So much of what teams do on draft day has nothing to do with them specifically. Regimes around the league are under enormous pressure to cultivate a winner and that manifests itself in different ways. Some teams fall in love with prospects and mortgage future picks for the right to draft their guy. Others take the opposite approach and would rather have more bites at the apple. Runs on positions, trades, medicals and the dreaded “character concerns” can flip draft projections upside down.
Here’s how a couple of those factors could benefit the Ravens come draft weekend.