The Baltimore Ravens currently hold five picks in the 2023 NFL draft, including the No. 22 overall selection. It wouldn’t be a surprise to see the team have more draft capital than they currently have by the time draft weekend concludes, especially with how much they value the draft process.
When speaking to the media at the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine, Baltimore head coach John Harbaugh was asked about what the team looks for during the interview process with prospects and if any issues creep up. Harbaugh went into detail, saying that very few players have too many issues, and that while the organization draws the line on some issues, they try to judge the prospects as people.
“What’s interesting is very few guys have too many issues. I can remember starting off 25 years ago and half the guys had really, pretty kind of legitimate issues. Nowadays, they’d be blow-up issues; everybody would be talking about them. College, it’s tough to get through college nowadays. There’s a lot of scrutiny: social media, cameras, phones everywhere. These guys are on it; they are prepared more than ever before. So, it really doesn’t come off very often, but when it does come up, you just have to decide where you draw the line. Our organization draws the line at certain things that we don’t cross over; that’s because [owner] Steve Bisciotti makes that decision, but after that, we just try to judge who they are as people.”
