Ravens GM DeCosta: WR ‘A Challenging Position To Draft, Scout, And Develop’

The Baltimore Ravens have been one organization more than most that has not only identified the draft as its primary means of building the roster, but has also had a good deal of success doing it. Ozzie Newsome was the only General Manager the franchise has ever known up to this point, so he gets the bulk of the credit for that effort.

One area in which he did not have success, however, was in building at the wide receiver position through the draft. In fact, the best selection he ever made at wide receiver was Torrey Smith in the second round, and they allowed him to leave in free agency. If you look at their history, their best wide receivers were free agent signings, like Steve Smith most…