N’Keal Harry:
By far my personal best case scenario would be if the Baltimore Ravens pulled the trigger on Arizona State wide receiver N’Keal Harry. Between Harry’s elite size, athleticism, hands, and play-making ability, he possesses all the traits to be a team’s X-receiver with Pro Bowl potential. Within the 2019 NFL Draft class, you’d be hard pressed to find a wide receiver with more explosiveness than Harry.
Sure, Oklahoma’s Marquise “Hollywood” Brown and Iowa State’s Hakeem Butler are more exciting based off their speed and red-zone ability respectively, but Harry has both of those traits (albeit with more game-speed than track speed). And obviously Ole Miss wide receiver D.K. Metcalf is the talk of the town with his other-worldly, God-given talent, but Harry has sustained good health and better production across the board.
The only other wide receiver who should be be considered by Baltimore in round one is Ole Miss wide receiver A.J. Brown. Even then, Brown doesn’t have quite the ceiling Harry has, but he certainly maintains the higher floor of the two.
Truth be told, this pick is incredibly unlikely to happen. The Baltimore Ravens simply don’t seem like a proper suitor for Harry, despite the fact that he would answer all their problems offensively. Instead, Baltimore would likely opt for the more “boring” pick than the flashy one. That’s why our next scenario for the Baltimore Ravens draft is…