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Eric DeCosta breaks down Ravens draft strategy...

Found April 15, 2012 on Ravens Football Machine: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Ozzie Newsome,  Ray Rice
TEAMS: Baltimore Ravens
Eric DeCosta is the Ravens' director of player personnel... which is a fancy way of saying he's responsible for all scouting and due diligence matters regarding players the Ravens are interested in acquiring.Eric DeCosta, Ravens Director of Player Personnel...Garrett Downing did a nice summary report at Ravens.com (NFL website) of Eric DeCosta's constant struggle between nailing down a player pick based on either science or art.The Ravens personnel department spends all year preparing for the NFL draft. Scouts watch countless hours of tape, conduct several rounds of player interviews, travel the country to see prospects practice and play, and ultimately come up with a series of rankings that they take into draft weekend. But as much time as they spend analyzing the tape and crunching the numbers, sometimes a good draft pick simply comes down to gut instinct.  "We try to make it a science; we really do,”  Eric DeCosta said last week. “But in the end, it’s really pro...
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