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Ranking the 5 trades Eric DeCosta has made as Ravens GM

By Chris Schisler

LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 19: Marcus Peters #22 of the Los Angeles Rams celebrates defeating the Kansas City Chiefs with the score of 54-51 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on November 19, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 19: Marcus Peters #22 of the Los Angeles Rams celebrates defeating the Kansas City Chiefs with the score of 54-51 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on November 19, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) /
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NEW ORLEANS, LA – AUGUST 31: Jermaine Eluemunor #71 of the Baltimore Ravens drops back to pass block during a preseason game against the New Orleans Saints at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on August 31, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Ravens defeated the Saints 14-13. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LA – AUGUST 31: Jermaine Eluemunor #71 of the Baltimore Ravens drops back to pass block during a preseason game against the New Orleans Saints at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on August 31, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Ravens defeated the Saints 14-13. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images) /

4. Trading Jermaine Eluemunor and a sixth round pick for a fourth round pick:

Why should you always take Eric DeCosta seriously? He made a trade with Bill Belichick and walked away the winner. The Patriots traded a fourth round pick for Jermaine Eluemunor. Eluemunor was a player who never really panned out for the Ravens. He was drafted in 2017 and was always considered a project of a player. Eluemunor went into the 2019 season hoping to be the Ravens starting left guard. By the third week of the NFL preseason, he was on his way to New England. Eluemunor ended up being a back up for the Patriots. The Patriots needed offensive line depth badly, however they overspent for Eluemunor.

Eluemunor had started three games for the purple and black and they didn’t go very well. Eluemunor was a lot like Lewis. His physical traits made him an intriguing player. Lewis had an up and down style of performance but there was some good on display. With Eluemunor, it never seemed like the lights were going to come on. He was a player from England, who got a later start to playing football. At Texas A&M his size and strength was enough. In the NFL he struggled with pass protection. He showed signs of being a decent run blocker, but he was inconsistent at best.

Eluemunor would have been a liability on the offensive line. John Harbaugh and company saw it a million miles away. At one point, the left guard spot was Eluemunor’s to lose. That being said he never had a firm grip on the starting job and the Ravens decided the trade to New England was too good to turn down.

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