Ranking Eric DeCosta's 7 draft classes as Ravens' general manager

Baltimore Ravens drafts are typically broken into two categories: those from 1996 to 2018, when former general manager Ozzie Newsome held the deciding voice in the front office, and those from 2019 to the present, the period in which Eric DeCosta has been the general manager.It makes some sense as a line of demarcation, but it also lacks a bit of context. Even before he officially succeeded Newsome as general manager in January 2019, DeCosta was running the Ravens’ draft. That didn’t mean he had the final say before 2019. The Ravens’ top decision-makers work to come to an agreement as part of a collaborative process. It does mean that DeCosta’s been the one who has set the team’s draft board since 2005.Advertisement