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Another Mock Draft With questionable Ravens' Picks

As we get closer to the actual 2011 NFL Draft, the Mock Drafts are coming fast and furious. This new one from SB Nation is a two-rounder, and the players selected by the Baltimore Ravens in both rounds seem questionable at best, and confounding at the least. Many of the other picks seem out of place as well, but who are we to judge what other teams most pressing needs are when we can't always agree on what direction the Ravens should go with the 26th pick in the first round.

This Mock Draft has the Ravens first round selection as CB Brandon Harris (Miami). The narrative on this pick is:  "Setting aside the fact that he's a UM product, Harris is an outstanding athlete at a position of need."

For the second round, they have the Ravens selecting WR Randall Cobb (Kentucky), with their basis being: "The Ravens need youth at receiver; Cobb could contribute as a slot option and return specialist right out of the gate."

While both of these players should be decent pro payers, I see both of them being selected in the following round than they were picked at best, with Harris looking more like a second round projection and Cobb no earlier than the third round. Take a look at not only the Ravens picks but the other guys that went both earlier and later than their picks for comparison.

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I don’t think Cobb would be too much of a reach in the 2nd round. He had good speed, is versatile and can return kicks. Could be a Desean Jackson type, who was a 2nd rounder in ’08.

by JoshuaStein on Apr 19, 2011 3:48 PM EDT reply actions  

Hate this draft. Harris would be good in the 2nd, not the 1st. And there are about 5 WR in this draft that are better options than Cobb in the 2nd.

Real G's move in silence like lasagna

by Mr MaLoR on Apr 19, 2011 4:03 PM EDT reply actions  

Definitely the most disappointing mock draft I’ve seen to date. Way to many players more worthy of our 1st and 2nd round picks.

by StuckInUtah on Apr 19, 2011 4:10 PM EDT via mobile reply actions  

Cobb's a second round pick.

The Harris pick is interesting in that while he has occasionally been in various Ravens’ mocks. It won’t happen but I see the logic: Ravens need a good sized CB and Jimmy Smith is either already picked or is too wacko.

by ursula on Apr 19, 2011 8:23 PM EDT reply actions  

Terrible and correct me if I didn’t see it, but isn’t Baldwin still on the board? I wouldn’t mind Cobb in the 2nd, but not with Baldwin still on the board. Horrible.

by AV23 on Apr 19, 2011 9:03 PM EDT reply actions  

He' just projecting based off need

Very few teams still draft purely based off need. Most GMs go for the BPA instead. That is why you have teams reaching for certain skill sets and letting first round talent go until the middle of the second round.

by Mstevens_Design on Apr 20, 2011 10:49 AM EDT reply actions  

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