was a need. Mayock: Quick change of direction, had him rated along with Will Redmond

— Dev Panchwagh (@devpanchwagh) April 30, 2016