With the 27th pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, the Ravens picked wide receiver Rashod Bateman from Minnesota. General manager Eric DeCosta gives Lamar Jackson one of the best wide receivers in the draft in Bateman. Bateman is a good route-runner with good hands and will pair with Marquise “Hollywood” Brown, Sammy Watkins, and tight end Mark Andrews in Baltimore’s passing attack.
DeCosta may have said that he was insulted by the public perception of the Ravens’ current receivers, but his actions have said otherwise after attempting but failing to land a top receiver in free agency and now spending a first-round pick on one of the top options at the position in the draft.