The Baltimore Ravens are as acutely aware as any team how compensation works. They have worked the formulas as well as any team under the league, particularly with compensatory picks. Odds are they are one of few teams who spend a great deal of time worrying about such things, though.
Indeed, general manager Eric DeCosta recently brought up an interesting long-game hypothetical in the draft. How do you turn a seventh-round pick into a first-round pick? Patience. And perhaps they’ll actually get to work on that this year.
Asked about potentially trading out of the late rounds of this draft to move into next year’s due to the lack of depth, DeCosta mentioned what he called “The Bisciotti Reign of Terror”, referring to Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti, via the team’s website.