Running Back:
Ravens fans went from believing in Alex Collins to be the future at running back to questioning the team’s integrity at the position entirely. Even beyond Collins, the team has no long-term answers concerning depth. Javorius Allen is an unrestricted free agent following the conclusion of the 2018 season and Kenneth Dixon seems more like a roster bubble player than a key piece of the future.
With so many questions surrounding Baltimore’s backfield, the 2019 NFL Draft makes sense to start adding depth. There are no superstars in the upcoming class, but that’s a blessing in disguise. This will help the Ravens to continue evaluating talent without feeling forced to add a guy early. Of course, if the team is picking towards the end of round one, there’s plenty of options to look through.
Alabama’s Damien Harris stands out to me personally as the draft’s top running back. A well-balanced and productive, yet underused, back with the Crimson Tide, Harris can be a team’s top running back if needed, but in Baltimore he can form a fantastic committee with Collins. Harris is exactly the kind of difference maker the Ravens need in their backfield.
There, of course, are plenty of other options to choose from. Oklahoma’s Rodney Anderson will be coming off an ACL tear, but he was considered one of the 2019 NFL Draft’s top running back prospects. And college football’s darling Bryce Love out of Stanford is the kind of explosive athlete Baltimore has seemingly always lacked.