Oh, what could have been.
Former NFL running back Lawrence Phillips, already in prison on auto theft and domestic violence charges in California, is under investigation for allegedly murdering his cellmate over the weekend.
As if there was any doubt that selecting Jonathan Ogden over Phillips as the first draft pick in Ravens history back in 1996 was the right move — and to be clear, there isn’t — this latest allegation only makes it clearer.
But being a bit unfamiliar with the back story — I was in first grade at the time — I went back through our online archives to find some interesting reads on the decision, both before and after the fact.