The Baltimore Ravens drafted a whole mess of fantasy football eligible players in the 2018 NFL Draft (five of them). Despite the high number of players drafted to these positions, it’s highly unlikely any of them have any sort of fantasy football relevance in 2018. Except maybe one, and he would be replacing an elite player at the position.
Hayden Hurst, Tight End, Round One
Hurst is a big, athletic pass-catching tight end that the Ravens took with one of their two first-round picks this season. He has iffy routes, which doesn’t matter too much when you can catch anything and barrel through people. The downside is that Brandon Weeden thinks he’s way too old to be a rookie. A former baseball flush out, Hurst can already rent a car while some rookies can barely drink booze.
The problem with rookie tight ends is that, as a rule, they do not produce in the NFL. A lot of this has to do with them learning more complex blocking schemes alongside the sped-up NFL game. He’ll be 25 when the season starts, so, he’s already done a lot of the maturing he would need to do to perform in the NFL. He’ll skip a bit of the NFL learning curve, but the Ravens took another tight end (a pass-catching tight end, at that) that will muddy the water. The Ravens offense is friendly to tight ends, but it will likely be maddening squaring away if it will be a Hurst or Mark Andrews game. Don’t draft him outside of extraordinarily deep leagues, but he might be worth a stream or two in the second half.
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Lamar Jackson, Quarterback, Round One
With the last pick in the first round, Ozzie Newsome went out snagging the Ravens quarterback of the future. What of their quarterback of the present? In five seasons since he won the Super Bowl and snagged himself an elite-level contract, Joe Flacco has averaged 3629 passing yards, 20 touchdowns and 15 interceptions per season. That’s worse than 2017’s Blake Bortles (2687, 21 and 13). The opportunity doesn’t seem to exist for Jackson in the first half of the season, but if Flacco does the opposite of balling out, he could get some opportunity down the stretch.
Lamar Jackson’s easiest, and laziest comparison is Michael Vick. At 6’2”, 216 pounds, he has a similar makeup to last year’s phenom Deshaun Watson and perennial fantasy football question mark Tyrod Taylor. John Harbaugh has shown a desire for a dual-threat quarterback in the past, as he carried Taylor for multiple seasons before he was freed in Buffalo. That, combined with him being able to pick the brain of his brother, Jim, who coached Colin Kaepernick to great success, make for an offense that should be primed to maximize Jackson’s skills should he get the starting role.
What are those skills? Two things jump off the page first when watching Jackson: first, his wrist-flick passing style that has balls flying free before you expect them to. Second is his amazing athleticism and ability to get yards with his legs. He has the chunk playability to get the team from one 20 to the other in just a few plays, and once he’s in the red zone, he’s a nightmare for opposing defenses.
He does have some issues, as he’s let his athleticism carrying him to the NFL. His passes are pretty, but they can sail and he has the same issue most running QBs have: two reads, then run. With Michael Crabtree as the only professional pass catcher in Baltimore, that may not be too bad. Ultimately, he has a floor as a backend starting fantasy football QB should he get the job. He’ll get fantasy points in the mold of Colin Kaepernick, Alex Smith (circa 2016), and Cam Newton: on the ground. With a rushing yard being worth 2x or 2.5x the amount of a passing yard in most scoring settings, Jackson should have consideration as a draft stash in deep leagues.
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Mark Andrews, Tight End, Round Three
Here’s a quick rundown of some athletic comparisons for Andrews: Eric Ebron, Travis Kelce, and Hunter Henry. Andrews is more of a receiving tight end than Hurst, but he’s also going to be rawer, given that he wasn’t alive during the Kennedy Administration like Hurst. He’s not especially exceptional in anything he does, so expect him to get some seasoning this year. He’s beefy and not overwhelmingly quick, but he has a great set of hands and does some work with the ball. Still, the rookie TE wall exists, and the transition effect is real. If he produces this year, he’ll be the exception, not the rule.
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Jaleel Scott, Wide Receiver, Fourth Round
Jaleel Scott is a big boy who doesn’t have time for speed. His shuttle drills and three-cone were all sub-15th percentiles and his 40-yard dash was 29th. His height, weight, wingspan, arm length and hand size were all at least 86th percentile. I think just by listing his measurements, you get an idea of the type of player he is… A large, slow man with daddy long legs proportioned arms.
Still, if you know literally one thing about Jaleel Scott, it’s his one-handed catch against Arizona State. That play showed off everything you need to know about Scott, too. He’s huge, but not fast. His routes are not great (being as generous as possible). He has some potential but needs seasoning to be more than a third massive dude drafted by the Ravens this year. He’s currently behind three 2017 duds on the WR depth chart (John Brown, Willie Snead, and Breshad Perriman). Unless he pops early, he likely won’t get an opportunity until the Ravens have given up on those three. Still, there is a universe where he pops in the preseason and is worth a late-round flier. Keep your eye on him.
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Jordan Lasley, Wide Receiver, Round Five
Can I just tell you that it’s not worth your time to be considering him? He’s thin, somewhat tall and fast. He had a ton of bad drops in college while being physically and mentally weak (multiple suspensions to his name). He had a good 2017 college season, but needs a lot of hand-holding and is unlikely to put the work in to be great this season. Don’t bother worrying about his name, he won’t be someone you have to think twice about ever again.
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