Baltimore Ravens: 5 dark horse candidates for the 16th pick

AUBURN, AL - NOVEMBER 25: Da'Ron Payne #94 of the Alabama Crimson Tide reacts after recovering a fumble during the first quarter against the Auburn Tigers at Jordan Hare Stadium on November 25, 2017 in Auburn, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
AUBURN, AL - NOVEMBER 25: Da'Ron Payne #94 of the Alabama Crimson Tide reacts after recovering a fumble during the first quarter against the Auburn Tigers at Jordan Hare Stadium on November 25, 2017 in Auburn, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
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Let’s look at some out in left field kind of draft possibilities for the Ravens. These picks aren’t off the table, but they are not all that probable either:

The Baltimore Ravens have the 16th pick in the 2018 NFL Draft and so much of the conversation is about what will happen with the 16th pick. Mock drafts are usually taken too seriously, but the people who do them take it rather seriously. If there is one thing we never want to do, it’s steer Ravens fans in the wrong direction. While we normally try to get it down to the best possible guess, today we’re going to talk about the dark horse candidates for the 16th pick.

I want to make it clear that some of these picks would be a little bit of a reach. Basically, I took the farthest paths that I could justify and back up with logic. The end results of this twisted thinking experiment were fairly intriguing. This is one of those “just for fun” kind of things that we like to do once in a while. Please remember that before you say “That would never happen.” That’s the entire point of this.

The Ravens may go off script when the draft gets going. The Ravens may do something out of the ordinary. There is no promise that the Ravens will attack their offensive needs first. With that in mind here are five good players the Ravens may consider with the 16th pick, that are merely dark horse candidates for the selection.

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