The Baltimore Ravens still have yet to come to a resolution with quarterback Lamar Jackson on their continuous standoff that has continued for the better part of two years. No long-term extension has been reached, with both sides seemingly dug in on what they are willing to offer up to this point.
During Baltimore’s pre-draft press conference, Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta was asked about if the team is approaching looking at quarterbacks differently in the 2023 draft with the situation with Jackson still uncertain. DeCosta’s answer was no, mentioning that if a player will help the team, they’ll look into adding them regardless of the position.
“I don’t think we really are. We go into every Draft trying to take any kind of bias out, any kind of need-based situation out of the Draft equation. We really do try to build a board that’s really best player available. That process involves really nine months, starting in early August when our scouts go out on the road, and they generate the profile and the evaluations and get as much information as possible. We then segway into a set of meetings in December, and then we get into the meetings in January and the all-star games and all those different things really trying to assess this player versus that player. It’s really just comparisons and how these players stack up. Who do we think has the best chance to come in and make us the best football team? If that’s a quarterback, if that’s a receiver, a corner, an offensive tackle, we’re going to look at that very strongly and make the best decision we can knowing that over time, we think, [when] building a team, best available player is the right way to go.”