2019 NFL mock draft: Drew Lock heads to Broncos
By Brad Weiss
The Baltimore Ravens made the switch to Lamar Jackson at quarterback when Joe Flacco went down with an injury last season, and the rookie stepped in and did a fantastic job. In fact, the former Heisman Trophy winner led the Ravens to first place in the AFC North, though they were bounced by the Los Angeles Chargers in the Wild Card round.
Still, he showed enough talent that the team is making a permanent switch to him, as they have agreed to trade Flacco to the Denver Broncos. It is officially Jackson’s show as he enter’s year two in the NFL, and the plan for Baltimore should be to not only protect him, but to put some elite weapons around him.
Baltimore has already released Michael Crabtree this offseason, leaving a hole in the depth chart at wide receiver, and one they could plug in with N’Keal Harry from Arizona State. Harry showed during his time with the Sun Devils than he was an elite wideout in the country, and the Ravens need that kind of skill on the outside.
Harry and Jackson would be one heck of a tandem, and when you throw in fellow 2018 first roudner Hayden Hurst, this is starting to become a very dynamic, and very young offense. The big wideout from Arizona State is going to hear his name called in the first round, and the Ravens are in need of the kind of player who can take the lid off of the defense.