But the Ravens have a lot to figure out this season out of season when it comes to how to address the receiving corps.
First, they need to evaluate their current players. The Ravens have doubled in each of the last two NFL drafts to the wide receiver to form a young receiver corps that could grow with Jackson. What roles do they intend for Miles Boykin, Devin Duvernay and James Proche II?
Second, even if the Ravens do want to sign a veteran, they want to save enough salary branch to make a splash if they also have excellent young players, such as Jackson, Andrews, Orlando Brown Jr., Matthew Judon, Yannick Ngakoue and others, waiting for their pay days? This year, with a shrinking salary cap, it seems unlikely Baltimore will be able to take care of its own and add a big money receiver.
Moreover, is wide receiver even the position that can best serve to spend substantial money? The Ravens threw the ball the least in the NFL. An important weapon on the outside can change that, but is it the right formula with such a dominant attack and offense that scored the seventh most points in the NFL?
“How does the value compare to other places in the offense and other places in the team?” Harbaugh said. “Ultimately it comes down to who you can get and what they are going to cost. And who wants to be here.”
In anticipation of the Chicago Bears’ unlimited free agent, Allen Robinson, this is the player the experts are talking about the most at the moment. He is 6 feet-2, 220 pounds and has averaged 100 catches and just under 1,200 yards over the past two seasons.
The same experts have questions about whether an unlimited free agent like Robinson wants to come to Baltimore because the Ravens do not throw the ball as much. For what it’s worth, Robinson recently had a suggestion from a writer that Baltimore should hand him a blank check to cure all of their offensive ailments.