Ravens fans and haters have exact same reaction to Diontae Johnson trade

Pennies. The Baltimore Ravens acquired wide receiver Diontae Johnson from the Carolina Panthers for pennies.

The Ravens sent a 2025 fifth-round pick to the Panthers in exchange for Diontae Johnson and a sixth-round pick. The deal essentially moves Baltimore back about 19 spots in the draft, from roughly pick #158 to #177, while landing a proven wide receiver in Johnson. That's shrewd negotiating by Baltimore's GM Eric DeCosta.

Diontae Johnson didn't really 'DeCosta' them anything - sorry, we'll stop.

In reality, Johnson was rotting away in Carolina. They weren't going anywhere, and so the Ravens pounced. He might just be the best WR Lamar Jackson has ever played with.

Needless to say, the trade broke the internet. Typically, news like a major trade will show some pretty divisive takes. However, today's trade had (practically) the whole internet in agreement over the trade news: The Ravens got away with highway robbery.

How did the Ravens fleece the Panthers so badly with the Diontae Johnson trade

There's no other way to put it: Eric DeCosta absolutely fleeced Panther's GM Dan Morgan.

Carolina will eat the majority share of Johnson's contract, move up 15-20 draft spots on day three of the draft, and lose their No. 1 receiver. Was it worth it?

Well, the internet doesn't think so, and it's called into question the humanity of Johnson himself to make it make sense.

The conspiracy theorists also had a moment, throwing out a potential "there's something they're not telling us." And they aren't wrong to assume there may be more to the story seeing as though the Panthers essentially received nothing in return.

Here we have some more, "Carolina didn't get enough in return," opinions...

And here we have the cherry on top of the trade: We can deem this trade an absolute steal from Eric DeCosta.

There were several other posts considered for the article however, some of the language was a bit too passionate to be featured (you know who you are). But we digress.

So there you have it - the Ravens got away with murder.

With Johnson now in the Purple and Black, it's fair to question what other moves DeCosta will make. The cheap salary uptick and day-three draft pick won't hamstring Baltimore from making more moves before the Nov. 5 trade deadline.

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