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The Ravens Lounge

#293: Eric DeCosta Breaks Down the Draft

The Ravens Lounge

Baltimore Ravens

Sports, Football

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🗓️ 10 May 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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General Manager Eric DeCosta talks about the Ravens' approach in the 2021 Draft, what he envisions from the top picks and much more.

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0:00.0

There's no greater investment than draft picks.

0:04.0

We believe that the draft over time has proven out to be the best way to build a team that can sustain success.

0:12.0

If you do a good job, everybody has a different draft board.

0:16.0

If you can accept the fact that every team's board is different, it frees you up to do what's best for the club.

0:22.3

Welcome into the lounge. We are going to be joined by general manager Eric DeCosta to get his

0:28.3

full post-2021 draft breakdown. I'm really excited for this interview, Garrett.

0:34.3

Yeah, I mean, this is a chance to hear from the man who made the picks. And I always think it's good to get like a few days removed because obviously we hear from

0:43.3

Eric and from Harbaugh on draft weekend, but it's a bit of a whirlwind. Like there's just so

0:48.4

much that happens in the draft room. Like the thoughts are are a little bit like more raw, which can be good, but it's not

0:56.3

really like, there is a benefit, just like for us, like, when you have a time to like step back and

1:01.8

take, I don't know, a day or two to get a good night's sleep and actually like think through like

1:06.5

what happened in the draft, you end up looking at it a little bit differently. Like I know that I

1:10.4

look at the draft a little bit differently than I was on Thursday night

1:12.5

when I was running on no sleep and I was just trying to, you know, keep my eyes open.

1:16.4

So I think that it's cool to hear a few days removed from the draft, his perspective, and I'm looking forward to it.

1:24.0

Well, that's like, I feel better about the Bateman O-A picks, and I felt good about them night up.

1:28.7

I feel better with every past the day.

1:31.5

I really like those picks.

1:32.9

Yeah.

1:33.2

Really, really like those picks.

1:34.5

Also, like, part of it for us, selfishly, is when you, when you have a mock draft.

1:41.5

We don't get the pick right.

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