As mentioned previously here on RSR, the Ravens weaknesses at wide receiver are likely to expand before they improve. Mike Wallace and Michael Campanaro are both free agents. Jeremy Maclin could be let go to save $5M in cap space, leaving the Ravens with Chris Moore, Breshad Perriman and a UDFA on IR (Tim White) and another on the practice squad (Quincy Adeboyejo).
Both Wallace and Campanaro are players the Ravens could try to bring back. Other unrestricted free agents the Ravens might consider are Davante Adams or Jarvis Landry. But both will be expensive and as we’ve seen over and over, the Ravens don’t make splash signings, save of course No. 5.
If you are looking ahead to see if any free agent WRs could attract the #Ravens, Davante Adams & Jarvis Landry are set to be UFAs. Of course each could be tagged but they projected market values for each per @spotrac are as follows… pic.twitter.com/qlfEkgEWT0
— Tony Lombardi (@RSRLombardi) December 14, 2017
The Ravens will look to the draft to boost their WR-corps but the Ravens and wide receivers on draft day go together like drunkenness and Tweeting. The thought of the Ravens drafting a wide receiver somewhere between 20 and 32 in Round 1 sends shivers down the collective spine of Ravens fans.
During the 2017 NFL Draft, three wide receivers were selected with the overall No. 5 (Corey Davis), No. 7 (Mike Williams) and No. 9 (John Ross) picks. They have each struggled to produce while second and third round picks have made an immediate impact.
3 WRs were taken in Rd1 of the 2017 NFL Draft. Their stat lines (Rec/Yds/TD):
Mike Williams: 10/87/0
Corey Davis: 25/256/0
John Ross: 0/0/02 WRs #Ravens liked but didn’t select are outperforming all 3 combined:
Juju Smith-Schuster (Rd2): 37/585/5
Cooper Kupp (Rd3): 56/783/4 pic.twitter.com/cJiKCLuEyv— Tony Lombardi (@RSRLombardi) December 14, 2017
The position has been a mystery for the Ravens.
Hopefully they’ll get it right in 2018.
Joe Flacco’s future in Baltimore may depend upon it.
