Here are the finals picks for the Baltimore Ravens (Note: The Ravens traded away their 5th round pick):
Round 6: Haruki Nakamura, S (Cincinnati)
See his YouTube video here.
Round 7: Justin Harper, WR (VA Tech)
See his YouTube video here.
Round 7: Allen Patrick, RB (Oklahoma)
See his YouTube video here.

Notes: Don't know anything about any of these players, but do know that none of them are cornerbacks! I actually thought Nakamura played "Hiro" in the TV hit series, "Heros!" At least Harper went to a major program.

With someone like the local product, Erin Henderson from Maryland still available, I'm not too sure why they didn't make the popular pick and take a flyer on him. But then again, I haven't understood much of what they did all weekend. Of course, as former Ravens coach Brian Billick said, "that's why the players play, the coaches coach and the writers write!"

As far as other teams' strange picks, the Packers just made a strange one, when they took QB Matt Flynn of LSU, after they took Brian Brohm and still have Aaron Rodgers on their roster!

Well, perhaps the Ravens do know more than they're letting on. It appears that they have just traded a late fourth round pick to the Oakland Raiders for CB Fabian Washington, a former first round selection of the Raiders in 2005. Washington had four interceptions in 2006 but only one last year, in addition to 40 tackles. He'll probably step in immediately as nickle back and perhaps even take over for Samari Rolle in the event of injury or lack of performance.

The Ravens first fourth round selection was Marcus Smith, WR from New Mexico. According to the ESPN experts, he is a former running back with blazing speed and should be on special teams and have a shot at the slot receiver sets that the Ravens run.

With their final pick in the fourth round, the Ravens took OT David Hale from Weber State. Hale is a huge man, standing over 6'5" and weighing in at 314 pounds. If he's teach-able, he could be a good addition to the line as a reserve or who knows?

The Ravens must have something about the cornerback position in their minds, as it appears that they certainly don't seem to like anyone that has been left on the board when their turn comes up. So far in round three thy've selected a ILB (Tavares Gooden - Miami) and a safety (Tom Zbikowski - Notre Dame). Meanwhile, the remaining CB's on the board that are rated as decent by ESPN's Scouts, Inc. (Penn State's Justin King is the top rated player available as of the 96th overall pick) remain and seem to be off the radar of the Ravens.

Perhaps they know something that we all don't, such as Samari Rolle is going to return to top form, or that Chris McAlister is going to remain healthy all year. No matter what, the reserves we currently have in the secondary were horrible last year, which is probably a little too complimentary of a word to use that describes their performances in 2007.

The Ravens just mad etheir final pick in the third round and of course, it just couldn't be a CB, could it? No, they selected Oniel Cousins, OG from UTEP. I'm not too happy about the draft this year at all. Sure, Joe Flacco might be the leader of this team as early as this season, but there are still so many holes left to fill that he may not want to be under center right away. Let Boller take the abuse and physical punishment for the first year and then perhaps we'll surround flacco with better talent on both sides of the ball to give him the year to watch and learn and then hopefully be ready. Troy Smith is either settled in a a career backup, or will be let go at some point. However, as I said Friday in my post, I would have been a happy camper if the Ravens dropped back in the first round and taken a solid corner, and then either Flacco, Henne or Brohm in the early second round. this was absolutely possible, if Ozzie and his War Room had not paniced and chosen Flacco too early. That scenerio easily beats out what they accomplished on Day One. In addition, Day Two has been a total mess in my opinion as needed reserve positions have been repeatedly ignored. Only because of Flacco and the possible help that Rutger's RB Ray Rice will provide to McGahee, do I even give this draft a grade of a "C."

Note: See Notre Dame Safety (and boxer) Tom Zbikowski's YouTube video here.

Not too sure what the thought was behind this pick, or the entire second round philosophy. While Joe Flacco probably wouldn't have made it to the Ravens at pick #38, they certainly could have came away from the first day with CB Mike Jenkins with the 18th pick and either one of Chad Henne or Brian Brohm with the 38th pick. Even if they targeted Flacco from the beginning, they still could have taken Indiana CB Tracy Porter in the second round but for whatever reason, decided to trade down again and garner more second day picks.

This draft will end up being judged on what the Ravens do on Sunday, to determine if what they did on Saturday was successful. Sure, Ray Rice will be a great complement to Willis McGahee, but they needed a decent corner much more than a backup running back. There are still a couple other CB on the board and the Ravens have something like nine picks in the final four rounds, so we'll have to wait and see before we judge their draft just now.

More to come tomorrow morning, starting at 10am.

Not too sure why, but they traded their 2nd rounder to Seattle, although don't know for what. I thought they should have taken Indiana CB Tracy Porter, who was the best DB left. At the same time, they could have taken a great CB with the 18th pick and then selected either Joe Flacco or Chad Henne with the 2nd rounder. Hmmm, a lot of discussion to follow.

...and are selecting Joe Flacco, QB from Delaware! Great pickup and not wanting to have him taken ahead of them, move up and will grab him now!!!

Welcome to Baltimore, Joe!

The Ravens have traded their #8 pick to the Jacksonville Jaguars who selected Derrick Harvey, DE frrom Florida, who is a reach according to Draft Guru Mel Kiper. In return, they get the Jags #26 pick of the first round, as well as both 3rd round picks (71 and 89 overall) and the Jags fourth rounder. A great deal for us, and we replace our lost third rounder with two more picks in that round!

By doing so, the Ravens are targeting Delaware QB Joe Flacco with this pick, which is a great move for the Ravens. Flacco is built in the mold of the other AFC North QB's, big and strong like Pittsburgh's Rothlisberger and Cleveland's Anderson, as well as Cincinnati's Carson Palmer.

The Ravens can then either sit and wait or trade back up again by packaging some of these picks to get a decent cornerback, such as VA Tech's Brandon Flowers. At least we can sit back and enjoy the rest of the first round.

New England has traded the 7th pick to the New Orleans Saints, who will use it to select Sedric Ellis. It looks like the Pats have screwed the Ravens in the last minute once again, as they did in 2007 when they came from behind in the last minutes to defeat the Ravens.

Now what the Ravens are going to do is a big mystery to me, as the Ravens are on the clock. This will be a difficult pick to deal, although it appears the Bengals who are picking right after us, covet a linebacker and perhaps we could trade down to help us. More to follow.