2010 Baltimore Ravens Notes

The Baltimore Ravens have been making moves during the offseason and have sured up their offense by signing wide receiver Anquan Bolden and give quarterback Joe Flacco a legitimate passing threat. How about the draft picks and undrafted free agents.

2010 Draft Result

The Ravens had seven draft picks during the draft. With those draft picks they picked up 3 defense players. The problem I see is that these players are defensive lineman. Every team needs a pass rusher, especially in today's pass happy league, but their linebackers and defensive backs are old. This has been a knock against the team for a few years, but they did nothing to address it. With Ed Reed contemplating retirement at the end of the 2009 season and now having surgery, you would think they would address these positions. Instead they pick lineman, tight ends and wide receivers.

Notable Undrafted Free Agents

The Ravens had many of the undrafted free agents that they invited to rookie mini-camp on their radars during the draft. Most notable of all of their undrafted free agents is the University of Memphis runningback Curtis Steele. Steele ranked first in team history in rushing yards, carries, rushing touchdowns, points scored and all purpose yards. Steele was also a leader in Conference USA and named to the 2009 All C-USA first team. For a team that has had past struggles with running backs, time will tell if Steele becomes the player they were hoping.