Not only have concerns about the Ravens’ wide receiving corps resurfaced since trading Marquise “Hollywood” Brown, but one pundit says the lack of depth and proven players at the position could dash their Super Bowl aspirations.
Trading Brown brought the Ravens an additional first-round pick in center Tyler Linderbaum, but it created a void.
After not taking a wide receiver with any of their 11 draft picks, the Ravens have thus far not addressed the position in free agency, and the market is dwindling. Jarvis Landry, a player Baltimore reportedly was interested in, signed with the New Orleans Saints last week.
“Jarvis Landry seemed like the safest bet of what was left on the free-agent market to be able to make some sort of impact,” PressBox’s Glenn Clark wrote. “I don’t want to overreact to losing one player (who had two receiving touchdowns a year ago), but it’s hard to look at this situation with purple-colored glasses. We have to describe what’s facing the Ravens as what it is….