Well I would love to be able to post an entry about how much I love the Ravens first round pick last night. And how this guy is going to be exactly what the Ravens need. Instead we get to talk about how they were involved in the most puzzling pick of the night. In case you missed, Baltimore traded their 25th pick to Denver for a 2nd, 3rd, and a 4th round pick. Denver then used the 25th pick to select Tim Tebow, one of the most intriguing prospects to ever come out of college and enter the draft. It’s a puzzling pick because no one is really sure how the Broncos plan on using him, considering Kyle Orton had a good year last year and they have already acquired Brady Quinn in the off season. Not to mention, they gave up quite a bit to get him (I understand they had been trading all night so they had some extra picks). I do think that the Patriots planned on taking Tebow but they were just trading down until the other QB’s started going to make their move. McDaniels knows how the Pats think, and it’s obvious, he’s trying to think like them.

Ok this is a Ravens blog, what could this mean for the Ravens. Did the Ravens make the trade because 1) there was nobody on the board that they felt was worth the 25th pick or 2) they looked at getting the picks back that they gave up for Anquan? My thought is it was a combination of both. I think they were intrigued with Dez Bryant falling to them and once Dallas traded to 24 to swipe him, they felt there is enough secondary help that should be sitting there in 15-20 picks.

I have decided who I WANT the Ravens to get. He was there at 25 and is still on the board. The league saw what a defense can do last year with a shut down corner so that is trendy pick, so I say they go safety and get TAYLOR MAYS! Most projected that he wouldn’t make it out of the first round, so the fact that he is still there makes it hard to not get my hopes up (like they were for Dez Bryant). But I love the idea of having another stud safety to learn from Ed Reed and be our cornerstone for when Ed does retire, whether it’s after this year or in 3 years.

Really quick on the new draft format, I love it. So far…