The Baltimore Ravens are currently slated to have five fourth-round picks in the 2022 NFL draft, including nine in the first four rounds. However, five of their selections come in the fourth round alone, something they haven’t had happen since 2016.
When talking about having five fourth-round picks in this year’s draft, Baltimore’s director of player personnel Joe Hortiz discussed what it means from a preparation perspective. He talked about how Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta put players in an order that they’d prefer to select them throughout the draft process, and then once draft weekend hits he’ll move them around as things happen.
“Well, it makes it fun on Friday night – I can promise you that. We’ll be excited, and we’ll get together like we do and kind of assess things. Obviously, [executive vice president & general manager] Eric [DeCosta] puts the guys in preferential order for our team and through the Draft meetings, so I think the stacking of the board is going to be the same throughout the meetings, and then once we get into the gameplan and gameday, that’s when Eric will put the guys in the best order for us to pick.”
