Adding depth to the secondary and strengthening the trenches in the Ravens’ seven-round 2025 mock draft – The Athletic

Baltimore Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta and the team’s front office have mostly taken care of the first part. They’ve done enough in free agency where the Ravens will enter Thursday’s NFL Draft without any gaping holes on the roster. Baltimore clearly has needs, but it also has internal options in most cases to fill them.

Now comes the hard part, hitting on as many of its 11 draft picks as possible and adding to a team that could use a few more starting options and depth at several spots.

While most of the Ravens’ question marks are on the defensive side of the ball, DeCosta said it will be business as usual and they would stick to their board and not chase needs. Still, it would be surprising if this wasn’t a defensive-heavy draft for the Ravens.

It would also be a moderate upset if DeCosta didn’t engineer a trade at some point in the draft. That could mean moving up or down the board, although the Ravens are always a bigger threat to move back and collect more picks.

If a quarterback-needy team like the Cleveland Browns, New York Giants or New Orleans Saints doesn’t get a signal caller early in the first round, they could look to move back into the end of the first and be willing to part with multiple Day 2 picks. At No. 27, Baltimore could benefit from that. Another scenario is the Ravens possibly trading standout tight end Mark Andrews for a middle-round selection or in a potential pick swap.

For this exercise, I didn’t manufacture any trades. The idea was mostly to find potential fits for the Ravens in each round and address the positions that need to be strengthened. I also used “The Beast,” Dane Brugler’s draft guide, to gauge what rounds players will likely come off the board.