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April 29, 2025 16 mins
The 2025 NFL Draft is in the books, and it's time to hand out some grades. In this episode, we take a deep dive into the Baltimore Ravens' draft class—who stood out, who surprised us, and how each pick fits into the team’s long-term strategy. Did the Ravens fill their key needs? Were there any steals or head-scratchers? Tune in as we break it all down and give our final grade for Baltimore’s draft haul.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Legends. We need to talk about the Baltimore Ravens, the man,
the myth, the legend of the Baltimore Ravens and their
NFL draft. Guys, how did the Ravens do the twenty
twenty twenty five and NFL Draft. Well, guys, if you
are new here, be sure to hit that like but
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I do see each and every comment. We try to
introduce and interact with each and everything. But today we're

(00:22):
rebreaking down the twenty twenty five NFL Draft picks from
the Baltimore Ravens, pick by pick, round by round, and
we're talking about a value fit and what these news
auditions mean for the team heading into the NFL season.
And let's get right into it. Is because Eric Decosto
cooked again. That's right, guys, the Baltimore Ravens nailed this draft.
If you want to see a clinic in nailing the draft,

(00:45):
watch to Baltimore Ravens. Because they did it this year.
They did it, and they did it they did it nice.
They started off with the first round pick twenty seventh overall,
they picked the Georgia safety Belika Scarks. Man. This guy
is just a baller, right the Ravens kick thing off
the first round drafting that that drafting that safety, and
I'll say it right now, this kid is a baller.

(01:06):
Starks is an elite athlete, has high football IQ and
he's got the range and the versatility of the lineup
just about anywhere in the secondary. Much what the Baltimore
Ravens needed. This is a true raven style pick. The
let the board come to you, trust your evaluations and
land a Day one impact defender. With Kyle Hamilton already

(01:26):
a swish arm like squish army knife, peering him up
with Starks could give Mike McDaniels, which he's not, I
don't remember the defensive coordinator's name, a lot of creative
options on defense. When you look at the Day one grade,
it is an a There is no doubt about it.
There is no doubt about it. The Baltimore Ravens guys
nailed this draft pick. They saw the need, they let

(01:49):
the board come to him, and they drafted that guy.
And then it doesn't even stop there. Round two they
let the board come to in them yet again, and
round two, they went edge Mike Ada Marshall. Now this
guy dropped a bit because of some off field concerns,
but the talent is very, very real, guys. He is explosive,
He bends well off the edges, and he has that

(02:11):
twitch that the Ravens love. Get in there, smack some
people in the dirt. Right this is This kid has
a This is a kind of high upside swing that
you take in the second round when you trust your
locker room and you're coaching. Is he locked in? Green
is a steel, guys, Mike Green is the steel of
the draft. He fits this defensive mold. He's a situational

(02:33):
patch pass rusher and he can grow from there. And oh,
by the way, it gets even better. Jump up to
round three, ninety first overall pick off. It's a tackle
Emory Jones Junior man. This guy, Emory Jones Junior from LLC.
This is a trench pick and I love it. If
I'm a Baltimore Ravens fan, I am in love with

(02:53):
this guy. He is strong, he is nasty, he is versatile,
and he is enough to slide side aside if needed.
Could he be started a like a week one? Maybe not.
Let's slow it down, down down a little bit. But
with Ronleigh Standing's health always in question, adding depth is
a key smart make moving forward. Day number two, second

(03:13):
and third third round pick. Guess what guys, they get
another A. They added value, they added depth, and they
added future starters across the board. Now Day three, it
gets even better. Day three is where Baltimore always makes
her magic and they did not disappoint rapid fire through
these They drafted a linebacker, Teddy Buchanan from cal Solid

(03:36):
deaf guy, high motor, fills the needs at linebacker with
special teams potential right away. And round five they added
more offensive line depth, they actually actually offense attack and
Carson Vincent from Alabama A A and M. This guy
is a massive human being. I didn't see much film
on him, but I went back and watched film on

(03:56):
him today fake Orlando Brown Junior. When he first came in.
He is huge. He's like six eight six', nine three
hundred and forty. Pounds this guy's a huge human. Being
and then, oh by the, way they added another, Secondary
Width cone From Western. MICHIGAN i love this pick as.
Well it's a he is a, fluid he's an extended,

(04:16):
quarterback and you could see him playing some time in
sub packages early aka nickel. Packages and then in the
sixth round as, well they had a plot of six round.
Picks they drifted a, Kicker Kyle loop From. Arizona, yes that's, right,
guys you heard a. Kicker the question THAT i want to,
ask could this be the end of era Of Justin?
Tucker Is justin techer era finally over In. Baltimore we will.

(04:38):
See we'll. See But loop has a strong leg and
he has one of the most accurate kickers in college last.
Season and then they added to some more depth. Pieces
they added the wide Receiver western from From. Colorado he's a,
tough gritty slot, receiver also everyturn, guy AND i think
The baltimore fans are going to love him a. LOT
i love him a. Lot and they added some more
defensive defensive. Health they Added peoples From Virginia. Tech this

(05:00):
guy's a plug and play rotations with defensive, linemen high,
energy low pad, lettle very very quick. Hands and then
they add another offensive guard FROM. Lsu and then just
eat just the mall er in the. Trenches you get
your hands on, you you are not getting away from.
Them so. Guys, overall when you look at This Baltimore
ravens draft, class, guys you got to give them AN.

(05:21):
A The ravens state. Patient they filled key needs and
they found value all across the, board especially In day.
Three of, course it had like fifteen pigs, waity let's
low it. Down starks And green have huge star potential
and guys Like, Webster cone And dingler could become core
deep depth pieces if in the. Future NOW i will

(05:43):
say this every, year but The Baltimore ravens just know
how to. DRAFT i don't know what it, is, guys
but The Baltimore ravens draft, well this is why they're
in the playoffs each and every, seat each and every.
Season this is why they, reload not. Rebuild but is
it enough to get over the? Hump so my overall
grade for The Baltimore ravens is AN. A they nailed the.

(06:05):
Draft they did it, perfectly and you cannot ask more
from The Baltimore. Ravens BUT i want to hear from
hear from you. Guys in the comics, below how do
you think The ravens did in the cop did in
this year's? Draft James frank says The ravens. Done great,
MAN i wanted that. Dude Emry jones got a crazy Safety.
LISTEN i do not know How Emry jones fell down

(06:29):
to the third. ROUND i want to be flat honest with, You.
James the more and MORE i Watch Emory jones, TAPE
i do not know how he fell to the third. Round.
NOW i understand that a lot of teams did not
valuate some players very very high Aka Sho Door. Sanders

(06:49):
but the can't See, Chiefs my can't See. Chiefs they
have the worst offensive Line i've seen in a very
very long, time ever since we Lost Orlando brown. Junior
we need left, tackles we need right. Tackles Emry jones
as a, dog and that, safety, yes that safety sharks From.
Georgia georgia has been putting out players left and, Right,

(07:11):
JAMES i BELIEVE i saw some some some some stats.
SOMEWHERE i THINK i showed it on The facebook page
Of facebook dot com for Slash Man hour that Every
Philadelphia eagles Players Georgia, Alabama Georgia, Alabama Georgia. Alabama it's
it's it's it, is it. Is it is. Crazy georgia
is producing, great great players out, There shay, says can

(07:34):
they get over the? Hump can The king get a? Ring,
shae let me know if you were A Baltimore ravens,
fans BECAUSE i want to tread very very lightly, here
because every TIME i start speaking the truth about The Detroit,
lions about The Minnesota, vikings about The Buffalo, bills about

(07:56):
The Baltimore, ravens fans get pissed. Off and the truth, is,
guys The Baltimore ravens can get over the. Hump they
should have got over the hump a couple of years
ago when they play at The Kansas chiefs in THE
Ac Championship Ship Ship Ship ship. Game but the truth
is is that they get in their own. Way every

(08:18):
Time Lamar jackson, wins it wins a. Game, Oh lamar's, Great,
Oh lamar's. Great Oh lamar's. Great but If Lamar jackson
plays bad and they, lose, oh they need a, receiver
they need a running. Back and this, this, this, right this
shows you that The Baltimore ravens are doing things things things.
Right the last three, drafts the twenty twenty, five twenty
fourty four and twenty twenty, three they have nailed the

(08:39):
drafts back to back to. Back they have put pieces
Around Lamar. Jackson there is no reason why The baltimore
ray Are, sorry, yeah The Baltimore ravens are not in
the Super bowl year after year after. Year oh, YES
i do know. Why it is because The Buffalo bills
are their. Kryptonite The Buffalo bills own The Baltimore ravens
and the. Playoffs it is what it. Is you can

(08:59):
say what you. Want The Buffalo bills beat The ravens
year after you after year because they have that it
factored Aka Josh. Allen you also have to realize that
the acs is loaded and it's getting even like even. Better,
yes the gap is starting to narrow a little, bit
but you still have the cream always rises to to the,

(09:19):
top meaning The Kansay chiefs meeting The Buffalo bills The
Cincinnati bagels will start to rise back to the. Top
you can never sleep on The Pittsburgh. Steelers grounded their
first round exit every, year but, hey you you could
always count on them doing. Something but the simple fact
of the matter is they have the team right now
to get over the. Hump if they cannot get over

(09:40):
the hump this season with the with the with The
Cancy chiefs kind of re, retooling being tired, whatever, right
The Buffalo bills kind of running into a little bit
of contract issues With James cook, whatever, YadA YadA. YadA
this is the time for The ravens to really sneak
up there and get to the. Top if they can't next,
year they never never. Will excuse, me. Guys So James

(10:05):
frank says that Dude, green he's got some questioned off
the field. Issues, Yes Mike green has some off the field,
issues but we all know that Talent trump's character in THE.
NFL i am If i'm AN nfl, OWNER i don't
care if you've done, this, this this or this and.
This are you gonna help me win a? Championship are

(10:26):
you gonna help me bring them those bill? Show are
you gonna help me put asses in the? Seat? Yes
come on over right. Now if your production starts to or,
sorry if your off the field issues start to outweigh
the weigh your, production then we got a different. STORY
Aka Chase, claypool aka who is that hearty kid from
The panthers that went to THE ufc the kids who

(10:47):
The Dallas cowboys forget his like just like his. Name
but when the off the field stuff starts to overshadow
you're on the field, field, field field, play that is
when you start having a. Problem, hell let's flash back
the last, Year. James you guys remember when Von miller
was injured coming back from his coming back from his,
injury he was beating up pregnant, women, right but, hey

(11:10):
his first game back he got like five. Sacks all
that shit got swept under the. Rug nobody ever heard
about it ever. Again, ah because his production was out
weighing off the field. ISSUE i Think Mike green From,
marshall all of his off the field issues will slowly
start to dwindle away because they got a great locker

(11:30):
room corep In, baltimore and he has a great, talent
and that is gonna be. It James strength, Says, fuck you're.
Right The ravens getting A, hell you know, What, james
The ravens might get AN a. Plus they they did,
that damn. Good Old Man rivers, says on, Paper, yes
let's see how it plays. Out Old Man rivers not

(11:52):
sold on The Baltimore. Ravens didn't like. It like it
sounds like Old Man rivers not Saw Old Man rivers
what don't you like about the raven? Draft let me
ask you. That what don't you like about The ravens?
Draft do not? Do do you not like that they
did it draft their wide? Receiver tell what was? It
six round wester From? Colorado that, tough greedy slot. Receiver

(12:16):
we're real nice Return or do you not like that
the fact they draft that they drafted a? Kicker, hey
they need to get that cancer Aka Justin tucker off
of the At gigget him out of the locker, room
go hang out with The shawn In. Dallas, Right victor,
says you're nothing Bro, okay my bad. Dog it's easy

(12:39):
for you to click, away easy to click. Away uh, oh,
guys uh, oh big. Skin we have a packer in the. House,
guys we have a packer in the. House, everybody please
Forgive Shay. SHAY. I i do got a cheesehead as.
Well it's because my wife is A packers, fan and

(13:03):
we do have the biggest fan Of Aaron rodgers here
And laura she's a pigskin. Pundit but, guys do not
come After shae's. Neck we. Understand we got Some lions fans.
Here we got a little bit Of vikings, fans and
we and we got a little bit Of Chicago bears. Fans,
shaye welcome to the family. Man you have now completed
OUR Nfc north. Rivalry here say Says lamar And henry

(13:26):
are good at not getting. RINGS i want to see
them get over the, hump but don't know if that
defense gets it. Done in the. Draft and, Listen Derrick
henry with The Tennessee titans had a perfect chance of
being The Kanca. Chiefs what was it twenty seventeen, EIGHTEEN

(13:47):
i can't. Remember it was the first year That patrick
Mack mahomes was like really doing his. Thing his second
year as it, started it would have been been twenty eighteen, season,
right and they they one hundred percent shit at the
bed last. SEASON i don't know what. Happened, granted they
ran into a very very good team and The Buffalo.
Bills and we said it here that there's a rock

(14:07):
paper scissor happening in THE asc. Playoffs The Buffalo bills
beat The. Ravens The ravens could have beat The, chiefs
and The chiefs would have beat The Buffalo. Bills he
as A chiefs, FAN i did not want to see The. Baltimore,
Ravens i'm just being flat and. HONEST i would rather
see The Buffalo, bills but maybe maybe twenty twenty five
SIX nfl. Season is there is there time to? Shine right?

(14:30):
Time they're shying to? Shine james, SAYS i Think lamar
should bring The kodiak on the sideline and. Him that's
the key to get him over the. Hump what you
like a like A kodak like a freaking, bear Or
kodak like The, rapper or A kodak like the freaking.
Camera what are you talking, About? JAMES i, mean Like

(14:53):
i'm not that, old BUT i feel Like i'm still
kind of, hip, like BUT i don't know what A kodak, is.
MAN i MEAN i can think of the, CAMERA i
can think of the, rapper AND i can think of
like the like The, bearer The kodiak. Killers what are
you talking, About, James James drink Says greens off the

(15:13):
field issue is a sexual. Thing sanders off the field
issue is a little cocky in whose dad is? Craziness
LIKE i, said production outweighs off the field. Things you
are going to get. Drafted you're going to do, good good, Things,
James but, hey Old man rivers the picks. Him plenty of.
Guys get you, guys be like Old. Man remember clicking

(15:35):
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Giveaways last year we gave up the twelve thousand dollars
away on Our week Eighteen's Pick. Theems but he, says
Hypnomize lamar in playoff, time get that monkey off of his,
back get that big old Silver siller back gorilla off
his off of his, back Because lamar is shit in the.

(15:56):
Playoff let's. You you're, right, Man you're you're. Right frank Says.
Victor you. Ain't She get out of, Here get off my.
Lawn James tres, Says Kodiak black the rapper your childhood.
Friends you got, it, DUDE i didn't Know Kodiak black
And Lamar jackson with childhood. Friends you learn something every, day,

(16:16):
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