Baltimore Ravens draft Justice Hill: 3 big things
2. Figuring out the running back by committee situation:
Hill is making the team. The Ravens drafted him in the fourth round and they did it because he could be an x-factor for the offense. Now the Ravens have to figure out who will be working in the running back committee. Mark Ingram was one of the Ravens’ core free agent acquisitions while Gus Edwards and Kenneth Dixon are relatively unproven. Edwards is a less multi-faceted Ingram. Dixon is an injury prone player who has flashed potential but hasn’t sustained it. With all of this, L.J. Scott is trying to make the team.
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The one thing that works for the rest of the running backs is that Hill doesn’t project to be a workhorse. He was heavily depended on at Oklahoma State, however in the NFL, he’s a little undersized to be the main back of the offense. Hill is a rotational player and the Ravens are going to try to make every time he gets the football a big play. The other running backs can grind it out and power their way through the defense. Hill is a change of pace that a worn down defense can’t keep up with.
The Ravens can have one of the best running games in the NFL. That’s what you expect them to do after a 6-1 record to end the 2018 regular season. That was sparked by the rushing attack of the Ravens. Running back is a position that Eric DeCosta didn’t have to address. He chose to give the offense a little more ammunition with this pick.