When free agency arrived, the Ravens knew keeping C.J. Mosley was important. All that went out the window, though, when the New York Jets dropped a five-year/$85 million deal, with $43 million guaranteed. Eric DeCosta didn’t have any where near that kind of cap space to re-sign the All-Pro and ultimately, DeCosta’s job became replacing the former first-round draft pick.
When the NFL Draft arrived, many proclaimed Baltimore as the destination for inside linebackers. Somebody, anybody, to replace the loss of Mosley. But the three-day event came and went, without a single inside linebacker drafted by Baltimore.