The Ravens were among the teams that attempted to trade for wideout DeAndre Hopkins before the Texans dealt him to the Cardinals last month, according to Michael Silver of NFL.com (Twitter link).
Ultimately, Houston sent Hopkins and a 2020 fourth-round pick to Arizona in exchange for running back David Johnson, a 2020 second-rounder, and a 2021 fourth-rounder, a price that Baltimore was apparently unwilling to meet. The Ravens, who didn’t sign any free agent wide receivers in March, are currently set to return Marquise Brown, Willie Snead, and Miles Boykin as their top-three wideouts in 2020.
Of course, the fact that Baltimore was interested in acquiring Hopkins means the club could be eyeing a wide receiver early in the 2020 draft. Baltimore holds the 28th overall selection plus two second-round picks, and could use one of those slots on a pass-catcher in what is considered a historically deep class.
Dez Bryant: “Wow! this is an incredibly great break for me! I should be getting a call from Baltimore any minute now”.
I am shocked and chagrined that the Ravens weren’t willing/able to beat the Cardinals package!
I know right. I bet BOB didn’t want to trade in the AFC tho.
Shouldn’t be a shock. Ravens are spending less payroll on offense than every other team in the league. Maybe they can keep succeeding using a Walmart budget but I sure wouldn’t bet the farm on it.
8 of 11 starters on offense are on their rookie contracts and they were indisputably a top 3 offense in 2019… like 5 of those 8 were ProBowlers
I’m willing to bet they had no problem giving up the draft capital, they just didnt want to give up someone the Texans valued as much as david johnson(even though it’s clear the texans are the only team in the league who valued DJ that well)
The Ravens did not listen to Yoda, because there is no try, only do.